I First conversation
No company name required
What the company does, the region, and that a sale is being considered. Enough to see whether a conversation is worth having. Not a listing.
A sale can stay off the market.
In brief
A confidential conversation means the owner decides what is shared, and with whom. GLZR Group speaks with owners considering a sale, gathers initial information and introduces a buyer only where there is a potential fit. The business is not placed on a public listing because an owner asked a question. Customer names, contracts and full financial statements stay back until the owner has agreed they may be shared with a specific party. The conversation is initial qualification. It is not a valuation, confirmed due diligence, or a commitment to sell.
Privacy
What “confidential” means here.
It means a smaller audience, not a promise that nobody will ever hear the business is for sale.
Employees, customers and competitors often learn a sale is being discussed because a listing, a teaser or a wide email says so. GLZR does not publish the company, and does not tell the staff or the customers that an owner is considering a sale. The first conversation can happen without the company name being passed to a buyer.
Some opportunities GLZR introduces are off-market. Where a buyer agreement permits it, a qualifying brokered or banked opportunity can also be introduced. An introduction is not a statement that the opportunity is exclusive, proprietary, unlisted or new to that buyer. If a business is already represented by a broker, the owner’s own advisor controls what that broker may say. GLZR does not replace that advisor.
GLZR shares only information the owner has agreed may be shared. Initial figures on revenue, earnings and customers are not treated as independently verified financial statements. A buyer who wants to test those figures does that later, with the owner and with the buyer’s own advisors.
Three stages
Information moves when the owner says it can.
II With GLZR
Initial information
Revenue, earnings, customers in general terms, management, how involved the owner still is, the reason for considering a sale, the timeline, and valuation expectations. Initial qualification, not due diligence.
III With a buyer
After a confidentiality agreement
Customer names, contracts and full financial statements. Shared with a party who appears to fit, after that party and the owner have agreed the terms. GLZR does not complete the review.
Information ladder
Choose what can be shared.
Set each item to the earliest stage you are willing to discuss it, then send the plan. Nothing is stored on this page. A plan is not a listing and not permission to contact your customers or staff.
Sharing plan
Sharing plan ready.
Company name: With GLZR only What the company does: With GLZR only Region: With GLZR only Revenue and earnings, in general: With GLZR only Customers, without names: With GLZR only Owner involvement: With GLZR only Reason and timeline: With GLZR only Customer names and contracts: After a confidentiality agreement with a buyer Full financial statements: After a confidentiality agreement with a buyer This is not a listing. Nothing on this page is stored.
Limits
What this conversation does not do.
It does not list the business. It does not tell you what the company is worth. The business valuation calculator is an educational estimate from reported market multiples. It is not a formal valuation by GLZR. Buyers, sellers and their advisors handle underwriting, formal valuation, due diligence, financing, legal documentation and closing.
It does not promise a buyer, a sale or a closing date. Our fee is paid by the buyer when an introduced acquisition closes, under agreed terms. No retainers or pay-per-lead charges. GLZR does not charge sellers for its sourcing and introduction service. Legal, tax and accounting costs of a sale are separate. Exact percentages stay in the buyer’s agreement.
How an introduction itself works, for both sides, is on how introductions work. A buyer preparing criteria before a call can use preparing to buy.
Why owners ask
The question usually starts before any buyer is named.
This figure describes U.S. business owners, not GLZR Group’s own activity. Sources checked 3 October 2026.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s page “Business Owners’ Ages” reports that over half of U.S. business owners were age 55 and over, from the Annual Business Survey. For an owner in that position, the practical question is who the company passes to, and whether employees and customers hear about it before the owner has decided anything. A first conversation can stay inside that decision.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business owners by age
If the question is price rather than privacy, start with the educational calculator. In Q2 2026, IBBA and M&A Source advisors reported 2.0x to 3.1x seller’s discretionary earnings for businesses valued under $2 million, and 4.0x to 5.8x EBITDA from $2 million to $50 million. The highlights do not state whether these are medians or means. They are market readings, not a price for any one company.
Source: IBBA and M&A Source, Market Pulse Q2 2026 Highlights
General information, not legal, tax or investment advice. Sources checked 3 October 2026. GLZR handles sourcing, initial qualification and introductions. It does not provide a formal valuation, financing approval or underwriting.
Questions
What owners ask before a confidential conversation.
Does talking to GLZR put my business on the market?
No. A conversation is not a listing. GLZR does not publish the company because an owner asked a question, and does not tell employees or customers that a sale is being considered.
When are customer names shared?
After the owner has agreed, and typically after a confidentiality agreement with a buyer who appears to fit. The ladder above sets customer names and contracts at that stage unless you move them.
Does GLZR verify my financial statements?
No. Initial information on revenue and earnings is not an audit and not due diligence. Verification belongs to the parties and their advisors, later.
Will my employees be told?
Not by GLZR, as part of an initial conversation. Who is told, and when, is the owner’s decision. An introduction is not an announcement to the staff.
Who pays if an introduced acquisition closes?
Our fee is paid by the buyer when an introduced acquisition closes, under agreed terms. No retainers or pay-per-lead charges. GLZR does not charge sellers for its sourcing and introduction service. Other costs of selling a business are separate.
Is a conversation a commitment to sell?
No. The business stays with its owner unless that owner decides to move forward. Booking a call does not create a mandate or an agreement.
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