{ "name": "Sell My Business Quotes Broker Fee Index", "title": "Broker Fee Index", "url": "https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/datasets/broker-fee-index/", "csv": "https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/datasets/broker-fee-index.csv", "markdown": "https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/datasets/broker-fee-index/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-23", "license": "https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Broker Fee Index is 10 percent across 4 sources' own pages (range 10 to 15 percent), read 11 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Broker Fee Index is 10 percent across 4 sources' own pages (range 10 to 15 percent), read 11 October 2026.", "4 of the 25 named sources read in full publish a figure; 21 publish none, read 11 October 2026.", "Broker Fee Index, deal size band owner cash flow up to $600,000: median 10 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.", "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 10 percent across 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"text_sha256": "b5853f2305357d84ba21c1f58525f4d220d517024d329808e2f670f8f1d12645" }, { "source": "Empire Flippers sell your business", "url": "https://empireflippers.com/sell-your-business/", "figure": "15%", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "Between $66,666.66 to $700,000 – Commission will be a flat 15% on the sale price.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "15234b46c0ebdacddaef851a7a22c57cb10575e0413bb5af8d43264ef8d0fd5e" }, { "source": "Exit Promise business broker fees", "url": "https://exitpromise.com/business-broker-fees/", "figure": "10%", "value": 10, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "For a small business, our broker commission is typically 10% of the sale price of the business.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "6578ea8721b76e069115f37ba82f659f043ce268e6fc977ba8fa3126ed69e8c0" }, { "source": "Synergy Business Brokers fees", "url": "https://synergybb.com/blog/what-fees-are-paid-for-selling-a-business/", "figure": "10%", "value": 10, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "deal size band": "owner cash flow up to $600,000" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "We charge a flat fee of 10% for businesses that have a cash flow of $600,000 or less.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "9c1e1d10fdd7ec99091069bac58fe88b3dd53f50a1525d2dc7a52d82db529fbc" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Acquire.com seller pricing", "url": "https://acquire.com/seller-pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Quiet Light sell your business", "url": "https://quietlight.com/sell-your-business/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "FE International sell your business", "url": "https://feinternational.com/sell-your-business/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Website Closers broker pricing and fees", "url": "https://www.websiteclosers.com/resources/business-broker-pricing-and-fees-when-selling-a-business/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "MidStreet business broker fees", "url": "https://www.midstreet.com/blog/business-broker-fees-when-selling-a-business", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Crowne Atlantic how much do business brokers charge", "url": "https://www.crowneatlantic.com/business-broker-articles/how-much-do-business-brokers-charge/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "East Coast Advisory business broker commission fees", "url": "https://www.eastcoastadvisoryteam.com/post/business-broker-commission-fees", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "CT Acquisitions business broker fees", "url": "https://ctacquisitions.com/business-broker-fees-2026-breakdown/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "CT Acquisitions M&A advisor fees", "url": "https://ctacquisitions.com/ma-advisor-fees-how-much-do-they-charge/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Eton Venture Services M&A advisory fees", "url": "https://etonvs.com/ma/m-and-a-advisory-fees/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Praxis Rock sell-side advisory fees", "url": "https://praxisrock.com/insights/sell-side-advisory-fees", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Founders Advisors understanding M&A advisory fees", "url": "https://foundersib.com/2024/11/04/understanding-ma-advisory-fees/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Raincatcher how to sell a business", "url": "https://raincatcher.com/how-to-sell-a-business/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "BizBuySell sell a business", "url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/sell/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Axial how much do brokers charge", "url": "https://www.axial.net/forum/how-much-do-brokers-charge-to-sell-a-business/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "M&A Community fees by deal size", "url": "https://mnacommunity.com/insights/ma-fees-by-deal-size/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "DealRoom buy-side M&A fees", "url": "https://dealroom.net/blog/buy-side-m-a-fees", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was 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"https://dealflow.com/success-fee", "label": "Dealflow success-fee calculator", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://mergerscorp.com/lehman-formula-calculator/", "label": "MergersCorp Lehman formula calculator", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://venturefirst.com/an-introduction-to-success-fees-and-the-lehman-formula/", "label": "Venture First - success fees and the Lehman formula", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.clearlyacquired.com/blog/how-much-do-business-broker-fees-actually-cost-in-2026", "label": "ClearlyAcquired - how much do business broker fees actually cost in 2026", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.clearlyacquired.com/blog/business-broker-fee-structures-explained", "label": "ClearlyAcquired - business broker fee structures explained", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://exitwise.com/blog/business-broker-fees", "label": "Exitwise - business broker fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://firstpagesage.com/business/ma-advisory-fee-structure/", "label": "First Page Sage - M&A advisory fee structure", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://procloser.ai/blog/ma-advisory-fees-guide/", "label": "Procloser - M&A advisory fees guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://quietlight.com/referrals/", "label": "Quiet Light referral programme", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://support.empireflippers.com/hc/en-us/articles/202530848-What-are-the-fees-to-list-my-site-with-you", "label": "Empire Flippers seller fee FAQ", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://auxocapitaladvisors.com/m-a-advisor-fees-modified-lehman/", "label": "Auxo Capital Advisors - M&A advisor fees, modified Lehman", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 25 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 21 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 30 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 326 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per firm per deal-size band: the success-fee percentage or formula (flat, Lehman, double Lehman, scaled, reverse-scaled), the monthly retainer, the minimum fee and whether the retainer is credited, each quoted from the firm's OWN page; the derivation is the distribution nobody publishes - the median and range of success fee at $500k, $1m, $5m, $25m and $50m of enterprise value, the share of firms publishing a number at all against the share that will only quote, the share using each formula, and repriced-since", "embed": "

10 percent

median published figure, Broker Fee Index, across 4 sources, read 11 October 2026

Source: Sell My Business Quotes Broker Fee Index
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