Quinn M&A · Free resource · April 2026

What Every Australian Business Owner
Needs to Know Before Selling.

A practical guide to selling your business in Australia — from how buyers actually value what you've built, to what kills deals, to what the process looks like from first conversation to settlement.

Eight chapters. One clear picture.

Value & readiness

What is your business actually worth?

How buyers calculate value using EBITDA multiples, what normalised earnings means in practice, and the factors that increase — or discount — your price.

Process & timeline

From first conversation to settlement.

The six phases of a private business sale in Australia — what happens, what you need to prepare, and the documents you'll encounter at each stage.

Tax & structure

The decisions that cost — or save — hundreds of thousands.

CGT, small business concessions, the going concern exemption, asset sale vs. share sale — and why these decisions must be made before, not during, negotiations.

Deal killers

What can kill a deal — and how to avoid it.

Poor records, owner dependency, customer concentration, undisclosed issues — the seven most common reasons deals fall over, and what to fix before going to market.

"A well-prepared seller consistently achieves better outcomes than an unprepared one. Price, certainty and timing all improve when the groundwork has been done properly."
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