Where to Find Businesses for Sale: All 12 Marketplaces Compared
TL;DR: Businesses for sale in the US are listed across at least 12 separate marketplaces. BizBuySell is the largest by a wide margin, but it is not the whole market. As of September 21, 2026, the marketplaces we index carry 76,550 live listings, and once you match the businesses posted to several sites at once, that resolves to 56,410 distinct businesses. More than a quarter of what you scroll past is a repeat. The right marketplace depends on what you are buying: generalists for Main Street businesses, BizBen for California, curated brokerages for online businesses, and broker network sites for lower middle market deals.
Where can you find businesses for sale?
Business-for-sale listings live on three kinds of sites:
- Generalist marketplaces, where brokers and owners post businesses of every type. BizBuySell, BusinessBroker.net, BusinessesForSale.com, and DealStream.
- Online business marketplaces and brokerages, built for SaaS, ecommerce, content sites, and newsletters. Flippa, Empire Flippers, Quiet Light, and Website Closers.
- Broker network and specialist sites, where a single brokerage or a regional network lists its own inventory. Sunbelt Business Brokers, Synergy Business Brokers, BizBen, and Rejigg.
No single site has everything. Brokers routinely cross-post the same business to several marketplaces, while other businesses appear on only one. That combination is why searching one site misses deals and searching all of them wastes time on repeats.
How do the 12 marketplaces compare?
| Marketplace | Type | Best for | Typical deal size | Buyer access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BizBuySell | Generalist | Main Street businesses of every kind | $165K to $875K asking | Free to browse; contact broker per listing |
| BusinessesForSale.com | Generalist, international | Buyers open to non-US deals | $150K to $800K asking | Free to browse |
| BusinessBroker.net | Generalist | Broker-listed Main Street deals | $201K to $1.1M asking | Free to browse |
| DealStream | Generalist | Broad inventory including larger and unusual deals | Wide range, skews seven figures | Free account to browse |
| BizBen | Regional | California businesses | $150K to $699K asking | Free to browse |
| Sunbelt Business Brokers | Broker network | Franchise-network broker inventory | $199K to $950K asking | Free to browse |
| Synergy Business Brokers | Brokerage | Lower middle market deals | $3.5M to $12M asking | NDA for details |
| Rejigg | Owner-direct platform | Businesses not listed elsewhere | Seven figures and up | Buyer account required |
| Flippa | Open digital marketplace | Small SaaS, content, ecommerce | Under $100K to seven figures | Free account; some listings require verification |
| Empire Flippers | Curated digital brokerage | Vetted online businesses with verified financials | Six to seven figures | Free account; deposit to unlock full details |
| Quiet Light | Digital brokerage | Established ecommerce and online businesses | $299K to $2.8M asking | Free account; NDA for details |
| Website Closers | Digital brokerage | Larger online businesses | $875K to $4.1M asking | NDA for details |
| Accredited Pro | Aggregator | Searching every marketplace at once, duplicates removed | All sizes | 7-day free trial |
Where a dollar range is shown, it is the middle 50% of asking prices for that site in our index, measured on September 21, 2026. Sites we index in smaller volume are described by the deal size they market themselves on rather than a measured range.
How many businesses are actually for sale, and how many are duplicates?
This is the part most comparison posts skip. A marketplace's listing count tells you how many posts it has, not how many businesses you can only find there.
We collect listings from these marketplaces daily and match the ones that describe the same business, even when the headline, location label, or asking price differs between sites. As of September 21, 2026:
| Live listings across the marketplaces we index | 76,550 |
| Distinct businesses after matching cross-posts | 56,410 |
| Duplicate listings removed | 20,140 (26.3%) |
| Businesses listed on more than one site | 6,747 |
| Businesses not listed on BizBuySell | 7,763 (13.8%) |
Two things follow from that.
A quarter of your scrolling is wasted. 26.3% of live listings are a business you have already seen somewhere else. Check five sites a week and roughly one week a month goes to re-reading listings you have already passed on.
BizBuySell is most of the market, but not all of it. It carries about three quarters of all live listings we index, and 86% of the businesses on it are not posted anywhere else, so it deserves its reputation as the default starting point. The catch is the other direction: 7,763 businesses, 13.8% of everything for sale, never appear there at all. BusinessesForSale.com alone accounts for 6,875 businesses that BizBuySell does not have.
The pattern runs the opposite way on the smaller sites. Only 25% of Sunbelt's businesses and 17% of Website Closers' are exclusive to them; the rest are cross-posted to a generalist. Those sites are worth checking for the minority of inventory that is theirs alone, not for volume.
Methodology: listings are collected daily from each marketplace's public search pages. Two listings are treated as the same business when asking price, cash flow, state, and business description match within tolerance. Counts are as of September 21, 2026 and change daily.
Which marketplace should you use?
It depends on what is in your buy box.
| If you are buying | Start with | Then add |
|---|---|---|
| A Main Street service business (HVAC, plumbing, landscaping) | BizBuySell | BusinessesForSale.com, BusinessBroker.net, Sunbelt |
| A business in California | BizBen | BizBuySell |
| A business with $1M+ in cash flow | Synergy, Rejigg | DealStream, Sunbelt |
| A SaaS or content business under $500K | Flippa | Empire Flippers |
| An established ecommerce brand | Quiet Light, Empire Flippers | Website Closers |
| A business outside the US | BusinessesForSale.com | DealStream |
If your buy box spans more than one row, which it usually does, you are checking five or more sites a week.
