First Choice Business Brokers is a franchise opportunity, not a job or employment position. As an FCBB franchise owner, you own and operate your own business brokerage franchise, backed by a proven system, comprehensive foundational and on-going training, technology, tools, an established brand, and back-office support designed to help you build and grow your business.

Founded in 1994, First Choice Business Brokers brings over 30 years of experience in business sales and a proven business brokerage model. Franchise owners have the independence of business ownership with the systems, resources, and support of an established national brand and staff behind them.

No. You do not need prior business sales or M&A experience to become a First Choice Business Brokers franchise owner. FCBB provides comprehensive training in business brokerage, valuation and business sales, supported by proven systems, technology, tools, and ongoing support.

FCBB franchise owners come from a wide range of professional backgrounds, including business ownership, executive leadership, accounting and finance, real estate, sales, and other professional services. Many bring transferable skills such as business acumen, financial understanding, relationship building, negotiation, and experience working with business owners.

You bring the professional experience you've already built; FCBB provides the business brokerage and M&A training, systems, and support to help you apply those skills in a new way.

The current initial franchise fee is $45,000. The estimated initial investment is under $100,000 and includes our initial FCBB Kick-Start Marketing Program and training. A detailed breakdown of anticipated expenses is disclosed in the First Choice Business Brokers Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) . 

During the discovery process, our Franchise Development team will discuss the franchise model and investment with you, provide the FDD at the appropriate stage, and answer your questions so you can make an informed decision about whether FCBB is the right business opportunity for you.

More than 30 years of proven training, systems, and support, plus a national network of trusted partners and referral sources. From initial training through ongoing operations, marketing, and technology, you'll have the resources to build a successful franchise from day one.

After you submit the form, you'll have the opportunity to schedule a brief introductory call with the First Choice Business Brokers Franchise Development team. This first conversation gives us an opportunity to learn more about your background and the market you're interested in while giving you an opportunity to learn more about FCBB, how the business model works, and what franchise ownership looks like.

There is no obligation to move forward. The franchise discovery process is designed to allow both you and FCBB to determine whether there is a good fit before moving to the next step.

SME (Linda) NOTE: Marketing's original specifies a 15-minute call. Retain “15-minute” if that is the standard scheduling option currently presented immediately after form submission.

Executive leadership experience can provide a strong foundation for owning and building a business brokerage—especially for executives with an entrepreneurial drive and the desire to build something of their own. Executives often bring many of the skills used every day in business brokerage: understanding business operations and financial performance, leading people, developing relationships, negotiating, solving problems, and helping others make important business decisions.

Just as importantly, experienced executives understand what it takes to build and operate a business. For someone who has spent years leading teams, growing organizations, and creating value within someone else's company, franchise ownership can provide an opportunity to direct that experience, energy, and ambition toward building an enterprise of their own.

FCBB provides the specialized business brokerage and M&A training, systems, technology, marketing, and ongoing support to help you apply that experience in a new way.

You aren't starting over. You're building on everything you've already accomplished—and putting it to work building something of your own.

No. Previous business brokerage, M&A, or traditional sales experience is not required to become a First Choice Business Brokers franchise owner. Your executive experience provides an important business foundation; FCBB teaches you the specialized skills and processes involved in developing business opportunities, securing listings, representing business owners, working with buyers, and managing business sale transactions.

Training begins with First Choice University (FCU), which combines online learning with live, interactive instructor-led webinars. You'll learn the fundamentals of business brokerage, including business valuation, business development and sales, securing listings, working with buyers and sellers, confidential marketing, negotiations, due diligence, and managing transactions through closing.

Business brokerage does involve sales, but it is largely a consultative, relationship-driven process. Executives who have built relationships, influenced decisions, negotiated agreements, presented ideas, developed business, or led people may already have many of the skills required—even if they have never held a traditional sales position.

That training is reinforced by ongoing continuing education, coaching, established systems and technology, a dedicated Franchise Success Coach, and specialized corporate staff resources for deal structure and transaction strategy.

You bring the leadership, business judgment, and professional experience. FCBB provides the business brokerage and business development training along with systems and support to help you apply those skills in a new way.

Yes. In fact, the First Choice Business Brokers franchise model is built for exactly that—helping franchise owners build and scale a business brokerage office by developing a commission-based team of trained business brokers. For executives who already have experience building teams, developing people, creating accountability, and leading organizations, those leadership skills can be a significant advantage.

As the owner, you can participate directly in transactions while also leading the growth of your office. Adding brokers can increase transaction capacity, expand your local market presence, and allow your business to serve more buyers and sellers.

FCBB provides foundational business brokerage training for the brokers you add to your team, along with the systems, technology, marketing resources, ongoing education, and corporate infrastructure to support the operation. You continue their development through local leadership, mentorship, and accountability.

For an experienced executive, this is an opportunity to put your leadership skills to work building an organization you own.

Millions of privately held companies are approaching one of the most important events in their lifecycle: a transition from one owner to the next. These aren't simply assets changing hands—they are operating businesses with employees, customers, financial histories, management structures, vendor relationships, and owners who may have spent decades building them. Helping those businesses successfully transition creates a substantial need for trained business brokers with real-world business knowledge.

The numbers illustrate the scale. 52.3% of U.S. business owners are age 55 or older, according to a LendingTree analysis using U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Survey data. McKinsey estimates that by 2035, approximately 6 million small and midsize businesses will face ownership transitions, with more than 1 million viable candidates for sale representing up to $5 trillion in enterprise value.

For experienced executives, this market can be particularly relevant. You understand that a company is more than its financial statements. You understand operations, people, customers, strategy, financial performance, leadership, risk, and what it takes to keep an organization moving forward. Those perspectives can be valuable when helping an owner prepare a company for market, evaluating the business, working through negotiations and due diligence, and helping manage the transition from seller to buyer.

Selling a privately held company involves much more than finding a buyer. It requires understanding the business behind the numbers, maintaining confidentiality, qualifying buyers, navigating negotiations and deal structure, managing due diligence, and keeping the transaction moving toward closing—all while the business continues to operate.

Business brokers stand at the intersection of legacy and opportunity—helping owners transition the businesses and value they have built while helping buyers pursue the opportunities ahead.

Sources for Marketing:

• LendingTree — Boomer Entrepreneurs Report — LendingTree analysis using U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Survey data; source for the 52.3% age 55+ statistic.
• McKinsey & Company — The Great Ownership Transfer: A New Era of Business Stewardship — Source for the approximately 6 million ownership transitions by 2035, more than 1 million viable sale candidates, and up to $5 trillion in enterprise value estimates.

Yes. For experienced executives ready to move from leading someone else's organization to building an enterprise of their own, an FCBB franchise provides the opportunity to apply decades of business and leadership experience to an operation they own.

The opportunity is bigger than simply becoming an individual business broker. As an FCBB franchise owner, you can participate in transactions while developing a commission-based team of trained business brokers, increasing the transaction capacity of your office and building a strong presence in your local market.

FCBB provides more than 30 years of business brokerage experience, established systems, training, technology, marketing, ongoing education, and corporate support so you aren't building the infrastructure from scratch.

Over time, the objective is to build more than current transaction income. It is to develop an established brokerage office with trained brokers, systems, relationships, transaction activity, and market presence—a business asset of your own.

You've spent your career using your experience to build businesses, teams, and value. This is an opportunity to put that experience to work building something that belongs to you.