Now Is the Time to Sell Your Business | Inc.com

"Small-business owners, time to rejoice: The seller's market looks like it's finally heating up after three years of steady growth.

According to BizBuySell.com, one of the largest online business-for-sale marketplaces, small-business transactions jumped 41.7 percent in the third quarter of 2013 as compared with the same period of 2012. During this year's third quarter, 1,685 businesses closed deals, up from 1,189 transactions recorded in the third quarter of 2012.

Growing Confidence

Restaurants and retail stores are leading the way in number of transactions, with a 109.4 percent increase in restaurant transactions and a 60.9 percent increase in retail, compared with the same time last year.

A strengthening economy is to thank as the U.S. emerges from the Great Recession, the lingering effects of which have continued to punish businesses since 2008--now both seller and buyer confidence is on the rise. According to the BizBuySell's Buyer and Seller Confidence Survey, 70 percent of small-business owners expect to sell their business within one year. "

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