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Small Business Transactions Continue to Rise, Up More than 61% from Same Time Last Year
Insight Report shows significant spike in business sales for second straight quarter as economy, small business health continue to improve. July 8, 2013 -- The Internet's largest business-for-sale marketplace, reported today that small business transactions jumped 61.8% in the second quarter of 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012. This continues a strong upward trend in the business-for-sale marketplace, building on a 55.7% increase in the first quarter of 2013. In total, 1,827 closed transactions were reported in Q2 2013, a significant spike over the 1,129 transactions recorded in Q2 of 2012. The 61.8% bump is the largest year-over-year jump since small business sales bottomed out in mid-2008. The results which aggregates business-for-sale transactions reported by participating business brokers nationwide.  |