Become a Business Broker

Business Brokerage is a growing industry. With the aging population of Small to Mid Size Enterprise owners there are vast opportunities in our field for competent and professional business brokers and intermediaries. Our brokers operate as independent contractors, enjoying a great deal of personal and professional freedom while leveraging their existing knowledge and experience into a new and lucrative career. Our brokers come from a diverse career background including accounting, law, finance, real estate, engineering, business administration, sales and marketing and more. If you are searching for a career that will challenge your knowledge and skills, provide personal and professional growth and in a rewarding environment, then please consider joining our team of professional business broker and intermediary practitioners.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has the following skills or characteristics:

• Must enjoy working with a wide range of people
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Sales experience
• Creative thinking
• Knowledge of financial statements and interpretations
• A degree in business or related discipline is helpful
• A desire to learn continually
• Strong work ethic
• Highest levels of integrity and character
• Desire to help people and solve problems
• Prior business ownership experience is a plus
• Comfortable and confident working in a commission only environment with high income potential

If you would like to explore a career with Sunbelt e-mail your resume and contact info to: info@sunbeltpacific.ca
or Call 604.696.6111

What is Professional Business Brokerage?

Business Brokerage is a relatively new profession in Canada. In essence a business broker is a professional that lists and sells businesses for a contingent success fee. However there is more than meets the eye.

A professional business broker will have been trained in business brokerage, hold a valid real estate license to be able to legally deal with the real estate components of any transaction such as a lease or land, understand how to value a business, and ideally, have a designation of Certified Business Intermediary through the International Business Brokers Association.

A business broker is a professional that takes the time and energy to learn and know the characteristics of a business he or she lists for sale and matches them with the criteria of a buyer through a proven methodical and systematic process.

With over 180,000 businesses in BC alone and where for a variety of reasons approximately 20% of them are for sale at any given time, many business owners face retirement, poor health, divorce, partnership problems or simple “burn-out”.

The assistance of a business broker in the process is invaluable since it will ensure that the seller maximizes their value, that the business is exposed to the largest pool of qualified buyers and, the business is sold in the shortest time and to the best fitting buyer to ensure continuance of the business.

When a business owner decides to sell they have many concerns about price, terms, time commitment and confidentiality. Similarly, when a buyer is looking to purchase a business they have their concerns such as value, true earnings and performance, sustainability, compatibility etc.  The use of a professional Sunbelt Business Broker reduces many of these concerns for the seller. A professional business broker can market the business to the widest possible market in a professional and confidential manner and bring qualified buyers to the table, negotiate for the best possible deal for both sides and mange the entire process to ensure a successful close.

Sunbelt Business Brokers Pacific Inc. is a licensed real estate brokerage office and a full service professional business brokerage firm that is highly qualified to handle business sale transactions of any type and size.

Sunbelt... The past and future

Sunbelt Business Brokers began in Charleston, SC in 1978. Since that time we have grown to offices in Canada, the United States and six continents providing a true global reach. Sunbelt is still growing in Canada and around the globe.

The Sunbelt Network successfully completes thousands of business transactions each year and has thousands of businesses for sale worldwide at any given time.

The Market

Due to corporate downsizing, thousands of potential small business buyers are entering the entrepreneurial market. These buyers have several basic options... try to find another job, start a new business or buy an existing business. Jobs are scarce and new business start-ups have a historically high failure rate which makes the purchase of an existing business a much more prudent way to secure the buyer’s future.

A Sunbelt Business Broker has a large inventory of businesses for sale and, working with the buyer to match his/her criteria and objectives, the Sunbelt Broker can find a business that could enable the buyer to succeed by providing security for themselves and their family.

Professional Brokers are in Demand

The demand for honest, hard working and knowledgeable business brokers has never been greater. The Sunbelt Network is the dominant force in the worldwide growth of this exciting profession.

Business brokerage is an executive position with high earnings potential. As a professional business broker you will be dealing with the owners of small and medium sized businesses and buyers who wish to own their own business and control their future.

The Professional Business Broker

Sunbelt Brokers have extremely high earning potential! At Sunbelt Business Brokers Pacific Inc., we offer worldwide brand leadership, quality support, extensive training and global reach.

Our training programs are based on decades of business brokerage excellence. In addition, Sunbelt’s comprehensive office assistance programs, technology, inter-active websites and proven systematic processes are designed to insure broker success.

Sunbelt Business Brokers come from all backgrounds and experiences. We are always looking for qualified individuals to enhance our team of Professional Business Brokers throughout the Southern BC area and world wide.
If you, or someone you know, have experience in business, finance, real estate, accounting, law, marketing, valuations, appraisals or sales we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your resume and contact info to: info@sunbeltpacific.ca
or contact us at 604-696-6111 to learn more.