| Market Pulse Report First Quarter 2021 | View Link |
| 6 to 9 months is how long it takes on average to sell a business | View Link |
| 90% – the number of all of the people who begin a search to Buy a Business and never complete a transaction | View Link |
| 50% – of all buy-sell transactions which fall apart during the Due Diligence process | View Link |
| 12% of Business Sale transactions were cancelled due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic | View Link |
| 4% of Businesses listed for sale in the United States had a beneficial impact as a result of Covid-19 | View Link |
| 2x – the Median Multiple Paid on annual Adjusted Cash Flow less than $500,000 in Q1 2020 | View Link |
| 41 % of U.S. Small Business are owned by Baby Boomers | View Link |
| Only 30% of family-owned businesses survive the second generation of ownership | View Link |
| 28.8 million small businesses operate in the United States | View Link |
| 15.26% – the Prime Rate in 1980. 3.25% – the Prime Rate in May 2020 (The cost of Buying a Business has never been better than today) | View Link |
| 50% of all businesses founded today will fail within 5 years | View Link |
| 82% of business cited cash flow problems as a factor in their failure | View Link |
| 2,225 Businesses sold in Q1 of 2020 – an 11% decline over the same period in 2019 | View Link |
| 8% to 12% is the typical commission rate for businesses priced under a million dollars | View Link |
| 34% of States in the U.S. require a Business Broker to be licensed | View Link |
| Only 20% of businesses with a listing price of under $1,000,000 ever sell | View Link |
| 90% of Business owners’ net worth id tied up in their business | View Link |
| 11% is the increase in median sales prices for small businesses over 2019 | View Link |
| 39% of small business sales in Q1 of 2020 were Service businesses | View Link |
| 2.28 is the average cash flow multiple for businesses sold thus far in 2020 | View Link |
| 30% – the number of Industry professionals who have been designated as Certified Business Intermediaries (CBI) | View Link |
| 32% – the number of 7(A) loans to Minority Business Owners guaranteed by the SBA | View Link |
| .5% – the interest rate for loans associated with the PPP (Payroll Protection Program) as a part of the CARES Act | View Link |
| 2.3% – the growth percentage of the number of Business Brokers active in the U.S. from 2015 to 2020. It’s a difficult business to succeed and thrive in – only the strong survive | View Link |
| Less than 1 in 3 Businesses listed with a selling price over $2,500,000 ever sell | View Link |
| 45,000 Active Businesses for Sale Globally – that’s a lot of competition for the sale of your business | View Link |
