Contact Broker
5300 Hickory Park Dr Ste 225,
Glen Allen, Virginia 23059
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Affiliated Broker
Rupesh Bharad - President/CEO
About the Company
* Transworld is the largest Business Brokerage franchise in the United States
* Established for over 40 years
* Maintains an inventory of at least 2,000+ current and exclusive business listings
* Network of over 600+ Transworld Brokers
* Offices located throughout the continental United States
WHY SHOULD I USE TRANSWORLD?
- We keep the sale confidential!
- We have thousands of buyers!
- We create competition for your business.
- We have a huge internal marketplace for business sales.
- We establish the right selling price.
- We utilize a worldwide network to advertise your business.
- We spend more money on advertising than anyone in our industry.
- Let TRANSWORLD do the work for you.
- We'll maximize the selling price of your business.
- Our goal is always to obtain the best deal for each client.
TRANSWORLD specializes in selling businesses. We focus on your specific industry to find the right buyer. This means faster results for you. Our staff is the most experienced in the industry. Many have owned businesses and can relate to your specific needs. Our service, dedication and drive is your guarantee that if you are prepared to sell your business, we are ready to sell it for you.
Let us help you each step of the way
Broker Biography
Introduction
Bill Kelly is a professional business broker, a certified M&A Advisor, and commercial real estate agent with over forty years of entrepreneurial experience, in a wide array of markets including: Computer Services/MSP, Entertainment, Advertising, B2B Service, Home Service, Construction, Manufacturing, Distribution, Transportation, and Software.
2023 - Certified Merger & Acquisition Professional - Kennesaw State University
2020 - 2023 Member International Business Brokers Association
2019, 2020,2021,2022, 2023 Transworld President's Award for Top Performance
2021, 2022, 2023. 2024 Carolina Virginia Business Brokers Association - Multi-Million Dollar Producer
2022 - 2024 Member Richmond Insiders Business Council
#1 Business Brokerage in Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, with over 200 listings!
Services Provided
Business Sales, Merger & Acquisition Advisor, Exit Planning, Franchise Sales & Franchise Development, Business Consulting and Business Valuation
Areas Served
Professional Affiliations
Attended Davis & Elkins College
Graduated from Shenandoah Music Conservatory (Music Education)
Other Professional Designations Include:
Certified M&A Advisor, Kennesaw State
Six Sigma Green Belt
Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
Business For Sale Listings
Cash Flow: $150,284
Prince George's Co., MD Busy Auto Repair Shop with Great Location and Reputation Well Established, Scalable, Very Profitable, Growth Opportunities!
This 30-year-old company is located in a highly visible strip-center in the heart of a densely populated Maryland community. Focused on general automotive repair and maintenance, over the decades, the business has expanded its technical capabilities to include electrical diagnostics, state inspections, emissions repair, and more, servicing all automotive brands and light trucks. With excellent on-line reviews and a loyal customer base, this business is ready for continued growth.The Seller is a master mechanic, who also handles business oversight, strategic decisions, operations, and service quality. After the sale, the Seller plans to retire, but will stay for a reasonable amount to time to Less
Cash Flow: $33,284
West Virginia Dry Cleaning Service with Real Estate on Busy Street Well Established, Scalable, Growth Opportunities! Includes Real Estate
This family-owned dry cleaning and alteration business has been serving the community for over 50 years and offers a great opportunity for an owner-operator or husband-and-wife team. The current owner is mostly absentee, with a reliable staff of one full-time and two part-time employees handling all daily operations. The customer base is primarily retail, complemented by a few long-standing commercial accounts that provide consistent recurring business.Located on a busy highway in a growing small town, the business benefits from strong visibility and a loyal customer following. Having relied solely on word-of-mouth advertising for many years, Less
Cash Flow: $104,866
Charles Co., MD Auto Repair & Transmission Shop Multi-Bays in Excellent Location Well Established, Scalable, Growth Opportunities! Financing available
Since the 1980's this business has been successfully operated by a single family. Started as part of a national transmission repair franchise, over the years the business grew into a full service general auto repair center. Continuation of the franchise is available but not required (see Agent for more details).Since the early 2000's the business has been located in a large facility with nine repair bay repair bays, large office and customer lounge on a high traffic highway in a densely populated area. The sale includes all FF&E, shop tools, multiple lifts, and a variety of other specialized repair and engine diagnostic equipment.The Seller's Less
Virginia Popular Frozen Dessert Retailer - Excellent Profit Margins! Well Established, Scalable, Growth Opportunities!
