For owners of established service businesses
Sell your business to a buyer who will keep it running the way you built it.
GrowthFare buys one established service business at a time and keeps the team, the name and the customers. We buy with SBA financing, so you get a straight answer on price early, not after months of back and forth.
- Confidential from the first call
- No broker commission
- Your team stays
How a sale works with us
Four steps, at your pace. You can stop at any point.
- 1
A confidential conversation
Thirty minutes, by phone or in person. You tell us about the business and what you want next. Nothing is shared with anyone.
- 2
We look at the numbers together
Under an NDA you share the last three years of tax returns and profit and loss. We tell you plainly whether a lender will finance it and at roughly what price.
- 3
A written offer and lender approval
We send a letter of intent, line up an SBA lender and, for larger businesses, an independent review of the books. You can talk to our lender directly.
- 4
Closing and a handover at your pace
Closing usually takes 60 to 120 days from a signed offer. You agree how long you stay on to introduce us to staff and customers.
What happens to what you built
Your people keep their jobs
Your team is the business. We keep them, and we keep paying them on time.
Your name stays on the door
Customers know your name. We don't rebrand businesses that work.
Your customers get the same service
Same people, same standards. We add support behind the scenes, not changes up front.
You choose your role
Leave at closing, stay part-time, or help for a year. We plan the handover around you.
What we look for
- Service businesses in the U.S.: home care, HVAC and other trades, commercial and facility services
- Revenue between $500K and $10M
- Steady profits for at least three years
- A team that runs the day to day, or could with a good manager
Questions owners ask us
How do you pay for the business?
Mostly with an SBA 7(a) loan from a bank, plus our own equity. SBA lenders require the business's past cash flow to cover the loan payment comfortably, so if the numbers work, the financing is very likely to come through.
Do I need a broker?
No. You can sell to us directly and keep the broker's commission. If you already have a broker, we're happy to work with them.
Will my employees or customers find out?
Not from us. Everything stays confidential until you decide when and how to tell people.
What if I'm not ready to sell yet?
That's fine. Many owners talk to us a year or two before they want to sell, so they know what their business is worth and what would raise the price.