Business Brokerage

(Through Murphy Business & Financial Corporation)

INFORMATION FOR SELLERS

According to industry research, only 20% of businesses listed for sale ever actually sell.  This abysmal closing rate is attributed to poor marketing, a lack of confidentiality and an unrealistic or unfounded selling price.  Conversely, 90% of businesses that engage a professional business broker sell.  Through our affiliation with Murphy Business and Financial Corporation, we will provide professional valuation and confidential marketing for the businesses we list.  This will increase our clients’ chances of selling their business by 350%.

Murphy Business has unsurpassed access to qualified buyers not just in our local area, but throughout Missouri, the United States and Canada.  Murphy’s proven system provides our clients with the means to achieve their goals through a more successful and confidential business transaction. We promise that you will not find a more complete, thorough and professional experience as the one Murphy Business can provide.  We use the same care in finding a qualified buyer for your business that we would if we were selling our own.

We work with both independently owned businesses and franchises and can even value your equipment and machinery.

You can learn more at: www.murphybusiness.com/capegirardeau

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

There are three ways to own your own business:  start one, inherit one or buy one.  We can help with all three, but if starting a business isn’t your style and inheriting a business isn’t your family’s style, we have clients who are willing to sell you their business now.
Never assume that a business is for sale because something’s wrong with it.  There are many excellent reasons for a business owner to want to sell.  They include:

• Declining health
• Retirement aspirations
• Divorce
• Death
• Burnout
• Owner likes starting businesses, but dislikes running them

Our experienced business brokers use the same care in helping match you to the appropriate business for sale that we would if we were buying it for ourselves since we have all been successful business owners and/or managers prior to joining the firm.

Through our global network affiliations, we have access to thousands of worldwide business for sale listings - many of which are never advertised publicly - giving you the maximum number of qualified candidates for purchase within your targeted geographic area of consideration. Murphy business brokers uncover the maximum number of opportunities so you can buy a business, with the reassurance that you found the best suitable business for sale that meets your needs.

Our valuation experts can help determine the fair market value of the business in which you are interested to ensure that you're getting maximum value for your dollars spent. We will use our banking contacts to assist you in arranging financing, if necessary, for your business purchase. This includes traditional financing or SBA loans.

You can learn more at: www.murphybusiness.com/capegirardeau