LAER Business · In partnership with LAER Realty Partners
Sell your business with confidence.
LAER Business pairs the local relationships of LAER Realty Partners with an experienced business brokerage team. Confidential, professional and built around getting you to the closing table.
Three ways to work with us
One team for every side of a business sale.
Whether you are ready to sell, looking to buy or helping a client do either, LAER Business gives you a clear process and people who have done this before.
For business owners
Sell your business
An honest valuation, strict confidentiality and a team that manages every step to the closing table.
Selling with us
For buyers
Acquire a business
Register your criteria to hear about established, vetted businesses before they reach the wider market.
Buying with us
For LAER agents
Bring us an owner
Your clients own businesses. Stay in the relationship, lean on our team, and get paid at closing.
The agent program
Why it matters
Selling a business is not like selling a house.
You've spent years building something. Selling it takes more than a sign and a listing. It takes an honest valuation, strict confidentiality so your employees, customers and competitors don't find out too early, a pool of qualified buyers, and someone to manage months of negotiation and diligence.
That's what we do.
- 800+
- LAER Realty Partners agents who know the owners in their towns
- 6
- States where LAER serves clients, across New England and Florida
- 8
- Disciplined steps from first conversation to closing
- 100%
- Confidential. Buyers are screened and sign an NDA before they learn who you are
How it works
A proven path from first conversation to closing day.
Most sales take six to twelve months once a business goes to market. Here is what happens along the way, and what we handle for you.
- 01
A confidential conversation
We learn about your business, your goals and your timeline. Nothing leaves the room.
- 02
Financial review
We gather the essentials: three years of financials and tax returns, leases, and a list of the assets that come with the sale.
- 03
An honest valuation
We recast your financials to show true owner earnings and tell you what the market is likely to pay, and what could raise that number.
- 04
Confidential marketing
We prepare a blind teaser and a detailed confidential information memorandum, then present your business only to screened buyers under NDA.
- 05
Buyer meetings
We qualify every buyer for experience and financing before they meet you, then prepare you for each conversation.
- 06
Offers and letter of intent
We bring you offers, compare price and terms side by side, and negotiate a letter of intent that protects you.
- 07
Due diligence
We manage the buyer’s requests and keep the process moving with your attorney and accountant, so you can keep running the business.
- 08
Closing and transition
We coordinate every party to the closing table and help plan a smooth handoff to the new owner.
Discretion, by design
Nobody finds out until you're ready.
A business is most vulnerable while it is for sale. We protect yours at every step, so your team stays focused, your customers stay loyal and your competitors stay in the dark.
- Marketed by a blind profile, never by name or address
- Every buyer screened for experience and financing first
- Non-disclosure agreement signed before any detail is shared
- Site visits after hours, on your schedule
Who we work with
Established businesses. Owners ready for what's next.
Profitable companies with real, documentable earnings, from family restaurants to private clubs, and businesses that include their real estate.
Select opportunities
From Main Street to the fairway.
LAER Business works with significant, established businesses across New England, from Main Street institutions to private clubs, hospitality and businesses that come with their real estate. The best opportunities go first to buyers who are registered and ready.
Why LAER Business
Local relationships. Specialized expertise.
LAER Realty Partners has agents in communities across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Florida. LAER Business gives those agents and their clients access to a dedicated business brokerage team, so you get someone who knows your town and someone who knows how businesses change hands.
Trusted introductions
Introductions through LAER agents that owners already know and trust.
Straight answers
If a business isn't ready for market, we say so and explain why.
Process discipline
Valuation, marketing, buyers, diligence and closing, handled by people who do it every day.
Start the conversation
Thinking about selling? Let's talk, confidentially.
No obligation, no pressure, and no one will know you reached out.