Selling Your Business
Our Services
Thinking about selling your business? You’re not alone—on average, U.S. businesses change ownership every 7 to 10 years. Since 1996, the founding company and Sunstate Business Brokers have successfully sold hundreds of businesses, with the majority being multimillion-dollar sales. Many of these businesses are led by their original founders, who choose to sell for a variety of reasons.
Selling your business at market value can bring significant relief, offering you the opportunity to rest, renew, and realize financial gains by converting your business’s theoretical value into cash.
At Sunstate Business Advisors, we specialize in working with privately held companies headquartered across Florida that have been long established. Our focus is on businesses with 10+ employees, with annual revenues ranging from $2 million to $50 million. Whether you’re planning a future exit or looking to maximize the value of your business, our team has extensive experience guiding owners through the complexities of selling, and succession planning, ensuring a smooth and successful transition.
Our Approach
At Sunstate, we begin with a confidential review and complimentary consultation to understand your business’s unique characteristics and guide you through our services. This initial meeting provides clarity on the selling process, associated costs, and what to expect, all while ensuring complete confidentiality. Following the consultation, we conduct a thorough business valuation, analyzing key financial metrics, industry trends, and qualitative factors to deliver an accurate assessment of your company’s worth. This well-supported valuation aids in informed decision-making for your future planning or sale.
Once you decide to partner with us, we prepare your business for sale by creating detailed marketing profiles that emphasize its strengths while safeguarding sensitive information. We then initiate a rigorous pre-screening process for potential buyers to ensure they are serious and financially qualified, requiring them to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and provide proof of financial capability. As we move through the stages of offer review, negotiation, due diligence, and closing, our experienced team provides continuous support, ensuring all legal and financial aspects are addressed.
Buyer Profiles
At Sunstate, we have developed a robust network of hundreds of qualified buyers actively pursuing the right acquisition opportunities. Our qualified buyers include individuals, strategic, industry, private equity, and family offices. By partnering with us, you gain immediate access to this well-established buyer pool, which we’ve meticulously built since 1996. When we list a business, we tap into this network to generate interest even before initiating broader marketing efforts, providing you with a competitive advantage from the outset.