Searcher OS
Log InStart Free

Business Brokers Directory

1,012 US small-business brokers, ranked by deals posted in the last 90 days. Free to browse. No paywall, no membership fees, no pay-to-rank listings.

Updated · refreshes daily

Brokers tracked
1,012
172 direct + 840 via aggregators
Active listings (90d)
80,656
Ranking method
Deal activity

Showing 59 of 134 brokers serving Illinois · page 2 of 2 502 matching listings

Marigold Resources
Matching
2/ 12
Avg Price
$1.1M
States
IA, IL
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Professional Services, Automotive Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Chris Barnard
Mathnasium
Matching
2/ 5
Avg Price
$326K
States
CO, IL, ME
Top Industries
Education & Training
Top Broker (this filter)
Mathnasium Franchise Development
Minuteman Press
Matching
2/ 30
Avg Price
$422K
States
17 states
Top Industries
Professional Services, Manufacturing & Production, Other Business Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Minuteman Press International
Nick Harris
Matching
2/ 61
Avg Price
$372K
States
18 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Healthcare & Wellness, Construction & Trades
Peterson Acquisition
Matching
2/ 11
Avg Price
$1.6M
States
8 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Home Services, Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Tim Moses
PS Broker, Inc.
Matching
2/ 19
Avg Price
$1.6M
States
12 states
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness
The Decain Group
Matching
2/ 14
Avg Price
$1.8M
States
11 states
Top Industries
Personal Services, Other
Top Broker (this filter)
Andy Rumph
The Strategic Chiropractor LLC
Matching
2/ 16
Avg Price
$1.0M
States
13 states
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Tom Necela
Pronova Partners
pronovapartners.com
Visit
Matching
3/ 97
Avg Price
$5.5M
States
31 states
Top Industries
Technology & Software, Construction & Trades, Professional Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Rick Carlson
Saint Louis Group
saintlouisgroup.com
Visit
Matching
3/ 39
Avg Price
$1.4M
States
IL, MO
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Wellness, Manufacturing & Production
Capitalfranchiseconsultants
Matching
3/ 65
Avg Price
$209K
States
29 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Construction & Trades, Professional Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Jeff O
First Weber Realtors
Matching
3/ 8
Avg Price
$2.3M
States
IL, WI
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Entertainment & Recreation
Top Broker (this filter)
BK Talukdar
Fleetservicesint
Matching
3/ 51
Avg Price
$108K
States
23 states
Top Industries
Automotive Services, Other Business Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Susan Quinn
Fusion Business Services
Matching
3/ 18
Avg Price
$1.9M
States
IL, MO
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Home Services, Automotive Services
Mybusinesspros
Matching
3/ 33
Avg Price
$322K
States
11 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Construction & Trades, Healthcare & Wellness
NW Franchise Consulting
Matching
3/ 22
Avg Price
$555K
States
14 states
Top Industries
Professional Services, Construction & Trades
Realpoul Realty
Matching
3/ 5
Avg Price
$822K
States
IL, IN
Top Industries
Food & Beverage
Top Broker (this filter)
Peter J Poulopoulos
River Brokers
Matching
3/ 124
Avg Price
$744K
States
15 states
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Automotive Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Kavita Purohit
Saint Louis Group.com
Matching
3/ 24
Avg Price
$1.2M
States
IL, MO
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Wellness, Automotive Services
Sands Investment Group
Matching
3/ 25
Avg Price
$2.1M
States
13 states
Top Industries
Education & Training, Automotive Services, Other Business Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Jackson Purser
Strategicdc
Matching
3/ 22
Avg Price
$420K
States
16 states
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Dr. Tom
Kensington Company
kensingtoncompany.com
Visit
Matching
4/ 159
Avg Price
$2.3M
States
21 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Manufacturing & Production
Top Broker (this filter)
Ken Stein
Sun Acquisitions
sunacquisitions.com
Visit
Matching
4/ 6
Avg Price
$6.1M
States
IL
Top Industries
Construction & Trades, Manufacturing & Production, Home Services
Sunbelt Business Advisors
sunbeltnetwork.com
Visit
Matching
4/ 393
Avg Price
$1.9M
States
37 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Construction & Trades, Home Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Omari Kamal
Craig Portman Marketing
Matching
4/ 87
Avg Price
$382K
States
28 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Construction & Trades, Healthcare & Wellness
Fusion Business Brokers
Matching
4/ 26
Avg Price
$1.3M
States
IL, MO
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Home Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Brendan Hickham
The Marvin Group LLC
Matching
4/ 6
Avg Price
$602K
States
GA, IL
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Construction & Trades, Automotive Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Tommy Farmer
TNT Business Brokers/
Matching
4/ 28
Avg Price
$1.5M
States
8 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Gene Townley
First Choice Business Brokers
fcbb.com
Visit
Matching
5/ 548
Avg Price
$1.3M
States
41 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Wellness, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Domonic & Christine Wilkerson
Synergy Business Brokers
synergybb.com
