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- 1. Sunbelt® “The place to go to buy or sell a business.” www.sunbeltnetwork.com
- 2. Sunbelt History • Founded in 1978 in Charleston, South Carolina • Began selling franchised locations in 1993 • Approximately 300 franchised locations worldwide • Roughly 4,000 businesses sold annually • Acquired by Merrymeeting, Inc. in February 2006 Ed Pendarvis Sunbelt’s Founder
- 3. Sunbelt Today • The world’s largest business brokerage • Currently listing approximately 11,000 businesses for sale • Offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia • Over 1,000 individual brokers • Expect to have 400 franchised locations by 2010
- 4. Sunbelt’s Core Values • Integrity: Revere honesty and welcome disagreement. • Golden Rule: Treat others as we expect to be treated. • Objectives: State goals and measure performance against them. • Excellence: Seek continual improvement in providing higher quality service at a lower cost. • Profit: Making money is the reward and the catalyst for being the best in the industry.
- 5. Industry Recognition Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked Sunbelt the #1 business brokerage franchise every year since 1995!
- 6. What is Business Brokerage? • Bringing sellers and buyers of businesses together • Understanding and matching buyers’ needs with available business opportunities • Assisting buyers and sellers in completing transactions • Adding value by streamlining the business sale process
- 7. Sellers need a broker to: • Value the business • Maintain confidentiality • Prepare the business for sale • Properly market the business • Identify and screen buyers • Facilitate negotiations • Facilitate the preparation of closing documents • Obtain maximum value for the business
- 8. Buyers need a broker to: • Provide access to thousands of opportunities • Understand the buying process • Match buyers’ needs, skills and expectations with available business opportunities • Understand market conditions • Structure offers and terms • Assist in arranging financing • Facilitate the preparation of closing documents • Facilitate the due diligence process
- 9. Why more buyers and sellers choose Sunbelt? • Results: We sell more businesses each year than anyone else in the world • Presence: International network of 1,000+ brokers • Professionalism: More Certified Business Intermediaries than any other network • Methodology: Proven system for expediting business sales • Technology: Proprietary website with 2 million listing views each year
- 10. Sunbelt Business Sales • Main Street businesses with total sales less than $2 Million • M&A businesses with total sales in excess of $2 Million • New Franchise Sales • Existing Franchise Re-Sales
- 11. Some Recently Sold Businesses • Engine fuels and oils – Selling price: $2,050,000 • Misc. Home Furnishings Stores – Selling price: $1,100,000 • Hearing aides – Selling price: $200,000 • Coffee shop – Selling price: $61,000
- 12. Sunbelt of (Insert Your Office) • (How long open) • (Number of brokers)/(Name of owner if needed) • (Office Contact information) Address City, State Phone Fax Mobile Email Web Address
- 13. Sunbelt of (Insert Office Name) (Insert Bio and Picture)
- 14. Sunbelt of (Insert Office Name Here)’s Services • Main Street Brokerage • M&A Brokerage (if applicable) • New Franchise Sales (if applicable) • Existing Franchise Sales (if applicable) • Industry Specialization/Niche (if applicable) • Other related services (i.e. Business Valuations)
- 15. Sunbelt of (Insert Office Name)’s Recently Sold Businesses (Insert examples of recent sales) • ABC Co. – Selling price: $xxx • DEF Co. – Selling price: $xxx • GHI Co. – Selling price: $xxx • JKL Co. – Selling price: $xxx
- 16. Interested in Buying or Selling a Business? Work with the largest business brokerage network in the world. Sunbelt of (Insert Office Name) can help you with your buying or selling needs. Please call us at 555-555-5555 for a confidential consultation today!
- 17. Sunbelt of (Insert Your Office) “The place to go to buy or sell a business.” www.sunbeltnetwork.com (or insert your office web page)
Editor's Notes
- Integrity – We revere honesty and forthrightness. We adhere to the highest ethical standards, provide timely, accurate and complete financial reporting, encourage prompt disclosure of bad news and welcome disagreement. Golden Rule – We respect others and treat them in the way that we want to be treated. Objectives – We clearly state and share our objectives with our employees, franchisees, shareholders and others. We measure our performance against these objectives and react to new information, changes and opportunities by adjusting our business processes to achieve and surpass our objectives. Excellence – We are committed to continuously improving our performance in order to meet and exceed the expectations of our franchisees, customers and investors/owners. We reward our people for improving service quality and reducing costs. Profit – Earning a profit rewards our investors/owners and enables us to attract necessary capital for further investment in our people and operating processes.
- Insert specific notes about your office today
- Note office’s specializations (i.e. Manufacturing, Main Street, M&A)
- Insert office’s specific recent sales
- Specialize for specific office.