by Jim Span | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to BizBuySell.com, one of the Internet’s largest business-for-sale marketplace, small business transactions in the first quarter of 2019 experienced a modest year-over-year decline but remain at historically high levels, Statistics compiled from...
by Jim Span | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
The BizBen Index (www.bizben.com/stats/stats-total.php) provides statistics of small businesses that have been sold within California. The data goes back to 2007 and includes breakdown at both the county and city levels. These business sales were recorded by small...
by Jim Span | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to BizBuySell.com, one of the Internet’s largest business-for-sale marketplace, a record number of businesses changed hands in the 2018, setting a new high for three years in a row. The full results are included in BizBuySell’s Q4 2018 and...
by Jim Span | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many times the answer is “No.” If the buyer is a friend or family member or even a trusted employee and the selling price and terms are mutually agreed upon, then the sale may be structured and overseen by a closing attorney who is acceptable to both parties. There is...
by Jim Span | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) recently released its 22nd annual look at how public policies in the 50 states affect entrepreneurship, small businesses and the economy. The rankings are based on 55 different policy measures including a...
by Jim Span | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
It seems to me that similar to the political climate theses days, business buyers are very polarized when it comes to their thoughts on buying a franchise versus an independently owned business. Most people either love or hate the idea of becoming part of a franchise...
by Jim Span | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Franchise Times, a leading voice in the world of everything franchising, has just released its 22nd annual review of the top 200 franchises by sales volume. Some of the key points of interest from this review are summarized here… The 200 largest U.S. based...
by Jim Span | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Business Brokerage Press in partnership with BusinessesForSale.com publishes a monthly ranking of business categories based on the number of “hits” on their businesses-for-sale website. It is important to note that this ranking is not based on the actual sale of...
by Jim Span | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The quarterly IBBA and M&A Source Market Pulse Survey Report was recently released and shows some interesting facts/trends regarding market conditions for businesses being sold in Main Street (values $0-$2MM) and the lower middle market (values $2MM -$50MM)....
by Jim Span | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
With an asset sale, many sellers do not realize that escrow will hold proceeds of the sale until all government releases have been received which can take several weeks, unless notified by the buyer. These releases relate to specific tax liabilities with regards to...
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