Welcome to The Silva Group!
Our firm offers a full range of business brokerage services to support you in planning and implementing business ownership transitions. We are an independent, locally-owned Vermont company with national connections.
We would like to acknowledge that recent economic conditions have certainly presented challenges to small businesses. Many have seen earnings well below normal levels for the last couple years, resulting in lower business values. Looking back, 2009 will be defined for us as the year spent advising business owners to hold off on selling until their numbers improve.
On a more positive note, we see tremendous efforts by Vermont business owners to bolster their operations. We have joined in by assisting numerous owners with business valuations and analysis designed to identify the real profit drivers of the business. With newly-found efficiencies, these owners will emerge stronger than ever from the recession. With their advance planning, they will be well positioned to move forward with their future ownership transition.
If you are looking to acquire a business, there are some great opportunities right now. Our focus is on representing businesses with earnings strong enough to pay their new owner a market wage as well as cover the business acquisition loan. Any business with such strong cash flow after the last two years has certainly demonstrated staying power! Check our listings for current offerings.
As the Vermont affiliate of "Business Brokers Network", a national collaboration of several hundred professionals, we can connect you with qualified buyers or sellers throughout North America. BBN is the largest broker network in the United States, with many thousands of successfully completed transactions.
Thinking about selling or buying a business? Call the Silva Group!
Lynne Silva, Certified Business Intermediary
President