Guide to Buying a Business

Guide to Buying a Business


Plan Before You Buy: A Guide to M&A in the Current Environment

Plan Before You Buy

Disruption presents new opportunities to be strategic, and the current environment may have your organization considering how inorganic growth options could strengthen your position in the marketplace. There are unique factors at work that could influence complex transactions in the coming months, from low interest rates to enhanced scrutiny on deal financing and repercussions from the 2020 election.

Our guide is designed to illuminate the path for M&A by providing insights into the factors that could affect your purchasing decisions. The information inside will help you:

  • Identify what buyers can expect in each stage of the transaction
  • Evaluate a target’s value drivers and stoppers, including factors that could affect transaction price
  • Navigate the post close transition and integration
  • Monitor the target’s financial performance in the first 100 days

Download the Plan Before You Buy Business Guide

*CBIZ is a business consulting, tax and financial services provider and works closely with MHM (Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.), an independent CPA firm providing audit, review and attest services.   CBIZ and MHM are members of Kreston International, a global network of independent accounting firms.