Insights
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The licence decides how a staffing agency changes hands
In each of the three provinces checked here, an agency licence stays with the company that holds it, which makes shares or assets the first question in a staffing sale. Gross margin and the split of temporary and permanent work then set the price within 3.0 to 5.0 times earnings.
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More than a third of BC’s self-employed are 55 or older
Four official sources count the owners nearing retirement in BC and across Canada, and each counts a different group. They are set side by side here, followed by a countdown for an owner who plans to sell in five years.
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A landscaping company’s price rests on its maintenance contracts
Landscaping companies sell for 3.0 to 5.5 times adjusted earnings in Canada, and a buyer splits the revenue by how it is earned before choosing a point in that range. Two companies with equal earnings end up $900,000 apart.
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Should I keep my building and lease it to the buyer?
Keeping the building turns part of the sale price into rent, and the buyer prices the business on a market rent in both cases. An illustration in dollars, and the lease a buyer’s lender reads.
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Provincial law sets who may buy your pharmacy
Pharmacies sell for 4.0 to 7.0 times adjusted earnings, and the province decides which buyers may bid. We read the ownership rules in Ontario, BC, Quebec and Alberta on the statutes themselves.
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Can a buyer coming through the BC PNP take over my business?
The BC PNP Base stream lets a foreign entrepreneur buy an established BC business. What its rules mean for you as the seller, with each program stage and the step that falls to you.
