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Private Valuation
Confidential — your staff never hears a word

You built it. Exit with value and legacy.

When it's time to sell, you need more than a broker — you need confidential guidance from experienced business advisors who have priced, marketed, and closed Main Street to middle-market deals for 22 years.

Request a private valuation How selling works
22
Years closing deals
50
States
28
Brokers and advisors
Private valuation request

Free, confidential, no obligation. A senior broker responds within one business day.

Your inquiry is held in strict confidence — no listing, no announcement, until you say so.
Why sellers choose ECBB

Sell with confidence

I
Absolute confidentiality
Your business goes to market blind — no name, no address. Employees, customers, vendors, and competitors hear nothing until the keys change hands.
II
Priced on real comps
Your valuation is grounded in 22 years of closed East Coast transactions — what buyers actually paid, not an online calculator’s guess.
III
Thousands of vetted buyers
Our daily email blasts reach registered, NDA-signed, financially disclosed buyers — matched to your category, county, and price.
IV
Deals that finance
We package your financials lender-ready, so SBA approval doesn’t stall your closing — the difference between a signed offer and a sold business.
V
One team to the close
Offers, due diligence, landlord consents, licenses, legal — a senior broker coordinates every party on a weekly cadence until closing day.
VI
No fee until you close
Our commission is paid from closing proceeds. Valuation, packaging, and marketing cost you nothing up front.
The selling process

From valuation to closing table

1
Private valuation

A senior broker reviews your financials confidentially and prices the business against 22 years of closed comps — free and without obligation.

2
Lender-ready packaging

We build your Confidential Business Review (CBR): verified financials, lease terms, staffing, and the story of the business — the document buyers and lenders both underwrite against.

3
Blind marketing

Your listing goes to thousands of registered buyers and our daily email blasts without revealing the business’s identity. Interested buyers sign an NDA and disclose financials before learning your name.

4
Offers & negotiation

We qualify every buyer, present offers with earnest money, and negotiate price, terms, and transition on your side of the table.

5
Contract to closing

Due diligence, lender requests, landlord consents, and legal documentation — managed on a weekly communications plan until the closing table.

What owners ask us before they list.

Frequently asked questions

  • Your business is marketed blind — category, county, and financial profile only. A buyer must sign an NDA and complete a financial disclosure before your identity or address is revealed. Announcements to employees, vendors, and customers happen only after closing, on a plan you approve.

  • Nothing up front. The valuation, the CBR, and all marketing are free — our commission is paid from proceeds at closing. If your business doesn’t sell, you owe nothing.

  • Well-priced Main Street businesses typically go under contract in 3–6 months; from a signed LOI, most deals close within 60–90 days (75–120 with SBA financing). Clean books shorten every stage.

  • Usually a multiple of verifiable cash flow (seller’s discretionary earnings), adjusted for lease, location, staff, and transferability. That’s why the valuation comes first — we price from closed comps in your category and county, not rules of thumb.

  • Most contracts include a training and transition period — commonly a few weeks to a few months. It reassures buyers and lenders, and it’s negotiated on your terms as part of the offer.

  • Two to three years of financials (tax returns or P&Ls), your lease, and a conversation. The valuation request on this page starts the process — discreetly.

Find out what your business is worth

Free, confidential, and grounded in 22 years of closed East Coast comps — not an online calculator.

Request a private valuation
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