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Sell a Business

Sell a Business

Selling a Business with the West Houston, TX Murphy Business Professionals

The Murphy Business professionals in the Murphy Business Sales – West Houston Texas office are ready to assist you with the sale of your business.


Partnering with Murphy Business provides a broad reach that helps promote your business to the maximum number of qualified potential buyers. Our office is one of more than one hundred and forty offices across the country with affiliations with National and International Business Brokerage and Merger and Acquisition associations.



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 West Houston, TX 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.

The experienced professionals at the West Houston Texas (TX) office will be with you each step of the way when answering the challenging questions of “how to sell a business.”

  • Determine what the business is worth - We will determine earnings, applying rules of thumb for that industry and then looking at what comparable businesses have sold for as well as what is currently on the market. Our office has one of the area’s only Certified Business Appraisers – so you can be confident that our valuation will be accurate.
  • Prepare a detailed offering portfolio - We will put together an attractive and informative offering portfolio that we will use to market your business to potential buyers
  • Develop a marketing plan to sell the business - Our listings go out to over 30 different websites where your business is advertised. Because Murphy is the largest brokerage firm in North America, we also have a large pool of buyers with which we work.
  • Negotiate offer to purchase and structure a deal - We will be the intermediary in the negotiation between the seller and buyer and will work diligently to ensure that everyone comes away happy. We have relationships with some of the premier loan brokerage firms in the country who have relationships with hundreds of lenders and the expertise to know which ones to go to for which types of deals.
  • Perform Due Diligence - During the due diligence period, the buyer will make sure that everything is in order for the business. We will facilitate this happening, as well as be there to smooth over any hiccups that may come up to ensure that the deal happens.
  • Finalize Closing - Once due diligence has been performed and everything is in order, the buyer and seller will attend the closing where all necessary documents are signed and any loans are finalized.

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.

Benefits to Sellers

Take the First Step Towards Your Business Success!

Contact your local West Houston Texas (TX) 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 West Houston, Texas (TX) office has beneficial connections in West University Place, Bellaire, Memorial, Energy Corridor, Alief, Katy, Sugar Land, Stafford, Missouri City and other areas.

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