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4 Tips for Maintaining Value When Selling a Trucking Business

May 29, 2012 By Sozo Staff

A trucking company valuation is an essential tool for setting a price when you put up your business for sale. However, it’s not a guarantee of what you’ll receive. Many business owners unwittingly damage their appeal to buyers during the sales process, whether it’s by losing focus or losing customers. Think of a valuation as a snapshot in time rather than a number set in stone. Disruptions that hurt business will also hurt business value. Likewise, a smoothly maintained trucking business is more apt to retain value – and the possibility of a better price.

1. Protect Confidentiality

A business is ultimately built on trust. Customers sign up for long-term contracts because they’ve received consistently good service in the past. Employees work hard for a business because they trust they’ll be fairly rewarded. But when the possibility of a new owner is thrown into the mix, trust often turns to suspicion. Customers, suppliers, and workers no longer know what to expect. This is why confidentiality is crucial in business sales. Sharing the fact that your trucking business is for sale creates an environment of instability. Nervous employees may leave, once-loyal customers may balk at signing new contracts, and competitors might move in on your market. By protecting your plans, you also protect value.

2. Maintain Smooth Operations

While you’re protecting the company from outside forces by maintaining confidentiality, it’s also important to protect your business from the inside. Often times, business owners let everyday aspects of operations fall by the wayside during the stressful and time-consuming sale process. In fact, this is the time when you should be putting in extra effort to ensure the business is operating at maximum efficiency. If you know you’re going to be consumed by a sale, make sure the right management team and procedures are in place so that customers will continue to receive the support and communication they’ve come to expect. Having professionals such as truck business brokers handle the sale of your company takes the weight off your shoulders so you can concentrate on what you do best – running your business.

3. Keep Updated Records

Business operations don’t go on hold when your business goes on the market, but many owners use a sale as an excuse to neglect bookkeeping. You might not be around to review the records of today’s income and expenses, but the next owner will. Even if you’ve already prepared past documentation to share with interested buyers, keep in mind that anyone serious about buying your trucking company for sale will want to conduct extensive due diligence. They need to know not only how your business fared two years ago, but how it’s doing right now.

4. Hire a Professional

Trying to sell a business can feel like a full-time job. If you’re already running a trucking business, it can be a challenge to devote the necessary time to both buyers and customers. All too often, sellers end up struggling to find balance – letting their business, and their sale, suffer. Experienced truck business brokers help sellers find and engage their best buyers while smoothly navigating any obstacles that arise. Meanwhile, business owners can concentrate on making their company the best it can be.

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