Business Brokers Ft Lauderdale, FL

A business broker is an individual or company that helps in the purchase and sale of small or mid-sized businesses. Florida business brokers help companies to secure competitive pricing, submit documentation correctly, and assist in the transfer with any licensing and permitting requirements.
Business brokers get paid through commissions based on a percentage of the transaction price generated from the deals they arrange and oversee. Florida, like every state, has its own regulations for business brokers. In certain jurisdictions, licenses are required before you can broker a deal, but this is not the case in others, for example, Florida requires a real estate license
Selling a business is time-consuming, and negotiations can be difficult. That is why you should work with an experienced intermediary that understands the world of mergers and acquisitions and knows the regulations you may face. Work with a business broker in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to help ensure you’re getting the best deal and brokering your business under the law.

Ft. Lauderdale Business Brokers Benefits

A thorough business broker can offer benefits to you throughout the brokering process.
For example, keeping your business information confidential can be vital to maintaining your trade secrets and competitive advantage. Brokers know how to control confidentiality by limiting the release of information throughout your business buying and selling process.
Experience is another useful benefit of business brokers in Ft. Lauderdale. Your Florida business broker’s perspective of your business and their experience can help them foresee obstacles to your sale and offer suggestions should issues arise.
Brokers can also help to maximize your proceeds throughout the negotiation process. They maximize your proceeds by establishing a fair offering price of the business while taking the business structure and taxes into consideration.

Choosing The Right Business Brokers

Brokers streamline the sale process and timeline to minimize business interference. The continuity of business during a sale is extremely important because a lengthy sale process increases the risks of confidentiality breaches, business declines, and customer or employee defections.
The right business broker in your Ft. Lauderdale community can be a great source of referrals for valuation specialists, attorneys, and accountants. Brokers can reduce the cost of coordinating your efforts with outside advisors, which can minimize your advisory fees.

Choosing a Florida Business Broker

A good business broker has the knowledge and experience to manage the process, including providing information about accounting, finance, , business improvement, valuation, marketing, sales, interviewing, written and verbal communications, negotiations, customer service, collaboration with advisors, and even real estate.
A good broker generally needs several years of business broker experience in your Florida community and should have completed several business sale transactions. Your Ft. Lauderdale business broker should be willing to exemplify the following abilities should you need them:

Currently working full-time in business brokerage
Willing to provide references to past seller clients.
Willing to spend the necessary time talking with you to better understand your situation, your goals, and your business and provide you with some insights into the process of selling your business.
Able to identify the obstacles you have to overcome to sell your business successfully.
Able to provide an opinion of your business’ value, create an analysis of the Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE), take into account other factors previously learned about the business, and provide an estimate (or opinion) of the value of the business, or to provide an acccredtied valuation firm to establish a formal value for the business.
Possesses the ability to explain the methodology of their estimate, so you fully understand how they calculated the opinion of value.
Can identify obstacles that need to be considered and addressed while also discussing ways to increase the value of the business.
Charges their clients on a straight commission basis in the range of 50% to 15% of the business’s selling price, meaning their commission is only paid when you are paid at closing. A good business broker will require an “exclusive right to sell” listing agreement for 12+ months.
Always obtains non-disclosure agreements from prospective buyers before releasing the seller’s company information to them.
Screens buyers for their management and financial capabilities. The broker should be able to explain their pre-qualification philosophy to you.
Capable of explaining the marketing plan for the sale of your business to you, including a comprehensive marketing package that they will provide to prospective buyers after they’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement.
Possess an understanding of business acquisition financing, especially Small Business Administration (SBA) loan standards and qualifications.
Maintain their integrity and perform their duties at a high standard of moral ethics and advise their clients to do so as well.
Does not pressure the prospective seller to make an immediate decision to sign a listing agreement.

