Small Business Sale Research and Data

Research on owning and selling a small business, built from public data you can check: every number links to its source, every table downloads as a CSV, and every report shows how to reproduce it.

SMBB registry of state bulk sale and tax successor rules (hand-coded from official texts) · Updated 2026-10-28

Bulk Sales Law by State: Tax Clearance Certificates and Notice Deadlines (2026)

A registry of the tax-side bulk sale rules in all 50 states and D.C., read from statutes, rules and revenue department forms, with the lead times a seller should plan around.

State real estate license statutes (definitions sections), coded by SMBB; Census SUSB 2022 for firm weights · Updated 2026-10-28

Business Broker License Requirements by State: A 2026 Registry of 51 Jurisdictions

We read the definitions section of each state's real estate license law to find out when a person who sells businesses for a fee needs a license, and which one.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024; Statistics of U.S. Businesses 2022; Vintage 2025 population estimates · Updated 2026-10-28

How Many Small Businesses Are There in the US? State Counts by Size (2026)

Owner-only businesses, employer firms under 500 and the 5 to 99 employee band, computed from the latest Census files for every state.

SMBB registry of state liquor license transfer rules (51 jurisdictions) joined to Census County Business Patterns 2023 · Updated 2026-10-28

Liquor License Transfer Rules by State: Can a Bar or Restaurant License Be Sold? (2026)

We read the statute, rule or agency page for the main on-premises license in every state and DC, then matched the result to Census counts of full-service restaurants.

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