{
  "title": "How to Sell a Restoration Business: Steps, Documents, Timeline, Fees",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/how-to-sell-a-restoration-business/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-11-06",
  "updated": "2026-11-06",
  "section": "Selling a business",
  "keyword": "how to sell a restoration business",
  "short_answer": "To sell a restoration business, start a year ahead. Clean up the books, split mitigation from rebuild revenue, document your referral and insurance sources, and move key relationships off yourself. Then find several buyers, pick the best offer and structure, get through due diligence and close.",
  "facts": {
    "Three years of P&Ls, balance sheets and tax returns": "To confirm earnings and the trend",
    "Revenue by service line and by referral source": "To see what the business sells and who sends it",
    "Accounts receivable aging": "Insurance work is often paid slowly; buyers check what is collectible",
    "Job list with estimates, invoices and margins": "To test pricing and job profit"
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-market-pulse-survey-q2-2026-reports-the-latest-trends-in-business-sales-up-to-50m-302858664.html",
    "https://www.morganstanley.com/im/en-us/individual-investor/insights/press-release/mscp-completes-aquisition-of-american-restoration.html",
    "https://www.epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-painting-program-firm-certification",
    "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."
}