Sunbelt Business Brokers is an international network of seasoned professionals who provide expert acquisition and divestiture services for business buyers and sellers. The company was started in 1981 and has grown today to over 350 domestic and many international offices. We are the largest business intermediary in the United States, representing sellers in over 3600 transactions in 2004. Sunbelt Pittsburgh provides services to five market segments: “Main Street Businesses”, Mid- Market Mergers & Acquisitions, International Acquisition Transactions, Franchising and Commercial Real Estate.

General Business Brokerage
The great majority of businesses in the United States fall within the category of “Main Street Businesses”. It is a dynamic sector, with much entrepreneurial activity. Each year, thousands of such businesses are bought and sold by INDIVIDUAL investors. Sunbelt Business Brokers provides quality professional intermediation services to make such transactions confidential and effective. We take pride in our ability to structure win-win transactions.

Mid-Market Merger & Acquisitions
Where Main Street transactions focus on sales to individuals, M&A activity usually involves sales to strategic corporations or private equity groups. Sunbelt M&A concentrates on companies that are valued between $1 and $30 million. As opposed to Main Street, these transactions are generally more complex necessitating the intervention of experienced M&A professionals to insure a strategic fit. This requires a thorough understanding of both the businesses of the buyer and the seller.

Because the best buyers of a business are not necessarily in geographic proximity to the seller, Sunbelt offers Mid-Market M&A representation utilizing an expansive network of experienced M&A professionals. The caliber of M&A representation that Sunbelt offers has generally not been accessible to small and mid-market corporations. In addition, Investment bankers and boutique M&A firms either decline to represent this segment, or charge relatively high upfront fees and/or retainers. We have leveraged our broad infrastructure to make professional M&A services available to your corporation with no or minimal upfront fees or retainers.

International Acquisitions Practice
The United States is a very attractive market for both corporate and individual international investors. For corporate buyers, acquiring an existing business may be the best way to get established in the US market. Individual buyers may seek to immigrate to the United States through the acquisition of a US business, as allowed by immigration laws. Whatever your objective, Sunbelt has developed a process to help you succeed. Our International Acquisitions Practice will help you identify the type of company that best suits your strategic, operational and financial objectives. We pay special attention to corporate cultural compatibility. We handle all immigration related acquisitions together with an experienced law firm specialized in immigration law. This provides our international clients with a seamless process to address all the issues related to trans-border acquisitions.

Franchises
We help the American consumer buy businesses with the largest selection of franchises, distributorships, dealerships, and license opportunities that can be assembled by any business intermediary anywhere. You never pay us for any of our work, before or after the purchase of a franchise. Our income is earned by commissions paid by the seller of the business. We offer you only those businesses for sale that meet our high internal standards of excellence, integrity, and quality. Our job is to help you zero in on a type of business you will enjoy and feel qualified for. Our goal is to find an opportunity that will meet your specific needs.

Purchasing a franchise can offer several advantages over non-franchise businesses including but not limited to: a proven business model, broad geographical appeal, relatively easy and inexpensive to operate and a scaleable/duplicable model.

As the largest Business Intermediary in the world, Sunbelt is regularly contacted by franchisors looking to expand their concept. We have prescreened 100’s of franchises offering the safest, strongest and most lucrative opportunities. These franchises come to us first because of our national presence. This enables us to present you with the top opportunities on the market.

Commercial Real Estate  Coming 1st Quarter 2006 !!
Sunbelt Pittsburgh Commercial Real Estate transaction services are provided to real estate developers, entrepreneurs, small and midsize companies, and financial institutions. Our transaction professionals are active in major downtown and suburban markets, optimally positioning and marketing properties and uncovering hidden opportunities for our clients. We offer integrated brokerage services designed specifically to fit both business owners’ and landlords’ needs. Our understanding of the dynamics of both markets enables owners to create maximum value for their asset or portfolio of assets.

Hands-on and result oriented processes
Our processes use the latest technologies and have been designed to be confidential as well as time and cost effective for both buyers and sellers. Entrepreneur Magazine selected us as the top business services franchise in the United States several years in a row, but the best indicators of our performance are the more then 3600 transactions we concluded in 2004. The distinctive characteristics of Sunbelt Pittsburgh are the qualification and collective expertise of our business advisors, experienced in starting, growing, managing, buying and selling businesses. As long-time local residents, all our business advisors are familiar with their region’s economy and businesses.