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Find a successor for a business: present the company so buyers or successors can understand the model, handover, guide price and next steps.
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Find a successor by preparing the company, not only the advertisement
A succession search starts before the company is published. The owner needs a realistic successor profile, a business that can operate without one individual, supportable financing information and a transition plan that transfers responsibility rather than postponing it.
Choose the succession route
Assess family, employee, management and external options without assuming one must succeed. Define required skills, capital, working role and timing for each realistic route.
Make the company transferable
Document recurring decisions, share customer and supplier relationships, clarify team responsibilities and resolve arrangements that exist only verbally. Test whether operations continue during the owner's absence.
Prepare a financeable case
Provide normalised results, cash needs, investment plans, assets, liabilities and a reasoned price. Do not promise that bank or seller financing will be available before it has been assessed.
Define induction and withdrawal
Set phases for observation, shared responsibility and full control. Allocate knowledge, introductions, signing powers, availability and clear completion criteria for the former owner's support.
Questions about finding a company successor
How early should I start succession planning?
Owner-dependent SMEs often benefit from several years of preparation. The right lead time depends on management depth, documentation, family decisions, financing and the changes needed before marketing.
How do I write a realistic successor profile?
Start from actual weekly responsibilities, regulatory requirements, leadership, customer work and capital. Mark each criterion as essential, desirable or teachable during transition.
Can an employee become the successor?
Possibly. Assess willingness, leadership, funding, conflicts and how other employees would be managed. Employment performance alone does not answer every ownership question.
How do I know when my handover should end?
Use completion criteria such as transferred decisions, customer introductions, access, reporting and independent operation rather than relying only on a calendar date.