About The Brokerage

About The Brokerage

The Brokerage was founded on a simple belief: the traditional way of buying, selling and investing in businesses is fragmented, antiquated and ready for change.

Opportunities are spread across outdated marketplaces, private networks, brokers and individual advisers. Buyers spend too much time searching for the right businesses, while owners often struggle to reach the full range of buyers and investors who could be interested in what they have built.

"We created The Brokerage to bring that market together."

A modern marketplace connecting business owners, buyers, investors, brokers and professional advisers in one place


Who Is Buying UK SMEs? Private Equity, Trade Buyers, Search Funds and Individual Acquirers

When business owners think about selling, they often imagine the obvious buyer: a competitor. In reality, the buyer market for...


UK SME M&A Market: What Business Owners and Buyers Need to Know

UK M&A Market Update | 2026 The UK M&A market in 2026 presents an interesting picture. Headline deal values have...


How to Prepare Your Business for Investment

Raising investment is about more than finding someone with capital. Before an investor commits, they need to understand the business,...


How Long Does It Take to Raise Business Funding?

One of the first questions when considering a capital raise is: how long will it take? There isn’t a fixed...


Equity vs Debt Funding: Which Is Right for Your Business?

If your business needs capital to grow, one of the first decisions is how you want to fund it. Two...


What to Look for When Buying a Business

A business can look attractive at first glance. Revenue is growing, profits are healthy and the asking price seems reasonable....


How to Value a Business Before You Buy It

One of the most important questions when buying a business is also one of the hardest to answer: What is...


How to Find the Right Business to Buy

Finding businesses for sale is relatively easy. Finding the right business to buy is much harder. A good acquisition needs...


How to Finance a Business Acquisition

You don’t necessarily need to have the full purchase price sitting in the bank to buy a business. Many acquisitions...