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Sell a company: Skilled trades & construction
Sell a company: Trades & construction: create a listing on company.ch with category, location, guide price and handover. Choose open, discreet or anonymous visibility while private seller data stays protected.
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Selling a skilled-trade or construction business: value, evidence and handover
When selling a skilled-trade or construction business, the listing should explain order backlog, job-level margin, qualified staff, vehicles and tools, warranties, safety and the owner's technical role. Buyers need evidence that the operation, people and rights can continue after completion without exposing customer names, site addresses, tender prices, employee files, security plans and confidential subcontractor terms in the public offer.
Explain what creates value when selling a skilled-trade or construction business
The public profile should make order backlog, job-level margin, qualified staff, vehicles and tools, warranties, safety and the owner's technical role measurable and separate recurring performance from one-off results. It should also state what the owner still handles personally and which assets, contracts or premises are part of the proposed sale.
Prepare the evidence a buyer will request
Prepare signed orders and tender pipeline, project margin and completion status, staff qualifications, equipment ownership, leases, warranties, claims, permits and safety records. Reconcile every financial summary to the same sale perimeter and identify consents, licences or third-party rights that require a separate check.
Reach buyers with the right operating fit
Existing contractors and technically qualified successors can fit when they can assume site leadership, workforce planning and contractual responsibilities. The listing should make essential qualifications, capital, location and owner involvement clear enough to filter enquiries without narrowing the search to a single buyer type. Keep customer names, site addresses, tender prices, employee files, security plans and confidential subcontractor terms out of the public listing and first document pack. Use anonymised concentration, ranges and role descriptions until a buyer has been qualified and the information is needed for review.
Plan continuity through the handover
Prepare each live project with scope, variations, billing, guarantees, subcontractors, safety responsibilities and the person who will face the client after completion. Assign responsible people, dates and completion evidence rather than describing the seller's support only as an undefined transition period.
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Questions to resolve before selling a skilled-trade or construction business
How do I prove that the signed order book remains profitable after remaining project costs?
Use several comparable periods and show the figures that explain order backlog, job-level margin, qualified staff, vehicles and tools, warranties, safety and the owner's technical role. Separate recurring operations, exceptional events, owner adjustments and any assets or costs outside the proposed transaction.
Which project, warranty, equipment, safety and qualification records should buyers receive?
Prepare signed orders and tender pipeline, project margin and completion status, staff qualifications, equipment ownership, leases, warranties, claims, permits and safety records. Start with aggregated information, then release original documents in a controlled process once the buyer and transaction fit are credible.
How should I explain reliance on my technical role or a small number of site managers?
Test how order backlog, job-level margin, qualified staff, vehicles and tools, warranties, safety and the owner's technical role would change when the current owner steps back. Identify reliance on individual customers, employees, contracts, premises or permissions and explain the practical measures available to reduce that dependence.
How can live projects, deposits, subcontractors and warranty cases be allocated at handover?
Prepare each live project with scope, variations, billing, guarantees, subcontractors, safety responsibilities and the person who will face the client after completion. Turn these topics into a timetable with owners, access, introductions and a clear point at which the buyer operates independently.