What is each marketplace actually good at?
BizBuySell. The largest business-for-sale marketplace in the US and the default starting point for most buyers. Owned by CoStar. Deep Main Street inventory across every industry and state, with a median asking price of $350,000 in our index. The tradeoff is competition: every other buyer is looking at the same listings.
BusinessesForSale.com. An international marketplace with a large US section, and the clear number two by volume. It is also the single best hedge against BizBuySell-only searching: 6,875 of its businesses are not on BizBuySell.
BusinessBroker.net. A long-running generalist with heavily broker-listed inventory and a slightly larger typical deal than BizBuySell. Older interface. About 31% of what it carries is exclusive to it.
DealStream. Broad and sometimes unusual inventory, from Main Street businesses to larger deals and investment opportunities. Brokers cross-post here often, so expect overlap with the other generalists.
BizBen. The go-to marketplace for California businesses, with the lowest median asking price of the generalists. If you are buying in California and not checking BizBen, you are missing deals.
Sunbelt Business Brokers. One of the largest business brokerage franchise networks, listing inventory from its own brokers across many US offices. Most of it is cross-posted to BizBuySell, so treat it as a supplement.
Synergy Business Brokers. A brokerage focused on larger, lower middle market deals. Fewer listings, bigger businesses, with a median asking price near $4.9M.
Rejigg. Connects buyers with owners of established businesses that are not on the open market. Smaller volume, less competition, and everything we index from it is exclusive to it.
Flippa. The highest-volume marketplace for online businesses and digital assets, with a wide quality range. Excellent for small SaaS and content deals, and it rewards buyers who filter hard.
Empire Flippers. A curated online business brokerage that vets sellers before listing, with financials verified up front. Less volume, higher baseline quality.
Quiet Light. An online business brokerage run by former ecommerce operators. A small inventory of established ecommerce and digital businesses, typically $300K to $3M.
Website Closers. A digital business brokerage focused on larger online businesses, with a median asking price around $2M.
What about BizQuest, LoopNet, Axial, and Acquire.com?
You will see these mentioned elsewhere. Here is why they are not in our 12:
- BizQuest is owned by the same parent as BizBuySell and largely mirrors its inventory, with financials behind a login.
- LoopNet is primarily commercial real estate. Its business-for-sale section overlaps heavily with BizBuySell, also a CoStar property.
- Axial is a membership network for lower middle market deals, built for private equity and independent sponsors rather than open browsing.
- Acquire.com is a strong source for startups and SaaS, but listings sit entirely behind a login.
- Transworld Business Advisors lists its own inventory without public financials.
Worth knowing about, especially Axial if you are raising a fund or searching above $2M in EBITDA, and Acquire.com for SaaS.
Is there a way to search all of them at once?
Yes. On-Market Sourcing in Accredited Pro searches these marketplaces in one query, matches the businesses that appear on more than one site, and shows each of the 56,410 businesses once with links to every place it is listed. Filter by industry, state, city or county, cash flow or SDE, asking price, and years in operation, then save anything worth a look into your Pipeline.
If you want deals no marketplace has, Off-Market Sourcing finds operating businesses whose owners have not listed yet. And if you would rather have someone else do the first pass, the free Deal of the Day sends one vetted business five days a week.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find businesses for sale? Businesses for sale in the US are listed across at least 12 marketplaces, including generalists like BizBuySell and BusinessesForSale.com, online business marketplaces like Flippa and Empire Flippers, and broker network sites like Sunbelt. BizBuySell is the largest, but many businesses are listed only on smaller sites.
What is the best website to buy a business? For most Main Street businesses, BizBuySell has the most listings by a wide margin. For online businesses, Flippa has the most volume while Empire Flippers and Quiet Light have more vetted inventory. For California, BizBen. No single site covers the whole market.
How many businesses are for sale in the US? As of September 21, 2026, the marketplaces Accredited indexes carry 76,550 live listings. After matching businesses listed on several sites at once, that resolves to 56,410 distinct businesses for sale.
Why are the same businesses listed on multiple sites? Business brokers post a single listing to several marketplaces to reach more buyers. The same business often appears with a different headline, location label, or asking price on each site, which makes duplicates hard to spot manually. In our index, 26.3% of live listings are repeats of a business posted elsewhere.
Is BizBuySell enough to find a business to buy? Not on its own. BizBuySell is the largest marketplace and 86% of the businesses on it are exclusive to it, but 7,763 businesses in our index, 13.8% of the total, are not listed there at all.
Do business-for-sale marketplaces charge buyers? Most are free to browse. Some require a free account, a signed NDA, or proof of funds before showing full financials, and a few curated brokerages require a refundable deposit to access listing details.
Where can I find online businesses for sale? Flippa, Empire Flippers, Quiet Light, and Website Closers are the main marketplaces for SaaS, ecommerce, content, and newsletter businesses. Acquire.com is also popular for SaaS but requires an account to view listings.
Disclaimer
Accredited is a media and research platform, not a broker-dealer or a registered investment adviser. Accredited is not affiliated with any marketplace named in this article. Listing counts, deal sizes, and access requirements are current as of September 21, 2026 and change continuously. Always verify details directly with each marketplace and conduct your own due diligence before pursuing any transaction.
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