The best price for a Miami business is locked in long before an offer arrives — in the four quarters you spend preparing it. This 18-month exit checklist works the whole runway: making cash flow underwritable for a buyer's lender, getting the company off your phone, clearing the risks buyers discount, and packaging it confidentially before it reaches Miami's local, national, and international buyer pools across trade, finance, hospitality, and professional services.

Business broker or M&A advisor — which does your Miami company actually need? The answer turns mostly on deal size and who the buyers are. This guide draws the value line, shows how each model runs the process and defends the number, and explains why a Brickell finance firm, a Doral logistics operator, and a Coral Gables professional-services company might each belong in a different lane — and why Miami's international and private-equity buyers push that line around.

In Miami's close-knit, bilingual business circles, a rumor that you're selling can reach your staff and your competitors before it reaches a real buyer. This guide shows how a confidential sale actually works — blind profiles, NDAs, staged disclosure, and hard buyer screening — and exactly what a leak costs an owner in lost employees, nervous customers, and ground given to rivals.

You can legally sell your Miami business yourself — the real question is whether you'll net more doing it. This guide runs the honest math on FSBO versus a broker: the commission you can see, the discount you can't, the buyers a private sale never reaches (including international acquirers), and why a competitive process usually beats going it alone

Most Miami businesses take six to twelve months to sell, and international-buyer deals often run longer. This guide walks the sale stage by stage, shows what makes a Miami-Dade business close fast, and explains the friction — cross-border diligence, license transfers, lease assignments — that quietly adds weeks. If you want to sell by a certain date, start reading here.

What do business brokers actually charge in Miami — and what should the fee buy you? On Main Street deals the success fee usually runs about 8–12% of the sale price, paid only when the business sells. This guide breaks down how success fees work, where the percentage bends on larger and cross-border deals, which upfront charges deserve a hard question, and why the lowest quoted fee is often the most expensive way to sell a Miami business.

Florida charges no state income tax — so many Miami owners assume the tax side of a sale is simple. It isn't. Asset sale versus stock sale, how the price is allocated across your equipment and goodwill, depreciation recapture, and — in a market this international — FIRPTA withholding on foreign sellers can swing your after-tax proceeds by six figures. This guide explains the mechanics in plain English, when to bring in your CPA and attorney, and why deal structure matters as much as price. (Not tax or legal advice — coordinate with your CPA and attorney.)

Most Miami owners price their company off a revenue rumor — and buyers pay on something else entirely. This 2026 guide shows what a Miami business is really worth: how seller's discretionary earnings are built straight off your tax return, how size and recurring revenue move the multiple, why owner dependence and one dominant account cut the number, and why a Brickell services firm and a Doral logistics operator at the same profit can command very different prices.