Businesses for sale: what if you bought rather than started?

Acquisition and creation suit distinct profiles and goals. A few benchmarks to position your project:

• Buying: starting with an existing activity (customers, team, revenue), but also inheriting its history and constraints.
• Starting: building everything in your image, with more freedom but a slower, more uncertain start.
• Financing differs: an acquisition often requires own funds and a loan to buy the business or shares.
• Support and acquisition aids exist, with schemes specific to each country.

Neither path is better in itself: it all depends on your profile, your means and your appetite for risk.

Business transfer is a major issue across the European Union, with many owners close to retirement. But the practices, platforms and legal framework of the transfer vary between member states.

Acquisition aids and support also differ from one country to another. The directory gives you a first view; a real acquisition then requires a serious audit of the targeted business in its country.

The businesses-for-sale directory is free and browsable without sign-up. It lets you discover opportunities and gauge whether acquisition matches your project.

In line with our rule, we invent no data: the information shown comes from the listings. Always verify the real details with the seller and their advisers.

If acquisition interests you, BoostPro AI offers dedicated journeys for business acquisition (seller analysis, valuation, acquisition business plan, financing).

Whether you lean towards starting or buying, begin with the free diagnostic to clarify your profile and project. Advanced modules and their access conditions are on the Solutions IA page and the pricing page.