A Neumann & Associates, LLC is a professional mergers & acquisitions advisory firm, having assisted business owners and buyers in the business valuation and business transfer process through its affiliation for the past 30 years.
If you’re in Ft. Lauderdale and require a business broker, contact A Neumann & Associates, LLC right away because they have the knowledge and experience to manage your business brokering process today.

We also serve: Florida Miami, Orlando

Contact A Neumann & Associates, LLC

If you are considering selling your business, please contact us to learn more about our comprehensive service spectrum. Our experienced professionals will answer all your questions about selling a privately held business in complete confidentiality. Please to fill out a short form, or call us at (732) 872-6777. We will contact you directly and will never identify ourselves to your employees.

Client Testimonials

“Your vetting is simply outstanding, among the best I've seen from a broker.”

Eric H., Investor

“I recently contacted A. Neumann and Associates about getting a valuation of my business done. I spoke with Marc, who explained the process in detail. After meeting with Marc in order to get a clear understanding of my business, and what I was hoping to accomplish. His patience in answering all my questions and his knowledge of the proper way to market my business gave me great confidence that this is the firm I will be using to sell my business for max value. Working with Marc at A Neumann & Associates was very easy and professional. I did not know all that was going to be involved in selling my business but they helped me through the process. What I thought was going to be a just another one of those pushy sales companies was just the opposite. Polite, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to talk to and deal with. I highly recommend this firm to anybody who wants to sell now or down the road. Marc not only knows his stuff, but actually is a real nice guy.”

Double Diamond

“Used A Neumann & Associates to sale my business. could not imagine having done it with out the patience and experience Gary provided. Thanks Gary,”

Dennis Frazier

“Working with Marc and his company was a pleasure. What I thought was going to be a just another one of those pushy sales companies was just the opposite. Polite, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to talk to and deal with. Marc handled most of the interaction and he has one of the greatest demeanors. Again, it was a pleasure working with him and his firm.”

Douglas DiCeglio

“I recently completed an acquisition using A Neumann & Associates. Tony Valentino was very helpful and accessible during the entire process. They do a thorough job vetting both parties and got us to the finish line.”

Srini Mudambi

“Claus out of Florida helped us with the sale of our business. We had never done anything like this and him and his team walked us through the process from start to finish. We had some challenges through the process and Claus continued to show up even in the difficult conversations.”

Colby Harris, Co-Owner, Del Mar Designs

“Claus Madsen thoroughly helped us with selling our company. From the 1st introductory meeting explaining to us what was possible, to providing us with resources to assist with the sale. Claus was invaluable throughout the whole sales process. Claus was with us every step of the journey and always made himself available for any questions or issues that came up along the way. If you are interested in selling your business, I encourage you to reach out to Claus and the ANA team so that they can let you know what’s achievable. These guys will make it happen!”

Ron Harris, Co-Owner and Vice President, Del Mar Designs

“A Neumann & Associates is the only business broker I would use or consult with. They have assisted with 3 business sales over the past 15 years with me. They are honest and sincere and have always performed better than my expectations. They are the only one i would use for the sales of my businesses.”

James Belanger, Business Owner

“I wanted to take a second to commend the exemplary customer service from both you [Karin Neumann] and Mr. Valentino. It’s both a rarity in the industry, and very much appreciated.”

Andrew G., Investor

“We worked with Neumann & Associates to investigate the purchase of a research company in 2010 and found Achim to be capable, forthright and realistic. His depth of experience enabled us to fully understand our options, offering creative options that might enable the acquisition. While we didn’t acquire that particular company at that time, we know exactly who to call whenever we’re looking to buy or sell a business.”

Daniel Coates, Buyer

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Contact A Neumann & Associates, LLC

If you are considering selling your business, please contact us to learn more about our comprehensive service spectrum. Our experienced professionals will answer all your questions about selling a privately held business in complete confidentiality. Please fill out our contact form, or call us at 732-872-6777. We will contact you directly and will never identify ourselves to your employees.

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