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Straight answers for owners thinking about selling a trades or service business. No hype, no guru talk, just how valuation, taxes, licensing, and financing actually work in Nevada and Alabama.

Nevada

Selling a Trades Business in Nevada: A Working Broker's Guide

How to sell an HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or construction business in Nevada: what it is worth, how buyers pay, th...

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Alabama

Selling a Trades Business in Alabama: What Owners Should Know

A plain-English guide to selling an HVAC, plumbing, electrical, construction, or fabrication business in Alabama: v...

10 min read
Nevada

How Much Is My HVAC Business Worth in Nevada?

What HVAC businesses actually sell for in Nevada, the SDE and EBITDA multiples, what raises or lowers your number, ...

8 min read
Nevada

Selling a Business in Las Vegas: What Owners Need to Know

Who buys businesses in Las Vegas, what they pay attention to, the Nevada tax advantage, timeline, and how to get yo...

8 min read
Nevada

What's My Plumbing Company Worth in Nevada?

What plumbing businesses sell for in Nevada: typical SDE and EBITDA multiples, what raises your value, and how to g...

7 min read
Nevada

What an Electrical Contractor Sells For in Nevada

Typical sale multiples for electrical contractors in Nevada, what buyers value, and how licensing and service mix a...

7 min read
Nevada

How Long Does It Take to Sell a Business in Nevada?

A realistic timeline for selling a Nevada business, stage by stage, and the single biggest cause of delay....

6 min read
Nevada

What Paperwork You Need to Sell a Nevada Business

The documents buyers and SBA lenders expect when you sell a Nevada business, organized as a practical checklist....

6 min read
Nevada

How Buyers Use SBA Loans to Buy a Nevada Business

How SBA 7(a) acquisition loans work for buying a Nevada business, the 2025 rule changes, and what they mean for sel...

7 min read
Nevada

Do You Pay Tax When You Sell a Business in Nevada?

How taxes work when you sell a Nevada business: the no-state-income-tax advantage, federal tax on the gain, and why...

6 min read
Nevada

Can You Transfer a Nevada Contractor License in a Sale?

How Nevada contractor licenses work in a business sale, why they usually cannot simply be handed over, and how it a...

6 min read
Nevada

Reno vs Las Vegas: Where Trades Businesses Sell Best

How the Reno and Las Vegas markets compare for selling a trades business, the different buyer pools, and what actua...

6 min read
Nevada

Selling a Business in Reno: What Owners Should Know

What to know about selling a business in Reno and the northern Nevada corridor: buyers, the growth economy, the tax...

6 min read
Nevada

Selling a Business in a Small Nevada Town

What is different about selling a trades or service business in a smaller Nevada town, from a narrower local buyer ...

6 min read
Nevada

Why Most Nevada Trades Businesses Aren't Ready to Sell

The common reasons Nevada trades businesses are not ready to sell for top dollar, and the fixes that raise your val...

7 min read
Alabama

What Is a Trades Business Worth in Alabama?

How trades businesses are valued in Alabama: typical SDE and EBITDA multiples by trade, what drives the number, and...

7 min read
Alabama

How Much Is an HVAC Business Worth in Birmingham?

What HVAC businesses are worth in the Birmingham, Alabama market: typical multiples, what buyers value, and how to ...

6 min read
Alabama

Selling a Construction Company in Alabama

How construction companies are valued and sold in Alabama: backlog, bonding, licensing, and what buyers look for....

7 min read
Alabama

What's a Welding or Fabrication Shop Worth in Alabama?

How welding and metal fabrication shops are valued in Alabama, what buyers look for, and why equipment, contracts, ...

6 min read
Alabama

How Long Does It Take to Sell a Business in Alabama?

A realistic stage-by-stage timeline for selling an Alabama business, and the biggest causes of delay....

6 min read
Alabama

Do You Pay Tax When You Sell a Business in Alabama?

How taxes work when you sell an Alabama business: state income tax exposure, federal capital gains, and why deal st...

6 min read
Alabama

How Alabama Contractor Licenses Transfer in a Sale

How contractor licenses work in an Alabama business sale, which boards are involved, and why buyers usually have to...

6 min read
Alabama

Who's Buying Trades Businesses in Alabama Right Now?

The types of buyers active in the Alabama trades market, from individual searchers to private-equity-backed platfor...

6 min read
Alabama

Selling a Business in Huntsville: The Defense and Aerospace Boom

What Huntsville's defense and aerospace growth means for owners selling a trades or service business, and how to po...

6 min read
Alabama

The Biggest Mistakes Alabama Owners Make When Selling

The most common and costly mistakes Alabama business owners make when selling, and how to avoid each one....

7 min read
Alabama

Selling a Business in Auburn and the Opelika Area

What owners should know about selling a trades or service business in the Auburn-Opelika area: buyers, the growth e...

6 min read
Alabama

Selling a Business in Mobile: Port and Industrial Demand

What owners should know about selling a trades, industrial, or service business in Mobile, Alabama, where the port ...

6 min read
Alabama

Selling a Business in Montgomery: The Capital Market

What owners should know about selling a trades or service business in Montgomery, Alabama, from the government and ...

6 min read
Case Study

Selling an HVAC Business: Lessons From the Air Solutions Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Air Solutions, an HVAC business, to a strategic buyer. ...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling an Electrical Contracting Business: The Brentwood Electrical Company Sale

M&A Business Advisors represented the seller of Brentwood Electrical Company. Here is how electrical contracting bu...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling a Plumbing or Piping Business: The Pappas Piping Services Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Pappas Piping Services, a commercial piping contractor,...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling a Metal Fabrication Business: The Stodtmeister Iron Sale

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Stodtmeister Iron, an ornamental and architectural meta...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling a Precision Machine Shop: The Unitech Tool & Machine Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Unitech Tool & Machine, a Silicon Valley precision mach...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling a Manufacturing Business: The Bay Standard Manufacturing Sale

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Bay Standard Manufacturing, a maker of anchor bolts and...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling an Industrial Coatings Business: The Pro-Tec Coatings Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Pro-Tec Coatings, a protective coatings maker, to a str...

7 min read
Case Study

Selling a Commercial Janitorial Business: The Pacific Building Care Story

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Pacific Building Care, a commercial janitorial company,...

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Case Study

Selling a Pest Control Business: The Pest Options Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of Pest Options, a pest control business, to a strategic b...

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Case Study

Selling a Senior Home Care Business: The Home Instead Deal

M&A Business Advisors represented both sides in the sale of a Home Instead Senior Care business to a strategic buye...

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