Business buyers searching the Internet for possible business opportunities will find a variety of websites specialized in the sale of businesses. Bellow are some of the most popular ones in North America:
Bizbuysell.com: This is one of the largest Internet platforms for selling companies on the Internet. It has currently over 45,000 active businesses. Buyers can access preliminary information about these businesses. Business sellers can list their businesses for monthly fees of between 69$ and $99 Business Brokers can also list up to 25 listings for a monthly subscription with a $49 monthly fee. Business Brokers are the principal providers of listings. This in turn offers a wider variety of business listings and increase the site popularity. This is a virtuous circle that most business for sale website owners try to reach. Bizbuysell.com has been very successful by adopting this strategy very early on and reaching a critical mass of business listings. This website has also been successful in signing strategic partnerships with large media providers such as The Wall street Journal, bizjournals and The New York Times offering unparalleled exposure for business sellers and Brokers. The website is currently ranked 12,800 in he word by Alexa (the most notorious website for ranking websites) only second to businessesforsale.com
Businessesforsale.com: This is the most popular website as per Alexa. This website had a strategy mainly focused on search engine optimization. Businessesforsale.com ranks #1 on Google on most terms related to buying, selling and brokering businesses. This website has currently over 54,000 active businesses for sale. This is also one of the most effective websites for business brokers. Just like Bizbuysell,, this website uses Business brokers as the main providers of business for sale listings.
Bizquest.com: One of the oldest websites especially targeted at middle market businesses. I personally had a very good experience finding buyers from this website. This website lost however some prominence in the last few years with the rise of Bizbuysell and Businessesforsale.com. It has been recently acquired by Bizbuysell.
Mergersnetwork.com: This company has a very different business model from the first three. This website is mainly focused on buyers. It charges buyers a monthly fee for getting access to detailed information about listings. Business brokers and sellers can list businesses for free but buyers can only access the information if they agree to pay. this is an interesting concept as it provides sellers and brokers with more qualified buyers who are serious enough to pay for their business search process.
In Canada, a variety of new websites have appeared in the last few years. Most of them start as free platforms and try to encourage business brokers to post all their businesses. When the website gets a decent size audience, it starts charging monthly fees to brokers and sellers. These websites include Businesssellcanada.com, Canadabizmart.com, Kazooga.com, canadianbusinessforsale.com, Canadianbusinessesforsale.com and others. Most these websites use Search engine optimization as their primary strategy to gain audience.
Bizbuysell.com: This is one of the largest Internet platforms for selling companies on the Internet. It has currently over 45,000 active businesses. Buyers can access preliminary information about these businesses. Business sellers can list their businesses for monthly fees of between 69$ and $99 Business Brokers can also list up to 25 listings for a monthly subscription with a $49 monthly fee. Business Brokers are the principal providers of listings. This in turn offers a wider variety of business listings and increase the site popularity. This is a virtuous circle that most business for sale website owners try to reach. Bizbuysell.com has been very successful by adopting this strategy very early on and reaching a critical mass of business listings. This website has also been successful in signing strategic partnerships with large media providers such as The Wall street Journal, bizjournals and The New York Times offering unparalleled exposure for business sellers and Brokers. The website is currently ranked 12,800 in he word by Alexa (the most notorious website for ranking websites) only second to businessesforsale.com
Businessesforsale.com: This is the most popular website as per Alexa. This website had a strategy mainly focused on search engine optimization. Businessesforsale.com ranks #1 on Google on most terms related to buying, selling and brokering businesses. This website has currently over 54,000 active businesses for sale. This is also one of the most effective websites for business brokers. Just like Bizbuysell,, this website uses Business brokers as the main providers of business for sale listings.
Bizquest.com: One of the oldest websites especially targeted at middle market businesses. I personally had a very good experience finding buyers from this website. This website lost however some prominence in the last few years with the rise of Bizbuysell and Businessesforsale.com. It has been recently acquired by Bizbuysell.
Mergersnetwork.com: This company has a very different business model from the first three. This website is mainly focused on buyers. It charges buyers a monthly fee for getting access to detailed information about listings. Business brokers and sellers can list businesses for free but buyers can only access the information if they agree to pay. this is an interesting concept as it provides sellers and brokers with more qualified buyers who are serious enough to pay for their business search process.
In Canada, a variety of new websites have appeared in the last few years. Most of them start as free platforms and try to encourage business brokers to post all their businesses. When the website gets a decent size audience, it starts charging monthly fees to brokers and sellers. These websites include Businesssellcanada.com, Canadabizmart.com, Kazooga.com, canadianbusinessforsale.com, Canadianbusinessesforsale.com and others. Most these websites use Search engine optimization as their primary strategy to gain audience.
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