Business sale guides

From bizflip’s own published methodology series.

How Australian plumbing businesses are valued: normalising earnings, ATO cost benchmarks, owner dependence, and why the licence never transfers with a sale.

Where Australian businesses for sale are actually listed, how many each site carries, what buyers pay, and which listings sit behind a buyer paywall.

The steps to buying a small business in Australia: searching, NDAs, verifying financials, due diligence, what transfers at settlement, and the costs involved.

The specialist venues for buying an online business — Flippa, Acquire.com, Empire Flippers, Website Closers — what each charges, and the Australian rules.

Bsale and SEEK Business compared for private sellers: package prices, listing duration, inclusions and commission, taken from each site's own seller pages.

What UK business transfer agents charge: retainer vs no-sale-no-fee, typical commission ranges, and the withdrawal-fee clauses to check before you sign.

How Business Asset Disposal Relief works when selling a UK business: the 18% rate from April 2026, the £1m lifetime limit, and the two-year tests.

What a UK business transfer agent does — valuation, sales memorandum, confidential marketing, buyer screening and completion — and why the role is unlicensed.

How SBA 7(a) acquisition loans work: the $5 million program maximum, the 10% equity injection rule, personal guarantee requirements, and typical timeline.

From bizflip’s own published methodology series.

From bizflip’s own published methodology series.

How Australian SMEs are valued: EBITDA and SDE multiples, typical ranges by industry, what moves a multiple, and why revenue alone misleads buyers.

Why business valuation multiples differ by industry, typical Australian SME ranges, and how choosing EBITDA, PEBITDA or SDE changes the result.

How to judge an online business valuation calculator for an Australian business: the seven checks that matter, the kinds of tool available, and what none of them can tell you.

Published Australian data puts disability services (NDIS) businesses near 3.0x–7.0x EBITDA. What moves the number — and why an NDIS registration can't move to a new ABN.

How Australian online stores are valued: PEBITDA, SDE and EBITDA multiples, what moves the multiple online, and the domain, brand and customer-data transfers buyers check.

SDE adds back one owner-operator's wage, EBITDA does not. Which figure fits your business, why the cut-off is a convention, and how to check yours.

What Australian cafes sell for, why no honest single multiple exists, and how to work out your own number from ATO benchmarks and real asking prices.

What Australian restaurants are advertised at, why no verified sale multiple exists, and how to build your own valuation from ATO restaurant benchmarks.

What sets an Australian childcare centre's price: approved places, occupancy, NQS rating — and why Child Care Subsidy approval does not transfer with the sale.

How Australian accounting practices are priced: cents in the dollar of recurring fees, capitalised maintainable earnings, and client-retention clawbacks.

No free, reliable table of Australian business sale multiples exists. What free government data covers, why sale prices are missing, and how to triangulate.

Three free routes to an indicative value for an Australian business, a fourth that readies your records, and when a paid valuation is the only option.

No public dataset records Australian small business sale multiples. What advisers publish, why the ranges differ, and how the profit figure changes the answer.

What an EBITDA multiple prices for a small Australian business, the ranges advisers publish by size, why the owner's wage moves it, and how to triangulate.

Online tools for valuing a small Australian business, compared on cost, gating, earnings basis and disclosed method, including where others beat ours.

Australian mid-market deals hit a median 10.1x EBITDA in FY26, a 6-year high. What that dataset covers, why it is not the multiple a smaller business sells at, and where the gap comes from.

How UK SMEs are valued: the EBITDA-multiple method, typical multiple ranges, what moves the multiple, and the CGT/Corporation Tax due when you sell.

Why UK business valuation multiples vary by industry and size, how EBITDA is normalised, and why big-deal M&A multiples in the news don't apply to small sellers.

A plain guide to valuing a US small business: when to use SDE vs EBITDA, current median sale multiples by deal size, what moves a multiple, and why add-backs matter.

From bizflip’s own published methodology series.

What a data room is, what documents go in it, how staged access and privacy obligations work, and how to prepare one before you sell your business.

Which business-for-sale platforms include a virtual data room, what each charges, and when a specialist provider such as Ansarada is the better fit.

How selling a business in Australia works: preparation, valuation, listing, due diligence and contract of sale, plus GST going-concern rules and CGT concessions.

How much Australian business brokers charge: commission ranges, upfront and marketing fees, minimums, agreement types, and questions to ask before signing.

A plain guide to selling a business privately in Australia: the documents, tax and employee rules involved, where owner-led sales go wrong, and when a broker's fee still pays off.

Plan in months, not weeks. The four clocks in an Australian business sale, and the transfer timeframes that are fixed in law or published by regulators.

