Primrose Business Acquisitions - Springfield, IL

Primrose Business Acquisitions - Springfield, IL
2060 W. Iles, Suite E
Springfield, Illinois 62704
Phone: (217) 787-8570
Fax: (217) 787-8571

Primrose Business Acquisitions, Inc was incorporated in 1998 to serve the entrepreneurs, business buyers, and small business owners of central Illinois.  PBA has since grown to become a well-respected business brokerage, with many successful transfers of business ownership, including the listing and sale of the commercial real estate involved in some of these transactions.

PBA receives many of it’s new clients as referrals from satisfied business buyers and sellers. We’ve always been aware that the satisfied business buyer of today is a potential business seller of the future.

Primrose Business Acquisitions joined the First National Business Corporation™ (FNBC™) team of highly trained, certified, premier business brokerages, and PBA’s founder Steve Park attended FNBC's™ training programs and achieved full certification in 2001.

PBA prides itself on following the ethical guidelines of FNBC™, including being a full-disclosure brokerage. Most engagements arranged by PBA are on behalf of the business owner, and PBA advises owners on the proper pricing and packaging of the business for sale.

PBA also provides buyers and their attorneys and accountants with all the information any reasonable buyer would need in order to evaluate the acquisition. The owner generally pays PBA a commission when the business is sold, and PBA does not charge either business buyers nor sellers any advance fees, except by special arrangement.

PBA believes their obligation to the parties is to do everything possible to be sure the business transfer of ownership is low-risk, professionally done and satisfactory to both parties.

Primrose Business Acquisitions’ specialties include: 

  • Providing evaluations for business owners to inform the owner of the market value of the business;
  • Pricing, listing, packaging and marketing businesses of all kinds, all sizes and all prices;
  • Helping buyers research and find their "ideal" investment;
  • Assisting buyers with arranging the financing needed to complete the acquisition;
  • Managing the details of the transfer of ownership, including coordinating between the respective lawyers, accountants, creditors, and other parties involved to accomplish a clean, smooth transaction.

PBA is active throughout central Illinois, including Peoria, Bloomington, Champaign, Springfield, Decatur, Jacksonville, Quincy, Litchfield and surrounding areas.

PBA is a member of The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, The Better Business Bureau, The International Business Brokers Association and First National Business Corporation™.

FREE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
We have represented literally hundreds of business owners over the years in the evaluation, packaging, listing and marketing of their business assets. Our agents are dedicated to our goal of "Business Buying & Selling Made Easy".

    SERVICES INCLUDE:
  • Providing no-obligation consultation with business owners.
  • Professional analysis of the owner’s business financial records, to help identify all the benefits of ownership that might be available to a buyer.
  • Providing a free opinion of how to price your business
  • First class packaging of your business for resale, at no extra charge
  • Extensive advertising (paid for by our company) to discover qualified buyers
  • Management of confidentiality so that owners can be assured of maximum possible cooperation by the parties to maintain the owner’s confidentiality.
  • Screening of buyer candidates by our company.
  • Management by us of the due diligence process to make sure there is minimum interference in the operation of the owner’s business.
  • Arranging by our sales associate of the Offer To Purchase/Letter Of Intent process.
  • Our assisting buyers in the arranging of the financing needed to complete the acquisition.
  • Our volunteering to assist the parties in the UCC and creditor clearance duties, to insure the business is being conveyed provably debt free.
  • Management of the closing process, including working with the lawyers, accountants, bankers, appraisers (when applicable), surveyors and other professionals involved in the orderly closing of a business sale transaction.

FREE SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR BUSINESS BUYERS
Our clients, the business owners, and our customers, the business buyers, appreciate our deep commitment to managing the acquisition with professionalism and minimum risk to the parties.

    SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO BUYERS AS AN ACCOMMODATION, AT NO CHARGE ON MOST TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDE:
  • No-obligation consultation to identify the buyers "ideal acquisition" criteria
  • Search of our considerable inventory of hundreds of present listings of businesses for sale to see if there is a business "in-stock" that will meet the buyer’s goals.
  • Notification to our other sales associates and offices of each buyer’s criteria, in an effort to discover additional opportunities which might be available to the buyer.
  • Arranging for the buyer to understand and agree to the need for confidentiality.
  • Full disclosure to buyers of all the facts known about each listing.
  • Providing the buyer with professionally analyzed financial records on each business we show a buyer.
  • Our arranging of meetings between the buyer and each seller, and coordination of "live tours" of the businesses the buyer is considering purchasing.
  • Management of the buyer’s Offer To Purchase/Letter Of Intent activities.
  • Our sales associates' assisting the buyer in the arranging of the financing related to their acquisition
  • Relations with the buyer’s lender to insure the lender has all the materials needed to review and process the Buyer's loan.
  • Our assisting the buyer and seller in the efficient completion of the due diligence activities.
  • Our volunteering to assist the parties in the UCC and creditor clearance activities, to insure that the business assets conveyed are provably debt free.
  • Managing the closing process, including working with the attorneys, accountants, appraisers (when applicable), surveyors and other professionals to insure a clean conveyance, with minimum risk, and maximum benefit for all parties.
  • Conducting special searches, upon request, for business buyers.

ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS
Our agents’ primary goal is to manage each project so that all parties are satisfied, comfortable and confident that the transaction accomplishes their needs and objectives.

NO COST, NO-OBLIGATION CONSULTATION
Entrepreneurs who are considering buying or selling a business are encouraged to register with this FNBC™ web site to arrange to receive information which can help you investigate how you might buy or sell a business enterprise with minimum risk and maximum benefit to you. 

We will then provide you with information and a no-cost, no obligation consultation, including an evaluation of your project. 

To register, click on "Register with FNBC™".

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