BizBuySell in the News

Uptick in Businesses Being Sold, but Prices are Dropping

In the business-for-sale market there's good news and bad news.

Buying in to the biz

After three years of searching for the right opportunity, Curtis Walker quit a six-figure job at J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. in December 2007 and purchased Association Partners Inc., a Carol Stream property management company that serves homeowners associations.

Selling When Business Valuations Are Low

Investors weren't the only losers when the stock market crashed last September. Business owners also watched their company valuations plummet.

Game to Grow? Now's the Time

Finding ways to expand your restaurant concept is always a challenge, perhaps more so in today's economic climate. But because those same market conditions present unique circumstances, now may be the perfect time to branch out.

Is Your Business Fit to be Sold?

Consider these 4 characteristics before putting your business on the market.

Businesses for sale on the cheap - if buyers have cash

The median price for businesses sold in South Florida plummeted 43 percent in the second quarter, year-over-year.

It's a tough time to sell a business, even if it's web-based

Sales of Internet companies that provide goods and services to consumers declined only 14% in the second quarter, from 29 to 25, but the median sale price slid by a third to $100,000 from $150,000.

Four ways to expand your business

Today's challenging economy presents some unique opportunities for business expansion for those who have a unique set of circumstances. Act now to expand your business and you may find that you're very well-positioned once the economy turns around.

It's a lousy time to sell your business

Closed deals and the prices sellers paid both dropped sharply in the last quarter.

Ask an Expert: Job in danger? Maybe you can buy a business

Q: I am pretty sure that I will lose my job. I don't want to start a business from scratch, so what do you think of buying a pre-existing business? And if that is a good idea like I think it is, what are the possibilities of getting the owner to finance the purchase? My credit isn't great.

Recession lowers value of businesses

Small businesses in metro Atlanta sold for 20 percent less in the first quarter than they did a year ago, according to new data from online business broker BizBuySell.

Economy dries up sales of small firms

The median asking price for small businesses in the Milwaukee and Waukesha areas plummeted in the first quarter of 2009 with few deals coming to fruition, a new report that tracks transactions showed.

Fewer area businesses sold in 1Q 2009

Fewer business owners are pitching for-sale signs on their front yards and even qualified buyers are having trouble financing the deals that do exist thanks to the troubled economy, according to new data from the first quarter of this year.

Business sale prices rising in 2009

The median asking price for businesses for sale in the Providence area was higher in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period a year ago, according to the latest data from BizBuySell, a national Web site that specializes in commercial sales.

Rolling the Dice: More trying to buy, sell businesses

As the ranks of the unemployed continue to grow by the month, those that find themselves out of work for an extended period of time are increasingly considering buying a business as means of generating income.

Site Offers Online Marketplace for Buying and Selling Businesses

Bizbuysell.com helped to facilitate the sale of 20 lawn-care and landscaping businesses in the third quarter.

Business sales: Prices up, revenue down

In the past year, the median asking price for businesses for sale in the San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale metropolitan area has increased while businesses' revenue has dropped, according to a business-for-sale marketplace report.

Credit crunch, declining profits make it harder for businesses to change hands

Skittish investors and a rapidly declining economy have stymied the once brisk buying and selling of small businesses in the region.

Small Business Sellers Find Few Takers

Small business owners are finding fewer interested buyers due to the stumbling economy and the ongoing credit crunch.

Local business sellers ask more, get less

The median asking price for local small businesses put on the sales block continued to rise in the fourth quarter, but prices fell for firms that actually sold, according to new data from BizBuySell, a national business-for-sale Web site.

Time to Sell?

The news is bleak, but in the right market and industry you can sell your business.