THE DIFFERENCES
BUSINESS BROKERAGE
- Wide Publication of the Business Opportunity
- Offered to the general market
- Confidential Treatment of Information
- Generally smaller opportunities
- Marketing doesn’t identify the Business
- A Ceiling on the Price
- Fees are Standard
- Business Brokerage is limited in scope and service
M&A ADVISORY SERVICES
- Research and limited distribution of the Opportunity
- Offered to specifically identified, potential buyers
- Stricter Confidentiality
- Transactions priced $5 million and up
- If openly marketed, easily identified
- Many times not priced
- The Client pays for additional services
- M&A Advisors provide comprehensive services