Cedar Park Business Brokerage Built on Verified Earnings
Owners come to us to sell a business, get a business valuation or plan an exit. Buyers come for an established company or a franchise resale. Every deal starts with earnings recast from real tax returns and a confidential process, and clients from Leander and Round Rock meet us at our office or by phone and video.
Areas We Serve
Our clients are based in Cedar Park and nearby communities such as Leander, Brushy Creek, Round Rock, Wells Branch and Pflugerville. Owners and buyers in Georgetown, Liberty Hill, Jonestown, Hudson Bend and Steiner Ranch work with us too.
- Cedar Park
- Leander
- Brushy Creek
- Round Rock
- Wells Branch
- Hudson Bend
- Jonestown
- Georgetown
- Pflugerville
- Steiner Ranch
- Liberty Hill
Much of a sale happens through shared documents, phone calls and video meetings, so a longer drive seldom delays anything. Our Service Areas page lists more detail.
What We Handle for Owners and Buyers
For sellers, the core of our practice is helping you sell a business, and that starts with a business valuation drawn from your returns and profit and loss statements. If your exit is a few years out, exit planning gives you time to correct the issues a buyer would discount, while partner buyouts and succession covers ownership changes between partners or family. Buyers lean on us when they buy a business, look at franchise resales or need acquisition financing guidance. Larger, multi-party transactions fall under mergers and acquisitions, and business and property sales apply when you own the building the company operates in.
Sell a Business
Confidential listing, buyer screening and deal management for owners ready to sell a small or mid-sized private company.
Business Valuation
A free, confidential valuation that recasts your earnings, applies realistic market multiples and shows you the reasoning behind the number.
Buy a Business
We match buyers with established businesses and franchises, check the earnings behind the asking price and keep the deal moving from first look to closing.
Exit Planning
We prepare your business for sale years ahead, with recast earnings, documented add-backs, less owner dependency and a dated timeline to listing.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Help combining with or acquiring another private company, from the first valuation and confidential outreach through the letter of intent, due diligence and closing.
Franchise Resales
We sell existing franchise units and help buyers take one over, working through franchisor approval, transfer fees and the remaining agreement term.
Business and Property Sales
For owners who hold the real estate their business runs from: we price the company and the property separately, then structure a sale or lease that buyers can finance.
Acquisition Financing Guidance
We show buyers how SBA loans, seller notes and equity injections fit a specific deal, and what lenders will ask for before they say yes.
Partner Buyouts and Succession
Independent valuation, a clear read of your buy-sell agreement and a financed structure so one owner can buy out another, or hand the business to the next generation.
About Cedar Park Business Broker
Our clients are owners of small and mid-sized private companies and the people who want to buy one. We meet at our office or over phone and video, so an owner running a shop or crew all day can talk with us early or after closing time.
We will not promise that a buyer pays a set figure or that a lender approves a loan, because neither is ours to decide. What we can control is how well the business is documented, how clearly each agreement is explained before you sign, and how early you hear about anything that will weaken your position at the negotiating table.
From First Conversation to Closing Table
Details change with every company, but the sequence holds. This is what a seller goes through with us.
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A free first conversation
By phone or video, we learn about the business, your timing and your plans after the sale. Nothing is owed and nothing is signed.
- 2
Documents and a value range
You share three years of returns, profit and loss statements, your lease and an equipment list. We recast earnings, point out what a buyer is likely to challenge and give you a range.
- 3
Quiet marketing
We prepare a blind profile and a confidential information memorandum, and registered buyers see the listing before anyone else. Identifying details are released only after an NDA and proof of funds.
- 4
Weighing offers and due diligence
Offers differ on more than price, so we lay out terms, financing and contingencies side by side before a letter of intent is signed. Through due diligence we track the buyer's document requests and stay in contact with their lender.
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Closing and handoff
Attorneys and the closing agent finalize the purchase agreement, lease assignment and any seller note. After that, you train the new owner for the transition period both sides agreed to.
What Drives a Business's Sale Price
Most small companies sell at a multiple of seller's discretionary earnings, and larger ones at a multiple of EBITDA. Both the earnings number and the multiple can shift, and buyers and lenders test each one. Here is what pushes them up or down.
There is no charge for a valuation, and it stays confidential. You receive a written range showing the recast earnings, the multiple and the comparable sales we relied on.
