What Is My Business Worth Before I Have an Offer?
Before an offer exists, label your profit figure, check it against the IBBA Q2 2026 value bands, and see why the range is not cash at closing.
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How to Sell a Business: Owner Guides
Start with the owner decision that changes the next move: value, preparation, buyer path, offer terms, or closing. Add industry or market context only when those facts change the answer.
- Guides
- 28
- Topic desks
- 12
New and updated
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- Private equity vs strategic buyer: what the documents changePrivate equity or strategic buyer: the label tells you which questions each side asks. Cash at closing and what you still owe come from the paper.→
- How to Sell Your Business to a Competitor Without OversharingSell to a competitor along the ordinary path, but earn each release: approach, qualification, written terms, diligence, the agreement, and a dead deal.→
- Quality of Earnings Before a Sale: What Each Adjustment Must ShowQuality of earnings before a sale means each adjustment shows its event, period, and record. Fix the starting measure, expose every row, and name the figure right.→
The sale journey, organized
Follow the sale from value and preparation through buyers, terms, and transition. Use industry or market context when it changes the answer.
Understand value→
8 guides · 2 desksPrepare the company→
4 guides · 2 desksBuyers and succession→
6 guides · 3 desksNegotiate the deal→
4 guides · 2 desksClose and transition→
1 guide · 1 deskIndustry and market guides→
5 guides · 2 desks
Research in context
Choose the business, owner, buyer, or market context that changes the answer.