Indiana Business Brokers Helping Owners Sell
Based in Fort Wayne, we help Indiana owners prepare to sell their businesses. Discuss your goals in a seller consultation, or explore valuation before deciding.
Our focus: businesses with a potential sale value of $1 million or more. Unsure of your value or timing? You can still start a conversation.
Selling Your Business Shouldn't Be Stressful
Start with a focused conversation about your business, your goals, and the support you need.
Going It Alone
A sale raises questions about price, confidentiality, buyer fit, and the work involved. Identify the support you need before approaching buyers.
The Right Partner
Discuss how MWB can support sale preparation, buyer conversations, and negotiations, with responsibilities defined in your engagement.
Evaluate Your Options
Weigh your goals, the records behind your business, and the terms of a potential sale before deciding how to proceed.
Exit Your Business On Your Terms With Confidence
Whether you are preparing for retirement or exploring a new direction, start with your goals. A seller consultation can help you frame questions about preparation, timing, and representation before you commit to a sale process.
You do not need every answer before reaching out. Tell us what your business does, where it operates, and why you are considering a sale. If value or timing is uncertain, say so.
Before approaching buyers, consider what information can be shared, which records support the business, and what a transition would mean for you and your team. Use the first conversation to decide what needs attention next.
Ask how brokerage support will be coordinated with your attorney, accountant, and other advisors. Agree on responsibilities, communication, and document handling before work begins; a brokerage engagement does not replace specialist legal or tax advice.
Explore Your Business Value Before Deciding to Sell
Use our free business valuation calculator for a preliminary estimate based on the information you enter. It is a starting point for questions, not a promised selling price or a formal appraisal. If you are considering a sale, schedule a seller consultation to discuss your business and the next review it may need.
The calculator and initial consultation are free. Any further engagement, valuation scope, deliverables, and fees should be agreed separately before work begins.
Start with a high-level conversation. You do not need to send customer lists, employee details, or other sensitive records to ask about selling. Discuss how documents will be handled before sharing them.
A calculator cannot verify the records behind your answers or determine what a buyer will offer. Use your estimate to prepare questions for a seller discussion:
- Which financial records support the earnings figure?
- How much depends on the owner, key employees, or a few customers?
- What assets, liabilities, and proposed deal terms need review?
- What preparation and professional support would a sale require?
- Is a separately scoped valuation or appraisal needed for your purpose?
For tax, legal, financing, or other formal uses, confirm the required scope with the relevant qualified professional. The free calculator is not a substitute for that work.
Find Your Next Business Opportunity - Buy A Business
Explore current business listings and consider the location, industry, budget, and operating role that fit your objectives. A buyer discussion can help you identify what information and advisory support you need next.
Review the Information: Ask which business records are available and what further verification is needed.
Discuss Advisory Support: Clarify your broker’s role and coordinate legal, accounting, and financing questions with the relevant professionals.
Plan the Transition: Identify the training, responsibilities, and terms that would need agreement.
Define the type of business you want to acquire and the limits of your search. Ask which opportunities are available, what information can be shared, and what additional review would be needed.
Before engaging an advisor, agree on the search scope, responsibilities, fees, and how legal, accounting, and financing professionals will be involved.
Buy a Business With Confidence & Expert Support
Use a buyer consultation to discuss your acquisition goals, the information available, and the support you need. Clarify responsibilities before moving from an initial opportunity review toward an offer.
Questions to address during an acquisition review include:
- Search priorities: Which locations, industries, budgets, and operating roles fit your objectives?
- Business records: What supports the earnings and operating information presented?
- Proposed terms: Which price, financing, and transition terms need discussion?
- Professional review: What requires your attorney, accountant, lender, or another specialist?
- Transition planning: What training, responsibilities, and agreements would be needed?
Buying a business is a significant commitment. Our buyer client program offers a way to discuss your search, the information you need, and the support you want from an advisor.
Ask about the engagement scope, fees, and coordination with your legal, accounting, and financing professionals before proceeding.
Business Brokerage Relationships Since 1936
Midwest Business Brokers has a long history serving business owners. From our Fort Wayne base, we focus on understanding your business, your objectives, and whether a brokerage engagement fits your situation.
History and Professional Connections
Established in 1936: A longstanding business brokerage history.
IBBA membership: Ricky Kerns of Midwest Business Brokers & Advisors is listed by the International Business Brokers Association as a member since January 2017.
Know Your Advisory Team
Use your consultation to ask:
- Who will advise you and which qualifications they hold
- What work the brokerage engagement includes
- How fees and responsibilities will be documented
- Which questions need an attorney, accountant, or valuation specialist
Ready to Discuss Your Business and Your Next Step?
Business Brokers for Indiana Owners Planning a Sale
Planning a Business Transition in Indiana
Before choosing a business broker, identify what you want from a sale: retirement, less day-to-day responsibility, a partner for growth, or a complete exit. Note your preferred timing and what would need to happen for you to move forward. You do not need a settled asking price or a firm decision to sell before starting a conversation.
MWB is based in Fort Wayne and works with owners across Indiana. Our focus is businesses with a potential sale value of $1 million or more; if you are unsure of your value, say so. For the broader preparation sequence, use the guide to selling a business in Indiana. Use the initial discussion to decide whether brokerage support fits your situation and what should be reviewed next.
Information Owners Can Organize
Start with a short summary of what the business does, where it operates, your role, and why you are considering a transition. You can describe these at a high level without sending customer names, employee records or account details. Agree on confidentiality and document-handling arrangements before sharing sensitive material.
For a later review, make a list of the records already available: recent financial statements and tax returns, explanations of unusual income or expenses, major contracts, leases, equipment and debt schedules. Note who can explain each record and which items are missing. A list of gaps is more useful than an unsupported estimate presented as a verified fact.
Include the operating questions a buyer would need to understand. Which decisions depend on you? Who manages customer and supplier relationships? What training or transition period could you provide? MWB's Business Valuation Service includes a calculator for a preliminary estimate based on your inputs. It does not verify those records, establish an asking price or replace a purpose-specific professional appraisal.
The First Confidential Discussion
Ricky Kerns handles consultations. Bring your goals and the questions that would help you decide on a next step. Ask what sale preparation, buyer communication and negotiation support an engagement would include, who would be responsible for each activity, and how progress would be communicated.
The initial consultation is free. Before any further engagement, ask for the proposed scope, fee basis, payment triggers and any separately charged services in writing. Clarify which decisions require your attorney, accountant or lender. If you are ready to discuss your business, Schedule Your Confidential Consultation. Uncertain value or timing is a reason to ask questions, not a reason to wait until every detail is settled.
Business Broker Support for Indianapolis Owners
An Indianapolis owner can begin with the same practical questions while working with MWB from its Fort Wayne base. Identify the business location, ownership structure, your operating role and any transition constraints. Discuss representation and confidentiality before circulating company information; do not assume that an introductory conversation authorizes marketing the business.
If your immediate question concerns value rather than representation, the business valuation in Indianapolis resource addresses that separate preparation task. A seller consultation can then help you discuss the records available and the support you want before deciding whether to proceed.
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