{"id":197201,"date":"2020-02-03T20:45:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/market-for-small-businesses-rebounds-after-4-quarterly-drops\/"},"modified":"2020-02-03T20:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:45:23","slug":"market-for-small-businesses-rebounds-after-4-quarterly-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/market-for-small-businesses-rebounds-after-4-quarterly-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Market for small businesses rebounds after 4 quarterly drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><h2 class=\"Article__Headline__Desc\">The market for small businesses rebounded in the last three months of 2019 after four straight quarterly declines caused in part by uncertainty about U.S. trade policy and rising employee pay<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"Article__Header__Meta\">\n<section class=\"Byline flex items-center\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"Byline__AuthorRow\">\n<p>By<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Byline__AuthorContainer\" to=\"\"><\/p>\n<p> JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Byline__TimestampWrapper\">\n<p>February 3, 2020, 5:33 PM<\/p>\n<p>2 min read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"Share flex flex-no-wrap\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>NEW YORK &#8212;<br \/>\nThe market for small businesses rebounded in the last three months of 2019 after four straight quarterly declines caused in part by uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s the finding of a report analyzing business sales released by BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for companies. BizBuySell.com counted 2,340 small businesses sold during October-December, up nearly 2.3% from 2,288 sold in the same period of 2018. For all of 2019, sales fell 5.5% to 9,746 from 10,312 the previous year. BizBuySell.com counts sales reported by brokers. <\/p>\n<p>\nBizBuySell.com noted that sales activity is at high levels, but the Trump administration&#8217;s tariffs on goods imported from China and Europe have driven up companies&#8217; overhead and lowered the number of transactions. Buyers are wary about the impact the tariffs can have on a company&#8217;s earnings, especially since it&#8217;s unclear how long the tariffs may remain in effect. Meanwhile, prospective sellers are concerned about how much the tariffs can affect their selling prices.<\/p>\n<p>\nOwners have had to price companies conservatively to make a sale although their businesses are financially healthy. The median revenue of businesses sold in 2019 was up 7% at $567,000, compared to $531,653 in 2018, the report said. Yet the median sales price of a company rose a slim $1,000 to $250,000. Asking prices were flat at $275,000.<\/p>\n<p>\nBesides tariffs, sales have also been affected by rising minimum wages and uncertainty about the November elections. But Bob House, BizBuySell.com&#8217;s president, expects strong sales this year \u201ceven if levels plateau a bit due to economic and political concerns.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\nNearly 40% of the reported sales were of service businesses, while retailers comprised nearly 24% and restaurants, 23%. Four percent of sales were of manufacturers, with other companies comprising the remaining 11%.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\nFollow Joyce Rosenberg at www.twitter.com\/JoyceMRosenberg. Her work can be found here: https:\/\/apnews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/market-small-businesses-rebounds-quarterly-drops-68725325\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The market for small businesses rebounded in the last three months of 2019 after four straight quarterly declines caused in part by uncertainty about U.S. trade policy and rising employee pay By JOYCE M. 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