Magnus Business Group
Magnus Business Group presents itself as a Southern California business brokerage firm founded by Lutz Lehmann. Its public materials describe services spanning valuation, exit planning, confidential business sales, acquisitions, buyer targeting, negotiation, diligence support, closing coordination, and transition guidance.
Magnus Business Group publicly targets privately held businesses generating $5M–$100M in revenue and $500K+ EBITDA.
It describes a seller-side process covering valuation, preparation, marketing, buyer screening, negotiation, due diligence, and closing, and identifies six completed-sale testimonial engagements. The official homepage's named completed-sale testimonials do not disclose transaction dates, buyer identities, transaction values, financing terms, or consideration structures for those engagements.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
What does Magnus Business Group do?
Magnus Business Group identifies itself as a Los Angeles/Southern California business brokerage firm and identifies Lutz Lehmann as its founder. The firm’s contact information lists Westlake Village, California. Its public service descriptions include business valuation, exit planning, business sales, acquisitions, and transition coaching.[1][2][3][5]
Magnus publicly describes business valuation, exit planning, business sales, acquisitions, and transition coaching. Its published sales process also covers sales strategy and business-package preparation, targeted marketing, buyer screening, negotiations, due diligence, and closing.[3][4][5]
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 Magnus Business Group?
An owner evaluating Magnus can compare the firm’s stated target profile, industry coverage, confidential sales process, and published transaction examples with the owner’s objectives. Before engagement, the owner should confirm the legal entity signing the engagement letter, the services covered by the California DRE license, the fee and termination provisions, the available detail on completed transactions, the intended buyer outreach and confidentiality controls, and Magnus’s role in diligence, financing coordination, escrow, legal documentation, and transition support.[1][2][3][4][5][7]
What legal entity will sign the engagement letter, and what services are covered by the California DRE license
What are the success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail, exclusivity, and termination provisions
Which recent completed transactions can be shared with dates, transaction-size ranges, buyer type, and seller references
What size transactions does Magnus Business Group handle?
The official homepage publishes completed-sale testimonials associated with AV Party Rental, Inc., Jet One Aerospace, Rincon Engineering, Sikama, Exel Pak, and Advanced Measurement Machines, Inc. The active-listings page identifies MBG312, a fence installation business with real estate; MBG305, a structural steel fabrication company with real estate; MBG307, an aircraft parts supplier; MBG309, a mechanical engineering firm with an HVAC focus; MBG302, a USDA-certified artisanal sausage company; and MBG306, a party rental company.
For MBG312, the active-listings page states asking prices of $800,000 for the business and $2,100,000 for the real estate. For MBG305, it states an asking price of $16,000,000. These are published listing terms, not reported completed-sale consideration.[1][6]
Magnus describes a confidential business-sale process that begins with consultation and valuation and continues through preparation, marketing, buyer screening, negotiation, due diligence, and closing. The firm also publicly lists acquisitions among its services. Its FAQ materials describe strategic buyers and financial buyers as distinct categories considered in M&A transactions.[1][4][5][7]
The firm states that it serves privately held businesses generating $5M–$100M in revenue and $500K+ EBITDA. Its stated industry coverage includes manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, service businesses, e-commerce, automotive, technology, telecommunications/internet, and engineering. The About page also identifies experience in construction and automotive and technology businesses.[3][5]
What does Magnus Business Group publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The official homepage’s named completed-sale testimonials do not disclose transaction dates, buyer identities, transaction values, financing terms, or consideration structures for the identified engagements. The official active-listings page does not disclose completed-sale status or buyer identities for the six identified active listings.
The official FAQ page does not publish a universal brokerage fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, or termination schedule. The official contact page publishes a California DRE number but does not state the firm’s legal-entity form or securities broker-dealer or investment-adviser registration status.[1][2][6][7]
The official contact information publishes California DRE number 02013887. The contact page does not state Magnus Business Group’s legal-entity form or its securities broker-dealer or investment-adviser registration status.[2]
The homepage summarizes a four-stage process of consultation, valuation, preparation, and negotiation and closing. The Selling Your Business page expands the process into valuation, preparation of a Confidential Business Review or Confidential Information Memorandum, targeted marketing, buyer screening, negotiations, due diligence, and closing.[1][4]
Questions to ask before hiring Magnus Business Group
What legal entity will sign the engagement letter, and what services are covered by the California DRE license?
What are the success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail, exclusivity, and termination provisions?
Which recent completed transactions can be shared with dates, transaction-size ranges, buyer type, and seller references?
Which named testimonial engagements were completed by Magnus, and in what years?
How does the firm distinguish business brokerage, M&A advisory, valuation, and acquisition-related services?
What buyer outreach channels and confidentiality controls will be used?
What role will Magnus play in diligence, financing coordination, escrow, legal documentation, and transition support?
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