5 Most Common Options for Selling Your Business - Business 2 Community

"If you are considering selling your business, you may be under the assumption—held by most small business owners—that selling to a third-party buyer is your only option. It is not. In reality, a third-party sale can be the most difficult to achieve and may not satisfy your objectives in two different categories:

• Financial (how much money you need)
• Non-financial (what is important to you)

Both types of goals must be considered.

Most likely, you have several different selling options, which need to be aligned with your financial and non-financial goals in order to accomplish a successful sale. There are 5 predominant sale options, some internal and some external.

Internal Sale Options

You can sell your business internally to someone inside the company: management, employees, or family members. In general, internal transfers provide a sale at a lower gross price but can produce a greater net sale price due to tax and fee minimization.

Management Buy-out or Leveraged Buy-out"

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