Visit
Matching
5/ 132
Avg Price
$5.4M
States
27 states
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness, Construction & Trades, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Raj Sheth
Buy and Exit
Matching
5/ 110
Avg Price
$384K
States
26 states
Top Industries
Home Services, Construction & Trades, Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Anna Jones
Buyandexit
Matching
5/ 31
Avg Price
$331K
States
15 states
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness, Home Services, Construction & Trades
Illiana Properties
Matching
5/ 5
Avg Price
$964K
States
IL
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Entertainment & Recreation
Top Broker (this filter)
John Brooks
J. Vassiliades & Company
Matching
5/ 6
Avg Price
$698K
States
IL, IN
Top Industries
Personal Services
Top Broker (this filter)
John Vassiliades
Keller Williams Preferred
Matching
5/ 5
Avg Price
$1.7M
States
IL
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Automotive Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Paula Boudos
SMB Business Brokers PLUS
Matching
5/ 5
Avg Price
$300K
States
IL
Top Industries
Automotive Services, Personal Services, Food & Beverage
Top Broker (this filter)
Bruce Povalish
The Business Exchange
Matching
5/ 12
Avg Price
$2.1M
States
6 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Dan Sperry - Chicago
Tidwaterbb
Matching
5/ 8
Avg Price
$955K
States
IL, WI
Top Industries
Manufacturing & Production, Food & Beverage, Construction & Trades
Top Broker (this filter)
Jorge Cervantes
Fusion Advantage
fusionadvantage.com
Visit
Matching
6/ 48
Avg Price
$868K
States
IL, MO, UT
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Manufacturing & Production
Top Broker (this filter)
Anthony Booth
Horizon Brokers
horizonbrokers.com
Visit
Matching
6/ 18
Avg Price
$494K
States
MD, VA, IL
Top Industries
Transportation & Logistics, Personal Services, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
HOSAM BADER
ABA Advisors, LLC
Matching
6/ 53
Avg Price
$880K
States
16 states
Top Industries
Professional Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Cynthia Kerstiens
R & J Commercial
Matching
6/ 6
Avg Price
$2.1M
States
IL
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Tauseef Syed
The Saleh Group RE/MAX Preferred Group
Matching
6/ 88
Avg Price
$5.8M
States
15 states
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Entertainment & Recreation
Top Broker (this filter)
Nidal Saleh
Naab Consulting
Matching
7/ 27
Avg Price
$650K
States
IL, IN, KY, MI, OH
Top Industries
Professional Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Brian Naab
Tidewater Business Brokerage
Matching
7/ 13
Avg Price
$830K
States
IL, KS, NJ, WI
Top Industries
Healthcare & Wellness, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing & Production
Top Broker (this filter)
Dale Williamson
Accounting Practice Sales
acctsales.com
Visit
Matching
8/ 141
Avg Price
$801K
States
36 states
Top Industries
Professional Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Ryan Pannell
Sperry Van Ness
Matching
8/ 8
Avg Price
$1.0M
States
IL
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Marcus Sullivan
Grand Business Brokers
grandbusinessbrokers.com
Visit
Matching
10/ 11
Avg Price
$1.1M
States
IL, MO
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Home Services, Automotive Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Kristen Schindler
Buy/Sell Business Brokers, Inc.
Matching
10/ 10
Avg Price
$586K
States
IL
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Home Services, Personal Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Mr. A. Burnidge
Saleh Group
salehgroup.com
Visit
Matching
12/ 137
Avg Price
$2.1M
States
23 states
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Automotive Services
Empire Global Business Brokers
Matching
12/ 12
Avg Price
$869K
States
IL
Top Industries
Other Business Services, Retail & E-commerce, Entertainment & Recreation
Top Broker (this filter)
Bilal Khaliq,CBB,
Premier Business Brokers
premierbb.com
Visit
Matching
14/ 114
Avg Price
$1.2M
States
13 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Construction & Trades, Manufacturing & Production
Top Broker (this filter)
Bradley W. Zastrow
Coldwell Banker
Matching
14/ 16
Avg Price
$3.1M
States
IL, WA
Top Industries
Personal Services, Retail & E-commerce, Entertainment & Recreation
Top Broker (this filter)
Michael Kang
Hedgestone Business Advisors
hedgestone.com
Visit
Matching
16/ 405
Avg Price
$2.2M
States
35 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Construction & Trades, Retail & E-commerce
Top Broker (this filter)
Jason Green
Infiniti Properties
Matching
17/ 17
Avg Price
$2.3M
States
IL
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Automotive Services, Food & Beverage
Top Broker (this filter)
Ned Malley
American Business Brokers
Matching
23/ 71
Avg Price
$1.4M
States
CO, FL, IA, IL, UT
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Home Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Terry Monroe
EatZ & Associates
Matching
29/ 44
Avg Price
$1.1M
States
9 states
Top Industries
Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Wellness
Top Broker (this filter)
Ted Aretos
Tangent Brokerage
Matching
30/ 45
Avg Price
$1.4M
States
IL, IN, WI
Top Industries
Manufacturing & Production, Home Services, Food & Beverage
Top Broker (this filter)
Charles Howard
Abbunitedstates
Matching
35/ 35
Avg Price
$348K
States
IL
Top Industries
Retail & E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Personal Services
Top Broker (this filter)
Jeff Highfill