This popular frozen dessert shop is a licensed retailer for a national brand. Established in 2024 by the master area licensee, the shop is located in a busy shopping center in a densely populated neighborhood. Everything you need to be successful is included, with over $30,000 of lease hold improvements and $30,000 in equipment, furnishings and signage. All that is required is a enthusiastic new owner.The product is unique, light, and refreshing with hundreds of flavor combinations, bringing repeat customers throughout the year. Perfect for sports teams and group outings. Best of all is the high profit margin, and low overhead when compared with other frozen desert businesses. There are two Less
Cash Flow: $292,825
Richmond city Co., VA
View Details 50-yr Old Machining Manufacturer, in VA, with Real Estate
This 50-year-old custom parts and machining manufacturer is family owned, specializing in small-lot parts production, precision repair work, and offering flexible manufacturing solutions tailored to customer needs. A key capability of the business is reverse engineering, with an experienced office team that can recreate legacy parts and components where original specifications are no longer available. This technical expertise enables the company to support a wide range of industries requiring custom or hard-to-source parts.In addition to project-based work, the business benefits from a stable base of long-standing customers for whom it produces recurring parts on a monthly basis. This combination of repeat production and specialized repair services has provided consistent revenue over decades while positioning the company for continued growth through custom Less
Cash Flow: $299,327
New Hampshire
View Details Precision Machine Shop With Excellent Customer Base
Established in 1972 this company is a precision-driven tool and job shop specializing in the manufacturing of prototypes, tooling, and gage systems largely for US defense contractors . The company provides a full range of services including design interpretation, fabrication, repair, modification, and calibration — ensuring each product meets the highest standards of accuracy and reliability.With a strong focus on the aircraft engine support industry, the company has built a reputation for delivering specialized, high-tolerance components and tooling solutions essential to aviation maintenance and performance. Its commitment to quality, responsiveness, and technical excellence makes it a trusted partner to leading aerospace manufacturers and suppliers.This business also serves a growing client base in the food processing and general manufacturing sectors. Less
Cash Flow: $583,855
Virginia
View Details Profitable Stone Fabrication & Installation Business
This is a highly profitable, full-service stone fabrication and installation business with deep market reputation and long-standing client relationships. The company sources exotic and domestic stone slabs—granite, marble, quartzite, limestone, onyx, soapstone and more—and delivers high-end craftsmanship from design and templating through precision fabrication and installation. Its integrated model spans slab procurement, in-house CAD/laser templating, CNC edge work, polishing, and installation, allowing tight quality control and strong margins.The business serves a diversified clientele: architects, custom home builders, interior designers, remodelers, and discerning homeowners. Roughly 99% of projects come via referral, testimony to the excellence, trust, and service consistency built over time. The product portfolio includes countertops, fireplaces, slab showers, custom stone furniture elements, and stone restoration Less
Cash Flow: $54,382
Virginia
View Details Great, Established Hair Salon, Ready for New Owner, Busy Highway
Great, Established Hair Salon, Ready for New Owner, Busy Highway25 Years of Success – Ready for New Ownership The Seller will prove an owner / stylist can make over $130,000 per year or more, working 4-5 days per week. This thriving hair salon presents an exceptional opportunity for aspiring salon owners. After 25 successful years, the current owner is ready to retire and pass this well-established business to the next generation. Staffing: 7 experienced hair stylists working 5 days per week Owner involvement: 20-30 hours per week (can be operated as absentee owner model) Client base: Loyal, repeat customers built through word-of-mouth (no advertising costs in years) The salon occupies approximately 1,660 square feet of prime real estate facing one of the area's busiest highways in the area. with 10 fully equipped, comfortable workstations, professional washing sinks and dryers, advanced color matching system Expansion Less
Cash Flow: $143,323
Fairfax Co., VA
View Details Neighborhood Beer & Wine Shop in Northern Virginia
This neighborhood beer and wine store opened in 1998 in a densely populated Northern Virginia neighborhood. The business offers a wide selection of craft beer, wine, and other items, with friendly service. With an excellent on-line rating, this popular shop features more than 1000 different craft beers and wines from around the world all in a convenient shopping center location.The store is fully staffed with employees who have excellent product knowledge and have been trained to assist customers with quick friendly service. The lease is assumable for well-qualified-applicates or purchasers who already own or have long-term experience in similar shops. The Seller is retiring, but will stay for 60-days to make sure the transfer is smooth. The sale is envisioned as an asset sale, with the inventory sold separately. Some Seller financing may be available for well qualified Buyer, and SBA lenders are standing by to help. There is Less
