Our picks for the best business brokers
in Melbourne.

Before you sign with a broker.

• Get every fee in writing before you sign: the commission rate, any minimum fee, and any upfront listing, marketing or renewal fee. Ask whether upfront fees are refundable and whether they come off the commission. Bonza, for example, advertises 4% with a $4,000 minimum, while its terms add a non-refundable listing fee paid in advance and an administration fee that may apply every 12 months.
• Ask how long the exclusive agency period lasts, whether it renews automatically, and how you can end it early. Xcllusive publishes a 7-day exit; most brokers here publish no agreement terms, so read the sales authority closely.
• Check the broker on the Consumer Affairs Victoria estate agents register. It shows the licence status, the officer in effective control, and the estate agents and agent's representatives the licensee employs, so you can confirm the person running your sale is listed.
• Ask how your asking price will be set. A free appraisal is a sales estimate, while a certified valuation from a Registered Business Valuer is what lenders, the ATO and family law matters usually need. Ask which comparable sales and profit figures the price is based on.
• Ask how buyers are screened and what they sign before they see your business name, financials or premises. Several brokers here use confidentiality agreements, and Bonza lets owners block a named buyer within 24 hours.
• Ask who will actually handle your sale day to day, where they are based, and whether they are a licensed estate agent or an agent's representative. In team-based models such as Bonza's, consultants, copywriters and brokers each handle different stages.

Worth knowing

Consumer Affairs Victoria defines estate agents as people who arrange the sale or lease of property, including businesses, on behalf of owners. You must hold an estate agent's licence, or be employed by a licensed agent as an agent's representative, to do this work. [consumer.vic.gov.au]

An agent's representative works for a licensed estate agent and can carry out that agent's legal functions with written authority, but cannot operate an estate agency business. [consumer.vic.gov.au]

The Australian Institute of Business Brokers lets sellers search its member brokers by postcode and notes that most members are licensed in several states, so check which state licences each listing shows. [aibb.org.au]

What we looked for.

We considered 37 business brokers with a Melbourne or Victorian office, found through Google Maps searches and searches for hospitality, childcare and pharmacy specialists. Listing marketplaces such as Seek Business, BusinessesForSale, Business2Sell and AnyBusiness were excluded, and so were corporate M&A advisers that only handle deals above $20 million. We researched 12 in depth and chose nine, each with a current licence on the Consumer Affairs Victoria register. Others were left out because they had few independent reviews or published too little about who would run the sale.

We read each business’s own website and checked independent sources: review platforms, the Australian Business Register, award organisers and industry directories. Every fact links to where we found it, and anything we could not check is marked “not verified”.

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1. 29 October 2026First published.