Are you a broker listed here? Request removal or update your listing. We honor takedown requests within 24 hours.

How this directory is different

Most business-broker directories — including BizBuySell, IBBA, and BusinessBroker.net — rank brokers by membership tier or paid placement. That means the first broker you see isn't necessarily the most active one in your market; it's the one paying the most for visibility.

This directory ranks brokers by a different signal: how many businesses they've actually listed in the last 90 days. We pull that data from each broker's own website every day as part of Searcher OS's deal-sourcing pipeline. No one pays to rank higher.

How to use this directory

  • Looking to buy? Start with brokers active in your state and industry — they're the ones with recent supply.
  • Looking to sell? Compare brokers by the industries and price points they actually work with, not the ones they advertise.
  • Doing ETA research? Filter by state to see who's moving deals in your target market.

About the data

Broker activity is computed from publicly available listings. For 172 brokers we scrape directly, we pull listings straight from their own websites. For the remaining 840 brokers, we surface them through marketplace listings (BizBuySell, BusinessBroker.net, Hunter, BizQuest, and others) where the listing attributes the original broker. "Active listings" counts unique deals seen in the last 90 days. Data refreshes daily.

Some brokers appear without a website link — we're filling those in over time. If you're a broker and spot something incorrect or want your listing removed, use the link at the bottom of the table and we'll fix it within 24 hours.

Business brokers by state

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

Business brokers by industry

Agriculture & FarmingAutomotive ServicesConstruction & TradesEducation & TrainingEntertainment & RecreationFood & BeverageHealthcare & WellnessHome ServicesManufacturing & ProductionOther Business ServicesPersonal ServicesProfessional ServicesReal Estate ServicesRetail & E-commerceTechnology & SoftwareTransportation & LogisticsWholesale & Distribution

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a business broker?
A business broker is an intermediary who helps owners sell their small or mid-sized business and helps buyers find, evaluate, and negotiate acquisitions. They handle valuation, marketing, buyer screening, and deal coordination — typically for businesses priced under $5 million. Larger deals are usually handled by M&A advisors or investment bankers.
How much do business brokers charge?
Most business brokers charge a success fee of 8–12% of the sale price for small businesses (often around 10%), usually with a minimum fee of $10,000–$15,000. The fee is normally paid by the seller at closing. Larger transactions often use a tiered "Double Lehman" structure where the percentage declines as the deal size rises.
How do I choose a business broker?
Pick a broker who is genuinely active in your industry and price range — not just the one with the biggest ad budget. Ask how many businesses they have actually closed in the last 12 months, request references, and confirm they work in your market. This directory ranks brokers by listings posted in the last 90 days, so you can see who is actually moving deals before you reach out.
Should buyers work with a business broker?
Yes. Most small-business sale listings are represented by a broker, so buyers will work with them throughout the process. Brokers represent the seller, not the buyer, so it pays to build relationships with active brokers in your target market to get early access to new listings. Many serious buyers also monitor brokers’ own websites directly to catch deals before they reach the big marketplaces.
What is the difference between a business broker and an M&A advisor?
Business brokers typically handle "Main Street" businesses valued under roughly $2–5 million on a success-fee basis. M&A advisors and investment bankers handle larger lower-middle-market deals ($5M+), often charging a retainer plus a success fee and running a more structured, competitive process. The line between the two blurs in the $2–10M range.

See every listing from every broker — in one feed

Searcher OS pulls 80,656+ active listings from these brokers, and every major SMB marketplace, into a single deal feed filtered by your buy box. Start on the Free plan with no credit card, or take a 7-day free trial of the real-time feed.

Start Free

No credit card · Cancel anytime · See pricing

Free weekly email

Sign Up for the “Weekly Prospect”

We scrape every small regional website out there. These are the Outposts — they don't get picked up by the big aggregators, carry a 50% higher median asking price, and see a fraction of the buyer traffic. Sign up to get the top picks in your inbox every Thursday. See sample →