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Griggs Business Brokers

Griggs Business Brokers describes a hands-on brokerage process covering valuation through an Opinion of Value, confidential marketing, buyer screening, negotiation, and closing support. Its public sold-listings page shows representative transactions across multiple industries and Texas markets.

Key takeaway

Griggs Business Brokers publicly presents a Texas-focused business brokerage serving sellers and buyers.

Its stated services include valuation, marketing, buyer qualification, negotiation, due diligence guidance, and closing assistance; the public information described here does not establish universal size or fee thresholds.[1][2][3][4][6]

What does Griggs Business Brokers do?

Griggs Business Brokers is an Austin, Texas-based business brokerage that states it has helped Texas business owners sell businesses since 1996. The firm identifies owner goals and motivations, prepares an Opinion of Value, explains the sale process, and vets buyers for fit. Its public services also include buyer-side consultation and business search support.[1][4] For sellers, the firm publicly offers valuation through an Opinion of Value, marketing, buyer screening, confidentiality, negotiation, and closing support. For buyers, it describes consultation, business search, evaluation, negotiation, due diligence guidance, and closing assistance.[3][4]

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.

Public size / criteria information
The firm's Contact page asks prospective buyers for budget, preferred business size by revenue or employees, industry, location, and experience, but that page does not state universal minimum revenue, EBITDA, employee-count, or transaction-size thresholds.[2]

What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Griggs Business Brokers?

Owners evaluating a sale engagement can assess how the firm’s Opinion of Value is prepared, what its confidential marketing and buyer-screening process includes, and how negotiation, due diligence guidance, and closing support are handled. The public sold examples provide industry, market, and selected price references, while the official Featured Listings page does not disclose closing dates, buyer or seller identities, financing terms, or consideration structure. The official Sell My Business page also does not publish universal commission, minimum-fee, retainer, tail-period, or termination provisions, so those engagement terms require direct clarification.[1][3][4][6]
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What is included in the Opinion of Value, and how is it distinguished from a formal valuation

The firm publicly offers an Opinion of Value and describes it as part of its seller process, but the cited service description does not specify its methodology or deliverables.[1][3]
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What commission, retainer, minimum fee, exclusivity, tail, and termination provisions apply to a seller engagement

The official Sell My Business page describes services and process steps but does not publish a universal commission percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, or termination schedule.[3]
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Which sold transactions are comparable in industry, geography, size, and complexity, and can references be provided

The Featured Listings page identifies representative sold transactions across several industries and markets, but the listed examples do not disclose closing dates, buyer or seller identities, financing terms, or consideration structure.[6]

What size transactions does Griggs Business Brokers handle?

The official Featured Listings page identifies a $2,400,000 retail flooring business in Austin, a $9,000,000 convenience store with real estate in Travis County, and a $2,800,000 dental office in Cedar Park. It also identifies a $2,550,000 waste management company in Travis County, a $1,000,000 fitness facility in Houston, and an $800,000 law firm M&A transaction in Austin.[6] Griggs Business Brokers publicly describes both sell-side and buyer-side business brokerage. The stated process includes valuation, marketing, buyer qualification, negotiation, due diligence guidance, and closing coordination.[3][4] The firm states that it helps Texas business owners and maintains its office in Austin, Texas. Its sold-listings page identifies transactions in industries including retail flooring, convenience stores with real estate, dental offices, waste management, fitness, law firms, bulk water distribution, tree services, HVAC, delivery services, landscaping, and fence and deck construction. These examples demonstrate multi-industry activity but are not stated as an exhaustive sector mandate.[5][6]

What does Griggs Business Brokers publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?

The official Featured Listings page identifies sold-business descriptions and selected prices but does not disclose closing dates, buyer identities, seller identities, financing terms, or consideration structure for the listed examples. The official Sell My Business page describes services and process steps but does not publish a universal commission percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, or termination schedule. The official Contact page requests buyer preferences but does not state universal minimum revenue, EBITDA, employee-count, or transaction-size thresholds.[2][3][6] The firm’s official website states that founder Clarence Griggs holds the Board Certified Broker designation from the Texas Association of Business Brokers and is a past TABB president. This profile does not draw a broader regulatory conclusion from that professional-designation information.[1] The firm’s stated brokerage process emphasizes identifying owner goals, preparing an Opinion of Value, explaining the sale process, confidentially marketing a business, vetting buyers for fit, negotiating, providing due diligence guidance, and coordinating closing support.[1][3][4]

Questions to ask before hiring Griggs Business Brokers

What is included in the Opinion of Value, and how is it distinguished from a formal valuation?
The firm publicly offers an Opinion of Value and describes it as part of its seller process, but the cited service description does not specify its methodology or deliverables.[1][3]
What commission, retainer, minimum fee, exclusivity, tail, and termination provisions apply to a seller engagement?
The official Sell My Business page describes services and process steps but does not publish a universal commission percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, or termination schedule.[3]
Which sold transactions are comparable in industry, geography, size, and complexity, and can references be provided?
The Featured Listings page identifies representative sold transactions across several industries and markets, but the listed examples do not disclose closing dates, buyer or seller identities, financing terms, or consideration structure.[6]
How are prospective buyers sourced and screened, including strategic, financial, individual, and SBA-backed buyers?
The firm describes buyer screening and qualification, making its approach to strategic, financial, individual, and SBA-backed buyers a point for clarification.[1][3][4]
What are the firm's current typical revenue, cash-flow, and transaction-size ranges?
The official Contact page requests preferred business size, budget, industry, and location from prospective buyers but does not state universal minimum revenue, EBITDA, employee-count, or transaction-size thresholds.[2]

Sources & research notes

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