How come only 5% of businesses offered for sale get the asking price?

What is the reason for how few businesses actually sell?

A recent Business Optics*UK survey on 1.3 million SME’s for sale over recent years revealed:

  • More than 90% aren’t sellable in their current condition.
  • For those that are for sale, less than 20% will sell.
  • For those that do sell, less than 5% will sell for what the owner expected.

Those are clearly staggering figures and a real eye-opener for any SME owner thinking of selling up.

The good news is – it doesn’t have to be that way.

Good planning and sound advice can ensure that your business meets the criteria to achieve and even exceed the asking price, but it clearly needs knowledge of the critical drivers that affect the valuation of your business and time to work on them.

These drivers will either be healthy and create a bidding war or dodgy and receive a blanket “thumbs down” rejection.

We are happy to share this proven blueprint with you and help you start your journey to optimising the value in your business.

Just click here and we will forward a copy of “The Saleability Test” which will tell you all you need to know.

A few small changes can make a big difference and if you don’t start now – when?

Call 07799 300 200 for a free, confidential chat

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