Florida Business Acquisitions
Business Brokerage & Valuation Services
Florida's Premier Business Broker
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Florida Business Acquisitions is a licensed Florida business broker firm. The company has associates who live and work in Tampa, Orlando, and Tallahassee with an area of concentration including central Florida, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville areas. |
We concentrate on selling businesses that range from small main-street up to lower middle-market. Unlike the majority of business brokers, our staff includes CPAs and very experienced sales & marketing experts. Our experience includes selling companies with annual revenues from less than $200,000 to greater than $20 Million. In fact, one of our associates, Franc Urso, has been involved in two IPO's.
Our core philosophy is that we will not sell a business that we would not personally buy ourselves under the same terms offered to prospective buyers. Our focus is on selling quality, profitable businesses with low personal goodwill and stable revenues.
Our core philosophy is that we will not sell a business that we would not personally buy ourselves under the same terms offered to prospective buyers. Our focus is on selling quality, profitable businesses with low personal goodwill and stable revenues.
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The process of selling a business is very complex, and takes a complex set of skills, expertise and tools to do it successfully, whereby the transaction is a win-win for the seller and buyer. Our qualified staff is experienced and dept at sales & marketing, auditing, and understanding a company’s financial position and the vulnerable areas that must be addressed to assure proper transfer of the business goodwill. Each associate is equipped with internally developed, proprietary valuation software which allows us to quantify each important factor that renders value to a business.
We initially approach each seller from the perspective of a very adept buyer. Before accepting a listing, we will spend hours studying the business, its tax returns and financial statements. We take the time examine the business in order to first determine if we would like to list the company for sale, and secondly to educate the Seller in order to recommend a reasonable asking price and terms. Our reputation is too important to over-sell a company or sell a business that will self-destruct when the seller departs. We pride ourselves on looking out for best interest of both seller and buyer; we do not represent either in a single-agency capacity. Our function is a third party, independent transaction broker.
Another very important distinction that sets us apart from most business brokers is how we treat our role as transaction broker. Typically, brokers will hide behind the "transaction broker" clause in their listing contract, which relieves them of the utmost responsibility. It is up to the buyer to "figure it out." Sadly, since most buyers are not experienced in this area, they will most likely ask the wrong questions, not review the proper financials and business characteristics, and not engage a qualified CPA and attorney to assist in the due diligence phase; they may over pay for the business, or worst of all, lose their entire investment and gain significant liabilities with lenders and landlords. That is, assuming the transaction ever takes place. We always encourage all buyers to enlist the services of a CPA and attorney because if we took the listing, the buyer's consultants should not have any problems advising their clients to proceed with the transaction.
We initially approach each seller from the perspective of a very adept buyer. Before accepting a listing, we will spend hours studying the business, its tax returns and financial statements. We take the time examine the business in order to first determine if we would like to list the company for sale, and secondly to educate the Seller in order to recommend a reasonable asking price and terms. Our reputation is too important to over-sell a company or sell a business that will self-destruct when the seller departs. We pride ourselves on looking out for best interest of both seller and buyer; we do not represent either in a single-agency capacity. Our function is a third party, independent transaction broker.
If you are contemplating selling your business, now or five years from now, we would like to offer a free, no obligations, no pressure business valuation to determine the value of the business. Once we determine the value, our business brokers can sell the company confidentially. We are a success fee only firm, meaning there are no-upfront commissions; we only earn commissions if we sell the business.
