Hanna Business Advisors
Hanna Business Advisors, Ltd is part of Hanna Commercial Real Estate, which the official site states is owned by Howard Hanna Residential Services. The firm publicly describes business brokerage, sale and acquisition services, consulting, valuation, confidential marketing, buyer-network access, and offering memorandum support.
What stands out about Hanna Business Advisors
Hanna Business Advisors publicly serves businesses valued from $500,000 to $50 million across sectors including manufacturing, business services, hospitality and restaurants, retail, distribution, and technology. It states that it operates in Northeast Ohio and handles local, regional, and national transactions. The cited official pages do not state universal engagement fees, closing details for listed examples, or specific firm-level regulatory credentials.[1][2][3][4][5]
What does Hanna Business Advisors do?
Hanna Business Advisors, Ltd is part of the Hanna Commercial Real Estate organization, which the official site states is owned by Howard Hanna Residential Services. The firm publicly offers business brokerage, sale and acquisition services, and consulting for businesses valued from $500,000 to $50 million.[1][2]
Hanna Business Advisors publicly describes business brokerage, sale and acquisition services, consulting, and business valuation. Its valuation materials state that the analysis may consider financial statements, intangible assets, intellectual property, brand value, customer relationships, management, sustainable cash flows, and competitive position. The firm also states that it uses confidential transaction processes, buyer and seller network access, professional offering memorandums, and digital listing services to market businesses.[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.
Published criteria: The official services page states that Hanna Business Advisors works with businesses valued from $500,000 to $50 million.[2]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Hanna Business Advisors?
For an owner evaluating a sale advisor, Hanna Business Advisors publicly combines valuation, confidential marketing, buyer-network access, professional offering memorandums, and stated coverage across businesses valued from $500,000 to $50 million. Its stated sector coverage includes manufacturing, business services, hospitality and restaurants, retail, distribution, technology, and other sectors, with operations in Northeast Ohio and stated capability for local, regional, and national transactions.
Before engagement, an owner should request the proposed fee and expense structure, retainer and tail provisions, termination rights, engagement entity, applicable licenses or registrations, buyer-screening and confidentiality procedures, and transaction references comparable in sector and size. The official Sold page’s listed examples provide selected metrics but do not state closing dates, buyer identities, consideration terms, or transaction values.[1][2][4]
What is the proposed success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense policy, tail period, and termination right
Which specific team member will lead the engagement, and what comparable transactions has that person handled in the seller’s sector and size range
What buyer-screening, confidentiality, offering memorandum, and process-timeline procedures would apply to the engagement
What size transactions does Hanna Business Advisors handle?
The official Sold page identifies representative examples including a profitable sandwich franchise, Stone Oven Bakery & Cafe, a high-precision manufacturing company serving aerospace and commercial markets, an indoor family fun center, and a women’s boutique with two stores and a 60-plus-year history.
For the high-precision manufacturing example, the page lists an asking price of $6,000,000, gross revenue of $7,200,000, EBITDA of $1,000,000, and real estate of $2,500,000 not included in the asking price. For the women’s boutique example, it lists an asking price of $2,100,000, gross revenue of $4,600,000, EBITDA of $420,560, cash flow of $520,000, and inventory of $325,000.[4]
Hanna Business Advisors presents services for business sales and acquisitions, supported by valuation, confidential marketing, buyer and seller network access, professional offering memorandums, and digital listing services. The firm states that it works with businesses valued from $500,000 to $50 million.[2]
The firm states that its expertise spans manufacturing, business services, hospitality and restaurants, retail, distribution, technology, and other sectors. It states that it operates in Northeast Ohio, handles local, regional, and national transactions, and has a broader organizational footprint covering 15 states.[1]
What does Hanna Business Advisors publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The cited official business-advisory services page does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, termination schedule, or standardized engagement terms.
The cited official Sold page identifies representative listings and selected financial metrics but does not state closing dates, buyer identities, consideration terms, or transaction values for the listed examples.
The cited official About Us page identifies the organizational relationship but does not state a specific securities registration, broker-dealer status, or business-broker license for Hanna Business Advisors, Ltd. The cited official Additional Services page labels Exit Planning, Sell Side, and Consulting as coming soon and does not provide detailed engagement processes or terms for those services.[1][2][4][5]
The official About Us page states that Hanna Business Advisors, Ltd is part of Hanna Commercial Real Estate and that Hanna Commercial Real Estate is owned by Howard Hanna Residential Services.
That same cited About Us page does not state a specific securities registration, broker-dealer status, or business-broker license for Hanna Business Advisors, Ltd. The applicable legal entity and any state licensing or registration requirements should be verified directly for a proposed engagement.[1]
The firm states that it uses confidential transaction processes, a buyer and seller network spanning Ohio and beyond, professional offering memorandums, and digital listing services to market businesses. Its public valuation description states that valuation may consider financial statements, intangible assets, intellectual property, brand value, customer relationships, management, sustainable cash flows, and competitive position.[2][3]
Questions to ask before hiring Hanna Business Advisors
What is the proposed success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense policy, tail period, and termination right?
Which specific team member will lead the engagement, and what comparable transactions has that person handled in the seller’s sector and size range?
What buyer-screening, confidentiality, offering memorandum, and process-timeline procedures would apply to the engagement?
What exact legal entity will contract with the seller, and what state licenses or registrations apply to the engagement?
For the published Sold examples, what were the closing dates, transaction values, buyer types, and seller-side services provided?
Which valuation inputs would the firm expect from the seller, and how would it address financial statements, intangible assets, customer relationships, and sustainable cash flows?
Sources & research notes
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- Transaction / portfolio evidence
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