Thinking about selling your business? Discuss your potential selling price, timing, and next steps confidentially with Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A., serving business owners throughout Palm Beach County.
Business sales completed with Aniss Cherkaoui as transaction broker.
Explore a selection of available businesses with $100,000 SDE or more.
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| Business | Asking Price | Annual SDE | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Retail Store Contract Pending | $9,900,000 | $2,134,367 | |
| Golf Course Contract Pending / Accepting Backup Offers | $6,500,000 | $735,627 | |
| Marine Contractor Contract Pending | $6,000,000 | $1,013,932 | |
| Contractor Marine | $5,575,000 | $1,112,256 | |
| Mfg-Medical Products | $5,000,000 | $135,000 | |
| Truck Repairs | $4,750,000 | $578,516 | |
| Seafood Restaurant | $4,500,000 | $1,333,171 | |
| Nursery/Plants Contract Pending / Accepting Backup Offers | $4,250,000 | $791,575 |
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A sale can be the next step toward retirement, a change in direction, or a transition to new ownership. Before deciding when to go to market, it helps to understand what buyers will be purchasing and what they will need from you after closing.
Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A. helps Palm Beach County owners review potential pricing, prepare information, screen interested buyers, negotiate offers, and coordinate the steps toward closing. The approach depends on the business, the owner’s goals, and the buyer’s ability to take over.
Discuss timing, price expectations, financial performance, and your role in the company.
Organize records and identify the relationships, employees, assets, and approvals a buyer will need.
Work through buyer questions, negotiations, financing, and transition arrangements.
For a Palm Beach County owner who has built a company over many years, the business may depend on personal relationships as much as its equipment or location. Buyers need to understand which responsibilities can be handed over and which require training, introductions, or a replacement hire.
For a professional firm in Boca Raton or a healthcare-related business in West Palm Beach or Jupiter, a buyer may ask how clients find the business, who maintains those relationships, and what happens when the owner leaves. Clear records and a practical transition plan can help answer those questions.
For a landscaping, repair, or contracting business, a buyer may focus on crew supervision, repeat customers, service agreements, and the owner’s technical responsibilities. A sale review should distinguish work performed by employees from work that still depends on the seller.
These are examples of issues to review, not assumptions about every company. Your business’s actual operations should guide preparation.
What might your business sell for? Start with its financial records and a clear explanation of how it earns money. Relevant completed sales help provide context, but differences in customers, staffing, owner involvement, leases, and operating risk can justify different prices.
Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A. provides a Broker’s Pricing Opinion (BPO) and Most Probable Selling Price (MPSP) analysis for a potential business sale. This is market-based business-sale pricing guidance, not a formal appraisal.
Reviewing the records also helps distinguish recurring earnings from unusual items and explain proposed add-backs. A calculator can offer a starting point, but it cannot confirm those adjustments or determine which completed sales are useful comparisons.
How business-sale pricing is assessed · Preliminary business valuation calculator
You do not need to have every document ready before discussing a sale. An initial review helps identify what is available and where buyers are likely to have questions.
If retirement or a gradual exit is your goal, discuss your preferred involvement early. Buyers may have different expectations, and any agreed transition terms should be clear.
Employees, customers, and referral partners may have questions if they learn a business is for sale. Initial marketing can limit identifying information, with more detailed materials shared as buyers are screened.
Screening may include available funds, relevant experience, financing plans, and the ability to operate the company. Depending on the opportunity, it may involve proof of funds, lender discussions, and a confidentiality agreement. These measures help control disclosure but cannot eliminate every risk.
The buyer pool may include individual owner-operators, existing businesses seeking an acquisition, search funds, and other investors. A strong offer also needs a workable funding plan and a realistic approach to taking over.
Strategic buyer transactions · Private equity and investor buyers · Buyer procedures
Agreeing on a price is one step. A transaction may also depend on financing, landlord consent, licensing, franchisor approval, or other requirements for transferring ownership.
SBA-backed or other acquisition financing may be available for eligible transactions and qualified buyers. Lenders determine eligibility, approval, and loan terms. Seller financing can be discussed when the seller is willing and the parties agree on acceptable terms.
For a leased location, review the lease and its transfer provisions early. For a licensed or franchised business, identify the relevant approval requirements before assuming the buyer can begin operating immediately.
During due diligence, Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A. helps coordinate the exchange of information and follow up on unresolved questions. Attorneys, accountants, lenders, and other professionals provide advice within their respective areas of expertise.
Business acquisition financing · Transaction coordination through closing
The selected South Florida transactions above include businesses in childcare, electrical contracting, healthcare-related services, landscaping, distribution, and other industries. Each sale involves different questions about earnings, employees, customers, and the transfer of operations.
An owner-operated company may need a different approach from a company with an established management team. For larger or more complex transactions, lower middle market M&A advisory may be appropriate.
Discuss the scope of your business and the type of transaction you are considering before deciding how to position it for buyers.
Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A. works with business owners in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, Lake Worth Beach, Greenacres, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, and surrounding communities.
The review focuses on your company’s records, operations, location, lease, and ownership goals. The available listings on this page also include opportunities in Martin and St. Lucie counties.
For other South Florida locations, see Broward County business brokerage and Miami-Dade County business brokerage.
Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A. is affiliated with Transworld Business Advisors and has experience across 125+ completed South Florida business sales. His work includes sale preparation, buyer communication, negotiations, and transaction coordination.
Business Brokers of Florida#1 Dollar Producer statewide for 2024 completed transactions.
Top 50 Business Broker in Florida by dollar transaction totals for 2025 completed transactions.
International Business Brokers AssociationPlatinum Chairman’s Circle Award for the 2024 and 2025 transaction years.
Begin with a confidential conversation about the company, your timing, and your reasons for considering a sale. Recent financial information and an explanation of your daily role help establish the next steps.
Financial performance, relevant completed sales, owner involvement, and operating risks inform a Broker’s Pricing Opinion and Most Probable Selling Price analysis. Businesses in the same industry can justify different multiples. This pricing guidance is not a formal appraisal.
Yes. An initial review can help you identify missing records, duties that depend on you, and transition questions a buyer may ask. Discuss how much training or post-sale involvement you would be willing to provide.
Initial marketing can limit identifying details. Screening buyers, using confidentiality agreements where appropriate, and sharing information in stages help protect sensitive information. No process can eliminate every disclosure risk.
Financing depends on the business, the buyer, and the lender’s requirements. SBA-backed or other acquisition financing may be available, but a listing or asking price does not guarantee approval.
Timing depends on price expectations, financial records, buyer fit, due diligence, financing, and required approvals. An initial review can identify issues that may affect the timeline without promising a closing date.
The listings table includes opportunities in Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie counties. Use the industry filter and View Details to explore listings. Confirm the location and current availability, then follow the listing’s inquiry and NDA process for more information.
Discuss your business, timing, and next steps confidentially with Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A.
Affiliated with Transworld Business Advisors
305-608-6761 · aniss@tworld.com