Celine Dufresne | Murphy Business Broker | Lakeland (FL)

Selling a Business with the Lakeland, FL Murphy Business Professionals

Murphy Business is a leading Lakeland, FL business brokerage in affiliation with National and International Business Brokerage and Merger & Acquisition associations. These connections provide maximum exposure in selling your business, yet still ensuring confidentiality.

Since the year 2000, we have been the top business broker in Polk County. We sold more businesses locally than any other company and our rate of closing is four times higher than the national average. When selling a business, our goal is to get the maximum price the businesses will allow, and we do. Clients benefit from our staff owning their own businesses and strong financial backgrounds.

The professionals at Murphy Business bring not only a wealth of experience in the sale of businesses, but many have been successful business owners themselves, giving first-hand experience to help guide clients through the transfer process. We treat the sale of your business as if it were our own. We use a proven system to manage the sale of a business from start to finish, beginning with a custom plan to promote the business to likely buyers. We focus on finding a qualified buyer willing to pay the true worth of your business. Throughout the process we utilize experts in wealth management, taxation, and deal structure to ensure that we maximize your profits.

Selling a Business with the Lakeland, FL Murphy Business Professionals

How to Sell a Business

All of our professionals have owned or managed a business in the past, which gives us first-hand experience to help pilot clients through the process of selling a business.

Murphy’s experienced professionals will be with you each step of the way when answering the daunting questions of “how to sell a business.”

Prepare a detailed offering portfolio
Arrange a business valuation
Develop a marketing plan to sell the business
Implement the plan and promote to potential buyers
Negotiate offer to purchase or letter of intent
Perform Due Diligence
Finalize Closing through Financing and Funding

We provide a detailed offering portfolio above the typical one page MLS form. Going above and beyond in information gathering and presentation is just one way Murphy Business exceeds expectations to help provide information for buyers in their due diligence efforts. These efforts often help make selling a business smoother with speedier transaction times.

In addition, Murphy Business brokers can create a customized marketing plan to attract the most suitable qualified buyer. Our local and national connections and associations create a network of thousands of brokers seeking out the correct buyer.

We provide our network of banking professionals to assist the buyer with traditional financing or SBA small business loans. While providing this service we can often minimize the amount of seller financing, if needed.

Benefits to Sellers

Starting the journey of selling your business can be both thrilling and challenging. At Murphy Business, we recognize the importance of beginning with a solid foundation.

We start by conducting a professional valuation of your business to determine its fair market value, ensuring it’s priced correctly for a successful sale. Furthermore, Murphy professionals develop a detailed offering portfolio to create a compelling presentation for potential buyers. Our brokers are dedicated to exceeding expectations by tailoring customized marketing plans to attract qualified buyers. Our extensive local and national connections form a network of thousands of brokers, all focused on finding the right buyer for your business.
We offer buyers access to our network of banking professionals, assisting them with traditional financing or SBA small business loans, often reducing the need for seller financing.

Reach out to our office to sell your business with maximum marketing exposure and minimal selling time. Murphy will guide you from the initial valuation through preparing your business for sale, finding and qualifying potential purchasers, and finally managing the process to a successful closing.

Take the First Step Towards Your Business Success!

Contact your local Lakeland office to sell a business with maximum marketing exposure and minimum selling time.

Murphy will be with you from the business valuation to preparing it for sale, then finding and qualifying prospective purchasers, and lastly managing the process to a successful closing.

The Lakeland, FL office services the following areas: Polk County, including Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lakeland, Lake Wales, Mulberry, Polk City, Winter Haven, and many additional cities neighboring the city of Lakeland.

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