Fees

Fees

Effective date: October 4th, 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 on an EDGE listing, free, in Buyer's EDGE: create an account, read the listing, sign the non-disclosure agreement online, receive the confidential information once the listing's advisor approves, ask the advisor questions, and share your terms of interest in a non-binding Letter of Intent.

The Acquisition Center, for buyers running their own search

The EDGE Acquisition Center is the paid part of Buyer's EDGE: the Business Target Manager, the "Work this deal" tools, the Analyst Toolkit and Notable Deals.

• $4,750, one payment, for 18 months.
• $500 a quarter to renew after the term.
• A full refund if you ask within 7 days of paying.
• Paid by card through Stripe; EDGE never sees your card.
• Advisor Deal Flow, optional: an EDGE advisor curates and analyses deals matched to your brief, $250 a month, cancel any time, once the Acquisition Center is active.
• The $500 Valuation, Structuring LOI, LOI Preparation Fee is waived when you engage EDGE on a business during your term.

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

Single Transaction Buyer Representation. For one business you have found. 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. 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; the same success commission at closing as Single Transaction (4% of the first $1,000,000, 3% from $1,000,001 to $2,000,000, 2% above, $15,000 minimum); a 12-month term. 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.