Where Sydney businesses for sale are actually advertised, why listings are anonymised, how to check an agent's NSW licence, and the lease and licence questions that decide a deal.

The financial, operational and legal documents Australian buyers ask for, the disclosure statements some states require, and what you keep after settlement.

A dated, disclosed sample of 246 Australian cafe listings: median asking price $196,500, the full spread, state medians, and why the average misleads.

Selling a Sydney cafe: lease assignment under the NSW Retail Leases Act, council food notification, liquor licence transfer and staff entitlements.

No single site wins. Sourced September 2026 prices for SEEK Business, Bsale, AnyBusiness, BusinessSales.com.au and others, and how to pick between them.

Yes, a few. What each free listing tier actually gives you, where free means less visible rather than less expensive, and which sites have no free tier at all.

Free tiers exist, and the cheapest headline fee is rarely the cheapest year. Sourced September 2026 prices, plus what a full year of listing really costs.

You do not need a broker to sell your own business. What one is worth, when a private sale is realistic, what commission costs, and how to decide.

What an Australian business broker actually does — appraisal, information pack, confidential marketing, buyer screening, NDAs, negotiation and settlement.

Broker licensing in Australia is state-based. What each state and territory requires, which courses count, and what AIBB membership does and does not prove.

No official register of Australian business brokers exists. The free searches that do — AIBB, state licence registers, marketplaces — and what each proves.

Most Australian brokers run no specialist deal platform. What they actually use — portals, CRMs, data rooms — and what the purpose-built tools cost.

Where Melbourne businesses for sale are advertised, what the portals showed on 3 September 2026, how to check a Victorian agent, and the section 52 rule.

Where Queensland businesses for sale are advertised, what the portals showed on 3 September 2026, and the Queensland rules on duty, liquor and leases.

Why no honest ranking of Australian business brokers exists, and how to judge one yourself: state licence, AIBB and RBV standing, fee terms and sector fit.

Finding a business broker in Melbourne: the Victorian estate agent licence, the Consumer Affairs Victoria register, AIBB and marketplace searches, what to ask.

Which AI tools help sell a business, what they actually do (listing copy, IMs, financials, buyer matching) and what stays your responsibility.

Which Australian business-sale platforms cover valuation, listing and deal management in one place, what each charges, and where the big boards stop.

A dated fee table for Australian business-for-sale marketplaces: Bsale, SEEK Business, BusinessSales.com.au, Business2Sell, AnyBusiness and more.

How to find and check a business broker in Sydney: the AIBB member search, marketplace directories, the NSW licence check and the agency agreement rules.

The step-by-step UK process for selling a business: valuation, confidential marketing, heads of terms, due diligence, share vs asset sale, TUPE, and completion.

The financial, company, operational and legal documents a UK buyer's advisers ask for, the consents you cannot give yourself, and the records you keep after completion.

A plain-English walk-through of how to sell a business in the US: preparing, valuation, confidential marketing, LOI, due diligence, asset vs. stock sale, and closing through escrow.

How US business broker fees work: Main Street's 10-12% convention, the Double Lehman scale for larger deals, minimum fees, retainers, and co-broking.

The financial, operating and legal documents US buyers and lenders ask for, the state bulk sale filings that happen before closing, and how long you keep records after you sell.

What a US business broker actually does — pricing the business, the CIM, confidential marketing, buyer screening, NDAs, negotiation and closing — plus why licensing varies by state.

From bizflip’s own published methodology series.

How offers on Australian businesses work: letters of intent, binding letters of offer, subject-to-finance and due diligence clauses, deposits and exclusivity.

Free NDA options for an Australian business sale compared: IP Australia's generator, e-sign free tiers, marketplace-bundled NDAs and bizflip's built-in e-sign.

An NDA before releasing financials is standard practice in a private business sale, not a legal requirement. What it does, what it does not, and what to check in the document.

A due diligence checklist for Australian buyers: financials, government registers, PPSR searches, the lease, licences, staff entitlements, duty and franchises.

A due diligence checklist for UK buyers: the free Companies House, HMRC and tribunal searches to run yourself, plus the lease, licences, TUPE, VAT and SDLT questions to put to an adviser.

A due diligence checklist for US buyers: financials, secretary-of-state and court records, UCC-1 lien searches, the lease, licenses, employees, successor tax liability and franchise disclosure.

Asset sale vs share sale in Australia: how liabilities, CGT and the small business concessions, GST, stamp duty, employees and contracts differ between them.

How US asset sales and stock sales differ for tax purposes: buyer step-up, seller capital gains, depreciation recapture, purchase price allocation, and the C-corp double-tax risk.