Sell Your Business in Canada

Discover and Unlock The Wealth

Hidden In Your Business

Have you always thought you’d like to get your business to the point you could sell it?

Do you know how to properly prepare and sell a business for the most after tax dollars?

Let's find your answers and get you the support you need.

What would you do if you could sell your business for $500k? $1 Million? $5 Million or more?

Maybe buy a boat and travel around the Bahamas for a year. Whatever it is, your business might be able to get you that dream sooner than you think.

You are likely so focused on the day to day work that you don’t realize the value you have built up over the years in your company. A professional valuation is a great place to find out the real value of what you have created. It might surprise you.

If we’re unable to provide you with 300% or more value to your life than the cost of our valuation then it’s free.

A Challenge to Business Owners Who Would Never Dream of Selling

Maybe, you’re thinking…..

“I don’t want to sell now. I want to wait until I have built up more value in my business before I do that.”

That might be so, but often with a few simple tweaks, you can increase the value of your business exponentially and immediately, today and for the future.

Is an $100k, $500k, or Millions from your business worth 5 – 10 hours of your time and $2k – $6k?

That is what a professional valuation can do for you.

To People Who Want To Sell Their Business – But Don’t Know How To Get Started

An important decision often not made lightly. You have invested a lot of time and money into growing it to the point it is today. You want to get the most out of it when you sell. You likely have a few questions how to proceed or maybe you don’t have a clue where to start.

Selling a business can be a huge undertaking but do you need to hire professionals?

The answer can be no, we can help you out whatever you decide.

7 Reasons To Hire

Experienced Business Transition Specialists

Save You Time

One of the biggest reasons people hire a professional is time. Time is the #1 deal killer. Selling a business requires much preparation, research, organizing paperwork, dealing with dozens of buyers who are not qualified, and often complex accounting, legal, and finance requirements. These activities can be extremely time-consuming and they will take you away from your business. An M&A professional allows you to focus where you have the biggest influence on your business. Connect with a specialist today and plug into a proven system. Our advisory firm is dedicated to supporting clients and their legal and certified accounting partners who lead all transactions.

Proper Valuation

The proper valuation of your business is integral to getting it sold in a timely manner and to the right buyer. Specialist will provide this as part of their services, but you can also purchase a valuation separately from a full-service package. This gives you the flexibility to do the sale on your own with the confidence of having the right valuation. A proper valuation will produce materials that prove to a buyer the real cash flow of your business, many comparisons to similar businesses that have already been sold, as well as the most efficient sale structure.

Keep The Sale Discrete

If the word gets out that you are selling, it can be a big hit to your bottom line and, as a result, to the value of your business. The systems and processes of experienced M&A professionals put confidentiality as a top of their priority, ensuring prospective buyers are adequately qualified before receiving valuable information. An M&A professional will confirm the buyer is a serious and genuinely qualified candidate to acquire your company.

Remove The Emotion

Selling your business can be an emotional experience. Certain emotions can kill a deal very quickly. An M&A professional can act as a buffer between you and the buyer and work with you to ensure certain emotions do not impact your deal. An M&A professional can be the voice of reason and keep both the buyer and seller moving forward during challenging times, giving a better chance of a positive result. Our advisory firm is dedicated to supporting clients and their lawyers and certified accounting partners who lead all transactions.

Support In Negotiations

M&A professionals support you during the negotiation of the price and terms of your deal. An experienced M&A professional will understand the needs of both buyer and seller and be able to offer an array of solutions to support you and your legal and professional partners to get an acceptable deal completed, faster and cheaper.

Help The Buyer Secure Financing

Almost every deal hinges on the buyer obtaining adequate financing. Whether this is creative ideas or working with multiple lenders, an experienced professional will do whatever they can to help a buyer get the money needed to complete the deal.

Complete The Deal

Specialists are familiar with the problems that often prevent deals from completing on time and/or increasing costs. Collaborating with lawyers, accountants, and other necessary professionals leading the transaction, to solve problems as they come up is support you can count on from an experienced M&A professional. This can often mean advising the buyer as well as the seller to ensure both parties feel they are getting the deal they want.

The ONE Reason Not to Hire A Professional

If you are in a situation where time would not pose any issue to your circumstances and you must keep all of your sale proceeds, then you may want to consider selling on your own. It may be in your best interest to hire a professional to at least give you a valuation if you decide to go it alone.

If You Do Decide to Sell On Your Own

At Business Selling Mastery, a partner company of Gateway Business Intermediaries, we offer comprehensive education, support systems, and tools to ensure you are set up to successfully walk through the selling process step by step. Our advisors are always just an email or call away. See our complete Business Selling Mastery program.

If You Decide To Use A Specialist

Do You Really Want The Lowest Bidder To Sell Your Most Valuable Asset?

Engaging with the right firm can mean the difference between a completely satisfying experience and a horror story, not to mention the loss of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Just getting your business sold for the lowest isn’t the only thing you need to be concerned about. Our philosophy is that a transition must be a win/win for both parties because this is what supports the integrity of the business’s future success. Our focus is to add more value to business owners’ lives than anyone. For some, that means doing it all for you; for others, it means providing the information and support to do it yourself, or, it is somewhere in between. Whatever you determine your needs to be, you can expect us to be there every step of the way to advise you through a successful, profitable transition. We understand the complexities and emotional aspects of selling a business and are dedicated to supporting qualified business owners, their legal and accounting partners, until a successful transition is recognized.

Our balanced advisory approach is for the benefit of both parties.

We place a priority on maintaining transparency in the sale and purchase of every business. We honor our duty to hold every transaction in the strictest confidence to protect your privacy and the viability of the sale. Both buyer and seller can expect loyalty and full disclosure from our M&A professionals throughout the transaction. When you work with our professionals, rest assured the value you receive from us will always be greater than your investment. Whether it is a full-service advisory firm you need or just some help to move your sale forward on your own, our advisory firm has the tools, systems, and support needed to help you create outstanding results. Our focus is of providing comprehensive advisory services and support until a successful transition is recognized.

Now That You Know Your Choices

Which of These Best Describes You?

I want to sell on my own, Explore Business Selling Mastery.

I want a professional to advise me on everything.

I’m not sure which way I would like to go at this point…

17 Most Common Asked Questions By Sellers

The first contact Gateway makes with the potential market of buyers for your business is via a blind (anonymous) one-page profile of your company.

It’s critical to closely scrutinize Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) professionals before engaging them to sell your most valuable asset.

Questions?

Gateway really does mean business, which means we do not accept every client looking for advisory on buying or selling. We use a proven process to screen potential buyers and sellers for all factors that contribute to successful advisory on transactions, short term and long term. Our passion is to add impactful value to every business and customer who enter our space. We are dedicated to your success. We know how to keep it simple.