Cash Flow: $358,482
Virginia
View Details Body Shop with Real Estate, Very Successful in Great Location
This successful auto-body repair shop in central Virginia has been in business since 1997. The shop enjoys an excellent reputation and relies on its long-term DRP relationships and past customer referrals for a constant flow of new work. They also have a few commercial accounts.The business is largely turn-key with many long-term employees, including admin, estimating, purchasing, painting and collision repair technicians, many of whom are ICar certified. The Seller no longer works in the business but provides operational and financial guidance 10 to 15 hours per week.The sale is envisioned as an asset sale including all equipment, FF&E, contracts, intellectual property and a long-term lease or the real estate can also be purchased. The seller is retiring but will stay as needed to ensure a smooth transition.The business produces consistent top line sales Less
Cash Flow: $50,672
Virginia
View Details Virginia Wholesale Nursery With 40+ Yr History and 61 Acres
PRICE REDUCED! This productive, family owned, wholesale nursery business has been in continuous operation since 1979. They specialized in Azaleas and other varieties of decorative plants and ground covers which are sold to commercial/residential customers through landscaping and retail garden centers throughout the region.The sale includes approximately 61 acres of beautiful property, with two deep wells feeding a large lagoon. . The lagoon provides a steady, dependable water supply with a sophisticated pumping station, with redundant pump systems, sending water through miles of underground irrigation piping to each growing house. The office area has several large offices for administration personnel and a lunch area with a full kitchen, for employees. The office building has an attached large equipment maintenance barn which is fully equipped to repair all of the machinery and buildings owned by the business. There is also a Less
Cash Flow: $310,744
Virginia
View Details Electrical Service Contracting Business
Electrical Service Contracting BusinessEstablished in 1993, this cutting-edge electrical service contracting business has thrived as a family-owned enterprise. Fully licensed, the company expertly balances residential (60%) and new construction/commercial (40%) projects. Always ahead of the curve, the business now offers installation of Generac generators for both residential and commercial clients. Located in a high-growth area, the company continually expands with new accounts, benefiting from a largely affluent clientele that ensures recurring revenue through maintenance contracts. With each technician fully licensed and insured, the business is primed for seamless transition to new leadership. The retiring owner leaves behind a dedicated, experienced, and motivated team, ready to uphold the company's reputation for excellence. The owner is willing to stay for a reasonable amount of time (TBD) for a smooth transition. This Less
An entrepreneur with a background in investment banking and investment advising, Gina Chapman understands businesses of all sizes. After seeing too many small businesses shut their doors instead of selling, she was inspired to become a client-focused business broker. Gina enjoys managing business sales and finding the right buyer for every business, no matter the industry. Whether the business is family-owned, corporate-owned, or a franchise, she can help owners exit their business while maximizing their sale price. (She also loves analyzing numbers and spreadsheets, so don’t worry if your P&L is not tidy. It won’t scare her.) Gina’s clients love that she is very detail-oriented, efficient, and maintains excellent communication throughout the entire business sale process. She can recognize the strengths and growth opportunities of a business and effectively market the business to the right buyers. What’s even more important is that she is happy to listen and to patiently explain when a buyer or seller is struggling to understand something or to make a decision. She has also worked with many sellers who are in a hurry to sell due to health issues and she can market such businesses without putting the seller at a disadvantage. Looking to sell your profitable business now? Call today. Gina might be able to have your business on the market by next week! Looking to sell in a few years? Also, call today. Gina can give you advice on what you can do now to maximize your business value later. Educated at Syracuse University and UCLA, Gina is a happily married mother of four and based in Richmond, Virginia. She advises clients both near and far, especially throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. She is one of the top business brokers in her Virginia office, earning President's Club Gold status in her first full year of advising!
