Murphy Business Sales Franchise
Own a Murphy Business Sales franchise and build a business brokerage with training, established systems, and a collaborative national network.
$65,090
$47,500
134
2006
Clearwater, FL
Veronica Cardinale Ellinger
About Murphy Business Sales
Murphy Business Sales is a franchise opportunity for experienced business owners, executives, and professionals who want to own and operate a business brokerage.
Business brokers help business owners confidentially prepare for and navigate the sales of their companies and help buyers pursue business ownership through acquisition. The work brings together business knowledge, relationship building, problem-solving, valuation, marketing, negotiation, and transaction management.
Prior business brokerage experience is not required to run a Murphy Business franchise unit. Franchisees receive structured training, established systems, ongoing coaching and professional development, marketing resources, and access to a collaborative national network.
The franchise has a lean operational footprint, with no inventory or traditional retail storefront required. Franchise owners may operate from a professional home office where permitted.
You bring the business experience. We teach business brokerage.
Franchise Unit Trends & Revenue
134
6
$187,129
* in 2025
Franchise Fees
$47,500
Veteran's Fee: $42,500
10.0%
Gross Revenues
0.0%
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Why Choose Murphy Business Sales?
Murphy combines the independence of business ownership with the training, systems, resources, and relationships of an established franchise network.
Structured Systems & Processes – Valuation tools, marketing frameworks, and transaction management resources.
Training & Ongoing Development – Learn valuation, listings, buyer qualification, confidential marketing, transaction management, and business development.
Collaborative Franchise Network – Cooperation has been part of Murphy's culture since its founding. Franchise owners can draw on the knowledge and experience of brokers throughout the network.
Flexible Operating Model – Operate from a professional home office or another suitable location within your territory.
Build Your Practice Your Way – Remain a solo practitioner or develop your business over time by adding agents, establishing an office, expanding where available, or developing capabilities in lower middle-market M&A.
A Strong Reputation Built on Trust – Professional service, honesty, integrity, confidentiality, and exceptional client service are standards expected throughout our network.
Starting Costs & Investment Requirements
$75,000 - $100,000
$250,000
$65,090
Training & Support
Murphy provides structured training and ongoing support to help franchise owners learn the specialized work of business brokerage and establish their practices.
Training begins with approximately 40 hours of virtual training and continues with 40 hours of in-person classroom training. Key areas include:
- Business valuation
- Seller engagement and listing processes
- Confidential marketing
- Buyer qualification
- Transaction management
- Deal-related conversations and negotiations
- Business development and relationship building
Following initial training, franchise owners have access to ongoing coaching, experienced support brokers, continuing education and professional development, operational resources, marketing tools, and the broader Murphy franchise network.
When a transaction presents an unfamiliar industry, situation, or level of complexity, franchise owners can rely on experienced colleagues throughout the network for perspective and support.
As your practice develops, you can choose how you want to build it while continuing to draw on Murphy's systems, resources, training, and collaborative network.
Training and support do not guarantee business performance or financial results. Financial results vary. See the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) for details.
History
Murphy Business Sales was founded by the late Roger Murphy with an understanding that business brokerage is about more than completing a transaction.
Our founder understood what is behind a privately held business: years of hard work and sacrifice, employees and families, relationships and reputations. For a seller, a business may represent a life's work and a legacy. For a buyer, an acquisition can shape their future.
He also believed brokers could better serve their clients by working together—sharing knowledge, experience, and opportunities rather than operating in isolation. That spirit of cooperation became part of the foundation of Murphy Business and continues within our franchise network today.
More than three decades later, Murphy Business Sales carries on its commitment to clients by emphasizing the principles on which the company was built: professional service, honesty, integrity, confidentiality, and exceptional client service.
For franchise owners, joining Murphy means becoming part of a collaborative network while accepting the responsibility that comes with representing clients through some of the most significant business decisions of their lives.
Ideal Candidate
Murphy seeks experienced professionals with the drive to build something of their own and the integrity to do what's right for the clients they serve.
Candidates may bring experience in business ownership, executive leadership, finance, accounting, operations, banking, sales, consulting, or professional services. Some have built careers within larger organizations. Others know firsthand what it means to own and operate a business. Many bring experience from both.
Strong candidates typically demonstrate:
- Drive, initiative, and discipline
- Sound business judgment and professional experience
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Comfort with networking and business development
- Ability to handle confidential, high-stakes conversations
- An entrepreneurial, self-directed mindset
- Commitment to professionalism, integrity, and client service
Prior business brokerage experience is not required, but a minimum of eight years of transferrable professional experience is preferred.
Candidates need access to at least $65,090 in liquid capital and a minimum of $250,000 net worth.