{
  "title": "How to Sell an MSP Business: Steps, Documents, Timeline and Fees",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/how-to-sell-a-msp-business/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-11-02",
  "updated": "2026-11-02",
  "section": "Selling a business",
  "keyword": "how to sell an MSP business",
  "short_answer": "To sell an MSP business, move clients onto signed managed services contracts, make yourself less needed day to day, and prepare clean books and contract files. Then run a quiet process with several buyers, sign a letter of intent, get through diligence and hand over clients with care.",
  "facts": {
    "Three years of tax returns and P&L": "Earnings, trend, and that the two agree",
    "Revenue by client and by type": "Recurring share and customer concentration",
    "Every client contract": "Term, renewal, scope, and change-of-owner terms",
    "Vendor and distributor agreements": "Whether licence resale and partner status can transfer",
    "Staff list with roles and pay": "Who does the work and who might leave",
    "Ticket and service reports": "Workload per client and how fast issues get fixed",
    "Tool list and licence counts": "Costs, and whether billing matches use",
    "Security policies and incident history": "Risk the buyer takes on with your client access",
    "Insurance policies": "Cyber and professional liability cover and any claims"
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-8594",
    "https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/7a-loans"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}