Business Team
Business Team publicly presents a business brokerage and M&A advisory platform focused on arranging purchases and sales of privately owned companies. Its stated services include buyer and seller matching, acquisition and merger advisory, pre-sale consulting, and transaction support.
What stands out about Business Team
Business Team's public profile centers on business brokerage and M&A advisory for privately held companies, including companies with revenues up to $100 million. It describes a team-based listing model and publishes completed transaction examples across multiple sectors.[1][2][3][4][5]
What does Business Team do?
Business Team is a unit of BTI Group specializing in arranging the purchase and sale of privately owned companies. The firm publicly states that it provides business brokerage, acquisition, and merger advisory services and matches buyers and sellers of businesses.[1][2]
Publicly stated services include business brokerage, acquisition support, merger advisory, and matching buyers and sellers. Business Team also describes seller support that includes pre-sale consulting concerning timing, market positioning, operations, and deal structure.[2][3]
Owners comparing intermediaries can also review Auxo’s business broker, M&A advisor and investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and M&A advisor fee guide.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Business Team?
An owner evaluating Business Team may want to confirm which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement and receive fees, particularly because the California Department of Real Estate record identifies BTI Group as the licensed corporation and lists Business Team as a historical DBA through September 25, 2025. The Southern California seller page does not state universal fee or termination terms, so the proposed commission, any retainer or minimum fee, expenses, exclusivity, termination rights, and tail provisions should be obtained in writing.
The firm’s stated internal cooperation model and public transaction examples also provide points to clarify: how a listing will be marketed across associates and external buyer channels, how buyer qualification and confidentiality will be handled, which comparable transactions support valuation, and which financing, consideration, and seller-transition terms may apply to the relevant business.[3][4][5][8]
Which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement and receive fees, and is BTI Group license ID 01160661 the responsible brokerage license for the engagement
What are the commission percentage, any retainer or minimum fee, expenses, exclusivity period, termination rights, and tail provisions
How will the listing be marketed across the internal associate network and external buyer channels
What size transactions does Business Team handle?
The October 2025 newsletter identifies a semiconductor equipment manufacturer sold for $5,750,000 and an electric and construction company sold for $5,200,000. The June 2025 newsletter identifies sold transactions involving property management for $1,700,000, corporate tech training for $416,100, a lube-and-tune franchise for $3,773,000, janitorial and construction for $1,800,000, and a franchise sandwich shop for $1,300,000.
The official sold-business archive lists completed transactions across automotive, manufacturing, food service, professional services, construction, property management, and retail.[5][6][7]
Business Team states that it sells privately held companies with revenues up to $100 million. Its public transaction materials identify completed sales in sectors including semiconductor equipment manufacturing, electric and construction, property management, corporate technology training, franchised automotive services, janitorial and construction, and franchised food service.[4][5][6]
Business Team states that it has sold businesses in high tech, manufacturing, service, retail, and food-and-beverage sectors. Its public regional materials describe coverage in the Western United States, including Southern California and other U.S. markets.[1][4]
What does Business Team publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The official Southern California seller page does not state a universal brokerage commission percentage, minimum fee, retainer, success-fee formula, tail period, or termination schedule.
The official October 2025 newsletter identifies sold businesses and sale prices but does not disclose buyer identities, consideration structure, financing terms, or complete transaction dates for the identified examples.[4][5]
The California Department of Real Estate identifies BTI Group as a licensed corporation under license ID 01160661, with license status LICENSED and an expiration date of September 13, 2030. The record identifies Ian Douglas MacLachlan as the designated officer.
That record lists Business Team as a DBA of BTI Group active from July 22, 1993 through September 25, 2025, and shows no current DBA in the record reviewed. The legal entity and name presentation for a specific engagement should therefore be confirmed directly.[8]
Business Team describes an internal team-based, MLS-type system in which associates work on one another’s listings. The firm says this model expands the buyer pool and can support quicker sales and market-value pricing.[4]
Questions to ask before hiring Business Team
Which legal entity will sign the engagement agreement and receive fees, and is BTI Group license ID 01160661 the responsible brokerage license for the engagement?
What are the commission percentage, any retainer or minimum fee, expenses, exclusivity period, termination rights, and tail provisions?
How will the listing be marketed across the internal associate network and external buyer channels?
What buyer qualification, proof-of-funds, confidentiality, and diligence procedures are used?
Which comparable transactions support the valuation, and how are timing, market positioning, operations, and deal structure addressed in the pre-sale process?
What consideration structure, financing assumptions, and seller-transition expectations are typical for the relevant sector and company size?
Sources & research notes
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How this profile was researched
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