Fees

Fees

Effective date: October 4th, 2026. Last updated: October 18th, 2026.

One page, in plain language, on what a buyer pays EDGE Business Advisors and what a buyer does not. The agreements govern; this page explains them.

On an EDGE listing, buyers pay nothing

When you buy a business that EDGE lists, you pay EDGE no success fee, no commission and no transaction fee. On its own listings EDGE represents the seller, and the seller compensates EDGE under their Marketing Agreement.

What you can do free in the Buyer's EDGE Acquisition Center: create an account, read every listing, sign the non-disclosure agreement online, receive the confidential information once the listing's advisor approves, ask the advisor questions, share your terms of interest in a non-binding Letter of Intent, run your search on the Business Target Manager, read the Acquisition Academy, and browse the Growth Center.

The Buyer's EDGE Acquisition Center: free to join, two paid tiers inside it

The whole portal is the Buyer's EDGE Acquisition Center, and membership is free: every listing, the NDA, the confidential information, questions and terms of interest on a listing, the Business Target Manager for your own search, the Acquisition Academy, and the Growth Center shelf. Two paid tiers open the rest.

Acquisition Center Pro. No advisor: the tools EDGE's advisors use. Opens the Analyst Toolkit and "Work this deal" on every target on your board.

• $475, one payment, for 12 months; $475 to renew for another year.
• A full refund if you ask within 7 days of paying.
• Paid by card through Stripe; EDGE never sees your card.

Guided Acquisition Search. Everything in Acquisition Center Pro, plus an EDGE advisor in the portal: your Roadmap reviewed, matched businesses sourced to your board, your targets screened, and your questions answered within two business days. Your board becomes an engagement your advisor works from.

• $4,750, one payment, for 12 months; $3,750 to renew for another year.
• Non-refundable, as Single Transaction fees are.
• The $500 Valuation, Structuring LOI, LOI Preparation Fee is waived when you engage EDGE on a business during your term.

Growth Center. Open to every member; its tools are bought one at a time. The Marketing Blueprint is $275, once, yours for good.

When EDGE represents you, on a business EDGE does not list

Single Transaction Buyer Representation. For one business you have found, at any level of membership. There is no fee to sign the agreement. A $500 Valuation, Structuring LOI, LOI Preparation Fee when EDGE engages on the business; a $2,500 Accepted LOI Fee, due if the seller accepts your Letter of Intent; and a success commission at closing of 4% of the first $1,000,000 of transaction value, 3% from $1,000,001 to $2,000,000, 2% from $2,000,001 to $3,000,000 and 2% above $3,000,000, with a $15,000 minimum. Neither the $500 nor the $2,500 is credited toward the commission. Guided Acquisition Search members pay no $500 fee. EDGE values the business, structures the deal and terms, writes the LOI (every LOI is reviewed and approved by our Managing Director before delivery, with an attorney on staff) and takes it to closing.

Full Buyer Representation. EDGE runs the search for a qualified buyer, then takes the right business through the same process. A $12,000 engagement fee, due at signing, non-refundable and not credited toward the commission; a success commission at closing of 5% of the first $1,000,000, 4% from $1,000,001 to $2,000,000, 3% from $2,000,001 to $3,000,000 and 2% above, with a $15,000 minimum; a 12-month term. Guided Acquisition Search is included for the engagement. The agreement is walked through with you before anything is signed.

Sellers

Sellers compensate EDGE under the Marketing Agreement, an exclusive engagement signed with EDGE. These are its standard terms, the same ones published on our Seller Representation page; they are explained in your first confidential conversation.

• Upfront marketing fee: $0. Preparation, valuation, the CIM and marketing are carried by EDGE; EDGE earns its fee when the sale closes.
• Success fee, by transaction value: 10% of the first $1,000,000; 8% from $1,000,001 to $2,000,000; 6% from $2,000,001 to $3,000,000; 4% from $3,000,001 to $4,000,000; 2% of $4,000,001 and above.
• Minimum success fee: $15,000, which applies when the tiered calculation would fall below it.
• Exclusive term: 12 months, with a 2-year protection period after expiration or termination.
• Minimum seller earnings: $100,000 in seller discretionary earnings; exceptions require firm approval.

Transaction value means all consideration paid or payable to the seller, as the Marketing Agreement defines it. Owners can also start with EDGE online, free, in the EDGE Client Portal.

Questions

Call the EDGE Buyer Line at 404.940.5748, talk to an advisor, or browse businesses for sale.