- Clean, consistent earnings
- Three years of returns that agree with your books count for more than a single strong year. Cash revenue that never showed up on a return cannot be used, because a lender will not lend against it.
- How much rests on you
- When clients ask for you personally and the pricing lives in your head, a buyer is taking on risk. A capable manager, written procedures and supplier accounts that do not depend on you all support a higher multiple.
- Revenue spread across customers
- If a single account produces a big slice of sales, buyers price in the chance it walks after closing. Revenue spread across many customers looks more durable.
- The lease
- Lenders want the remaining lease term, or a renewal option the landlord will assign, to run at least as long as the loan. A short lease or one that cannot be transferred can hold up an otherwise healthy sale.
- Structure of the deal
- Asset sales and stock sales tax each side differently, and inventory, equipment and working capital can be in or out. A seller note or earnout can bring in more buyers and change the stated price.
- What a lender will fund
- Many small-business buyers rely on SBA 7(a) financing, and the lender's debt service coverage requirement caps what the business can carry. A number no lender will support is not a usable price.
What Sets Our Brokerage Apart
Buyers pay for cash flow, and lenders will only finance the cash flow they can check. That is why we spend most of our time on your records and on giving you a plain answer about what they support.
- We earn our fee only when a deal closes
- You pay nothing to list, and the paperwork holds no retainer or tucked-away charge. We take our fee from the sale proceeds at closing, which means an unsold business earns us nothing. That gives us every reason to focus on listings priced where buyers will act.
- Every add-back has a paper trail
- We rebuild seller's discretionary earnings one line at a time, putting back costs such as the owner's salary, a personal car paid by the company or a legal bill that will not repeat. Each adjustment links to a return, statement or receipt, because a buyer's CPA strikes anything untraceable during due diligence, and the price drops when they do.
- Pricing with the math on the page
- Promising a high number to get a listing and then pushing for price cuts costs an owner months. We hand you a range with the earnings figure, the multiple and the comparable sales spelled out, along with whatever is holding the value back.
- Confidential from start to finish
- Each business goes to market as a blind profile that describes the industry and the financials without revealing which company it is. Only buyers who have signed a nondisclosure agreement and proven their funds learn your name, so employees, customers and competitors stay unaware.
- We vet buyers before any introduction
- Registered buyers hear about new listings before anyone else. Before we introduce anyone, we ask how much cash they have on hand, what management experience they bring and whether an SBA loan is realistic for them.
Questions Sellers and Buyers Ask Us
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How much could my company sell for?
Largely what your recast earnings can support, times the multiple buyers and lenders usually pay for a company of your type. We start from seller's discretionary earnings on your returns, then weigh owner dependence, customer concentration, the lease and the probable deal structure. The valuation is free and confidential, and we show you the whole calculation instead of a single number.
Do I pay anything to list with you?
No up-front cost. Listing with us is free to start, there is no retainer and the agreement hides no extra charges. We are paid from the sale proceeds at closing, so our payday comes only after yours. We go over the fee terms with you by phone long before you sign anything.
Could my staff learn the business is for sale?
Our marketing will not tell them. The first thing buyers see is a profile without your name, address or identifying details, and they have to register, sign an NDA and show proof of funds before we say who you are. If it helps, buyer visits can be scheduled after business hours.
How long should I expect a sale to take?
An honest broker cannot promise a set timeline. It depends on how well organized your records are, whether the price matches what a lender will finance and how quickly due diligence and loan approval move. Pulling together returns, the lease and equipment lists before you list clears away some of the common delays.
How do buyers usually fund a purchase?
Typically with an SBA 7(a) loan and a cash down payment, sometimes alongside a seller note. The lender confirms that cash flow covers the loan payments with room to spare, so the price has to fit the earnings. Our acquisition financing guidance gets buyers ready for what lenders ask for, but the lender makes the approval decision.
What is the first step in finding a business to buy?
Call us to register as a buyer and share the industry, size and location you have in mind, along with the cash you can put in. Registered buyers see new listings first. If franchise resales interest you, we cover how franchisor approval and transfer requirements work.
Should I sell my building along with the business?
When you own the property, you can include it in the sale, hold onto it and lease it to the buyer, or sell it on its own. Each choice changes the price, the financing and what you earn afterward. Our business and property sales service lets you weigh them side by side.
See What Your Company Could Bring
Start with a free, confidential valuation and a plain walkthrough of the steps from listing to closing. If you are buying, you can register for current listings on the same call.