FAQs for Buyers
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Explore: Finding a business to buy on Baton
Off-market listings only display publicly available data. They may be off-market gems waiting to be mined away from competition.
Verified For-Sale businesses are exclusively listed with Baton have gone through due diligence to prove their financials, and have been reviewed by Baton M&A Advisors.
All of our verified For Sale businesses have submitted actual financial data (Profit & Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, tax returns, etc.), have been adjusted for any and all add-backs (owners salary, interest expense and such) and have been run through our 6-method valuation process, taking into account the latest sales comparables & industry benchmarks.
You’ll be able to see our For-Sale teasers before you sign up, but you won’t have access to the actual company name, the company's financials, the data room, or the ability to contact the M&A Advisor or Owner to take next steps.
For verified For-Sale listings posted by Baton, you can reach out to the M&A Advisor or Owner directly from the listing page. They’ll tee up a conversation if the seller reciprocates. This means you can simply tick off your wishlist of businesses and go about your day. No time wasted chasing down leads and verifying that they’re real.
For Off-market listings, you’ll click Contact This Business and we’ll launch a cold outreach campaign for you, free of charge.
Glad you asked! We are the #1 small business marketplace for Trust and Transparency. We back up that designation by upholding higher standards for owners/sellers, buyers, and our entire team.
Owners listing with us go through rigorous pre-due diligence and can back up their asking price through our proprietary valuations.
We’ve also given an industry-wide broken M&A process a much-needed overhaul so that no one is waiting on documents or calls from brokers. We proactively do what it takes to move deals forward and give our community the attention they deserve. Ultimately, this saves our owners and future owners significant time and creates a better experience on either the sell or buy side.
Once you're signed up and logged in, you can click a link from the Interested menu on the listing to take next steps like booking a call.