Fees
Selling your life’s work will be one of the most challenging things you will ever do. The sales process can be overwhelming, demanding and emotionally draining. We pride ourselves on being transparent guiding you through the numerous challenges and decisions you will make. We’ve outlined our fee schedule below as a general guideline based on annual revenues. Many factors can influence and impact fees, such as industry complexity, business type, your businesses profitability, your expectations of the purchase price and the timeline, your preparedness to sell, the universe of buyers for your business type and most importantly how attractive your business is.
We hand-select who we take on as clients. You will be working with Senior Executives and not passed off multiples times providing personalized service dedicated to your business case. While we provide a transparent outline of our fees below, we personalize your fee structure to your businesses unique characteristics. If we mutually choose to work together, your fees will be finalized during our engagement meeting. Once your business case is closed, the fees you paid during Assessment, Preparation and Marketing are credited towards your success fee.
Revenue
< $ 5 MM
< $ 10 MM
< $ 15 MM
< $ 25 MM
< $ 50 MM
< $ 75 MM
< $ 100 MM
< $ 150 MM
Your Fee
$ 300,000
$ 500,000
$ 600,000
$ 750,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 1,125,000
$ 1,250,000
$ 1,500.000
the above fees are the maximum amount you would pay as your success fee.
How Do I Get Started?
No obligation, no contract required. Your 90-minute assessment includes everything you need to make an informed decision about planning the sale of your life’s work. We also include our recommended services and fees.
Services:
-
-
-
-
- Data Asset Tool Analysis
- Market Approach Valuation
- Normalized Financials
- Sales Strategy
- Path to Close
-
-
-
When you decide to put your business on the market within 30 days of receiving your assessment, we will apply 100% credit of Step 1: Assessment fees towards Step 2: Preparing Your Company. Our assessment timeline takes approximately 10 days and our assessment fee is $1,995.
Preparing your company for sale usually takes less than six weeks depending on how quickly you provide us with necessary information. Our preparation services include:
-
-
-
-
- Creating Confidential Teaser Profile
- Studio quality Seller Interview video
- Pre-sale Due Diligence
- Confidential CIM Creation and Publication
-
-
-
Preparing Your Company fees are $5,000 to $25,000 scaled to your revenue.
Marketing your life’s work is where JSP gathers momentum for your business ensuring it’s the most attractive opportunity at the dance. Our universe of buyers frequently engages us as to who is ready and who will be ready to market and sell their business. This step will take on average anywhere from 3 to 9 months depending on a number of factors.
Services:
-
-
-
-
- Creation of Your Confidential Marketing Strategy
- Identify and Evaluate Potential Buyers
- Evaluate IOI (Indication of Interest) and Buyer Interviews
- Seller Car Wash & Fireside Chats
- Manage LOI (Letter of Intent) Process
- Manage Preliminary Negotiations and Potential Deal Structures
-
-
-
Step 3 Fees are scaled relative to your revenue ranging from $5,000 per month for business less than $10MM. At $10MM these fees increase $5,000/month for every $5MM of revenue for the term of your case and have a maximum cap.
JScott Partners leads your closing for a one-time success fee due only upon completion of your sale. The timeframe usually ranges from 2 to 4 months. However, we’ve seen cases that close in less than 60 days and some take over a year. Much of the time escalation hinges on your preparedness, communicating in a clear and concise manner with an attitude of humility. Upon closing your sale, fees you’ve paid in Steps 1, 2 and 3 are credited towards Step 4: Closing the Sale full success fee.
JScott Partners fees are subject to change without notice and are at the sole discretion of JScott Partners.
My Business is Worth More!
Every business owner expects a higher price when they sell their life’s work. The universe of buyers is looking to offer a fair price while mitigating all of the potential risks involved in buying your life’s work. In that, you have a conundrum – a valuation gap. You need answers, clarification and specific data to provide confidence in a decision whether to sell now or wait and sell at a premium. A potential buyer will agree to pay a premium, because you prepared your business to sell at that premium price minimizing due diligence time and reducing the risk profile. You cannot afford to not fill the gap ensuring you get a premium price.
Value Gap Analysis
Our Value Gap Analysis fits seamlessly when you’re still unsure or you’re looking to accelerate your value to achieve a successful premium offer. We offer a one-time flat fee providing a personalized blueprint to accelerate your valuation and fill that gap and to provide you with an exhaustive list of value drivers and risk factors. Additionally, you’ll receive a roadmap you can execute on your own timeframe preparing your life’s work for a premium sale. No other M&A advisory or Investment Banker offers a premium service such as our VGA.
Your VGA fees are listed below. For businesses with revenues exceeding $50MM, please contact us to discuss your fee. Unlike every other advisory, consultant or investment banker, JSP provides transparent services and pricing. There’s no place to hide when you select JScott Partners – the preferred provider for sell-side advisory.
Revenue
< $5 MM
< $10 MM
< $15 MM
< $25 MM
< $50 MM
Your Fee
$ 4,000
$ 5,000
$ 6,000
$ 7,500
$ 10,000
Growth Consulting
We’ve been scaling and delivering sustainable strategic growth and value creation for privately held companies since 1997. We offer pragmatic, proven solutions accelerating your business’ growth, increasing your value, and preparing you with certainty to close and a successful exit for your life’s work. We provide an intensive Strategic Growth roundtable on your campus personalized to your unique situation, goals and objectives. Let’s discuss what’s working, what’s not working for you and Accelerate your Growth and Performance into the curve.
"Scott's ability to speak specifically to how my business operates and how his team flexed to our people was invigorating. We gained great insights and came away with simple, practical and powerful plans to implement. I can't say enough about how on point this message has been for all of us."

Founder & President
Get in Touch
130 Inverness Plaza, Suite 380, Birmingham, AL 35242
Schedule Your Complimentary Consultation
Selling your life’s work you’ve invested time, capital and sweaty equity is a big deal!
Now’s the time to consider taking some chips off the table! Maybe you have some tread left on your cleats and you’d like to play a few more games or not. Let’s have a no obligation, unbiased conversation regarding where you are today and what tomorrow’s goals and objectives may look like. Explore what options are in play whether you choose us or not, insight and wise counsel is never a bad thing.