Exit Planning

Have you ever thought about exiting your business?  You are not alone. Nearly 50% of successful business owners hope to exit their businesses over the next 5 years. We help maximize the probability of your successful transition by developing and implementing comprehensive plans custom-designed to meet or exceed your unique business departure goals: something our principals have been doing since 1981.

Don’t go it alone. Contact the American Restaurant Valuators team for a no-obligation discussion of your situation.

American Restaurant Valuators uses a Seven Step Exit Planning Process™ to develop customized plans for its clients. Each owner’s unique objectives drive the creation of his or her exit plan. Exit plans are based on the following:

• Defining owner objectives
• Determining business resources and personal financial resources
• Maximizing and protecting business value
• Preparing the business for ownership transfers to third parties
• Developing  and executing ownership transfer action plans to insiders
• Planning for business continuity
• Planning for personal wealth and estate concerns

The resulting exit plan contains strategies, assignments and timelines to accomplish certain tasks and to achieve benchmarks. In some cases, the business owner has already begun the planning process before engaging us. In those cases, we can develop plans focused on areas that could negatively impact the exit process if not properly addressed.