aAgents.Biz (Acquisition Agents) was established in 2016.
Having listed and sold the only businesses sold at the Agency he was working for, the founder decided it was time to start a Business Broking Agency where he could modernize Business Broking Services and Professionalism.
Professionalism
Professionalism comes from knowledge and experience; from knowing how to do a job well and what is expected.
Our licensed Business Brokers have a mix of experience that spans business academics, business ownership, and management in many markets, including Australia, China, India, Other parts of Asia, the Caribbean, the UK, the USA, and of course New Zealand.
Together we understand how markets and businesses work, and the key factors for selling a business – including how to sell them, their approximate market selling price, and who to sell them to.
Services
Our services include acting as a Seller’s Agent, acting as a Buyer’s Agent, Appraising the market sale price of businesses, Valuing businesses, writing Profiles, and writing Information Meroandums about businesses.
As licensed Business Brokers, aAgents.Biz is licensed to act as a Business Seller’s Agent to facilitate the sale of businesses and business assets.
Licensed Business Brokers can only act to sell a Seller’s business when the Seller appoints them as the Business Seller’s Agent through an Agency Agreement.
The Agency Agreement must include:
identification of the business for sale and its owners, including the ID’s and proof of address of the owners,
a Business Broker’s appraisal of the current market sale price of the business,
the Seller’s asking price,
a marketing plan,
the marketing fees and sale commission.
To list a business for sale for an effective sale’s agency the following information should be provided:
A brief general description of the business, ideally including some description of the business’s SWOT – Strengths and Weaknesses & Opportunities and Threats. Details can be provided on our Business Details form, including some brief description and SWOT details in the form’s comments area.
Any material agreements, including lease and franchise agreements,
Financial Profit and Loss & list of assets being sold. Ideally, 3 years of Financial Statements and the last twelve months of GST returns,
ID and Proof of Address.
If you are thinking about selling your business, please contact us through one of the communication channels below..
As a Business Buyer’s Agent, aAgents.Biz facilitates buying businesses and business assets.
Licensed Business Brokers act to find and/or buy businesses for Buyers who appoint them through an Agency Agreement to act as their Buyer’s Agent.
The Agency Agreement must include:
identification of the buying client, including the ID’s and proof of address of the owners,
identification of the buying service that will be provided, including for example a buying strategy and/or purpose, the price range sought, profile of the type(s) of business sought, specific businesses purchases sought,
fees and commissions.
If you would like to talk to us about acquiring, investing in full or in part in private businesses, please contact us through one of the methods provided in the pager footer below or through the message form directly below.
An appraisal is not a formal valuation. It is normally a ‘comparative sales’ appraisal based on a multiple (reciprocal of ROI) of EBIT, EBITDA or OCS depending on the size of the business, to comply with Agency licensing rules which require an Agent to do an appraisal having entered into or when entering into an agency agreement to broker a business sale, in full or in part.
The price a business sells for is what the Seller and Buyer agree to.
Until then price can only be approximated based on expert opinions, in turn normally based on comparable sale prices, ROI – Return on Investment, Profitability, etc.
An appraisal of a current market sale price is typically based on the ROI of comparable sales. That is based on the ROI of sales of other similar types of businesses. The multiple (reciprocal of ROI) of profit (EBIT, EBITDA, or EBPITD) that comparable businesses are sold on is applied to (multiplied against) the profit of the business being sold. Other factors can affect the amount of the multiple used e.g. expected maintainability and growth of profits.
aAgents.Biz can also be paid to provide more comprehensive business valuations – Independent Indicative Business Valuations & Information Memorandums that research and report more deeply on the strengths and weaknesses of the business assets to prosper in the opportunities and threats of the market.
For acting a Business Broker to sell a business we need the information listed below. To appraise the sale price of a business we need the information highlighted in red – historical ROI information and some information regarding future ROI prospects:
A brief general description of the business, ideally including some description of the business’s SWOT – Strengths and Weaknesses & Opportunities and Threats.Details can be provided on our Business Details form, including some brief description and SWOT details in the form’s comments area.
Any material agreements, including lease and franchise agreements,
Financial Profit and Loss & list of assets being sold. Ideally, 3 years of Financial Statements and the last twelve months of GST returns,
ID and Proof of Address.
Measures of Business Profit Used in Appraising a Business Sale Price
ROI is Return on Investment
EBIT is Earnings Before Interest and Tax
EBITDA is Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization
OCS is Owner’s Cash Surplus, also referred to as EBPITD
EBPIDT is Earnings Before Proprietors Income (wages or drawings) Interest and Depreciation. (This is sometimes called the Sellers Discretionary Cashflow.) This determines the basic earning capability of the businesses before any other variables – including 1. Net Profit before taxation 2. Proprietors income (including salary, wage, directors fees) 3. Any Interest paid 4. Any depreciation claimed
Independent Indicative Business Valuations & Information Memorandums research and report on the strengths and weaknesses of the business assets to prosper in the opportunities and threats of the market, and determine appropriate profit and multiples of profit for calculating an appropriate profit-multiplied ROI business valuation.