Specializing in the sale and acquisition of small to medium size contractors and distributors. The sale of a business is the largest business decision in most business owners' career. I have been a business owner for many years, here in Richmond. I fully understand the impact of finances and emotion that come to bare through the process.
Bill Kelly is a professional business broker, a certified M&A Advisor, and commercial real estate agent with over forty years of entrepreneurial experience, in a wide array of markets including: Computer Services/MSP, Entertainment, Advertising, B2B Service, Home Service, Construction, Manufacturing, Distribution, Transportation, and Software. 2023 - Certified Merger & Acquisition Professional - Kennesaw State University 2020 - 2023 Member International Business Brokers Association 2019, 2020,2021,2022, 2023 Transworld President's Award for Top Performance 2021, 2022, 2023. 2024 Carolina Virginia Business Brokers Association - Multi-Million Dollar Producer 2022 - 2024 Member Richmond Insiders Business Council #1 Business Brokerage in Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, with over 200 listings!
Coming from my real estate experience as an associate broker, I have expanded into business brokerage as a natural movement to help business owners. Seeing an owner capitalize on the exit from a business built through years of hard work is it's own reward.
Business owner, advisor and consultant to startups, small and midsize businesses. Experienced in business development, sales, marketing, new products launches and process improvement. Affiliated with national business brokerage company offering buy/sell services, franchise sales and development, and small market capital and financial advise. - Principal of advisory company for startup and small businesses - Senior manager for international converting, packaging and printing company. - Managing Director of international trade, project finance and advisory company in Washington DC. Email: rfergusson@tword.com Tel: 804-510-0248
As an agent with Transworld Business Advisors, we help our clients buy and sell businesses every day. Every broker that is part of our team completes a full business brokerage training course and certification program. We understand that the task of buying or selling a business can be overwhelming without the proper guidance and skills. Over the years, we have helped many companies around the world with the buying and selling process ensuring our client’s confidentiality every step of the way. Our goal is to make the process as smooth as possible for both sides by relying on our global network of experienced business advisors. As a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader, Joe has more than 30 years’ experience in owning, growing, buying, and selling businesses in a variety of categories including retail, e-commerce, construction, real estate, service, and management. He has guided countless business owners and management teams to enhance operational efficiencies and profitability through improvements in communication, leadership, accountability, and business process management. He is a subject matter expert in decision process and strategic planning. Joe joined Transworld Business Advisors in 2019. He currently serves as the Director of Sales and Operations. In his previous role with the firm, he was a Senior Partner serving clients throughout Virginia and the mid-Atlantic. In addition to his personal book of business, he also served as the Regional Mentor for the firm. In this capacity, he guided all new Brokers in the firm to find rapid success in their career as a Business Broker. Joe credits his success to being detail-oriented and loyal to his client’s goals. His dedication, patience, and persistence show in every client success story. Joe lives in Toano, VA, with his wife Dianna and has been a foster parent to 8 children. Education and Professional Memberships: • Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Mary Washington • Master of Business Administration, College of William and Mary • Prepped for dissertation for PhD in Finance • Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) • Certified Exit Planning Advisor CEPA® • Certified ExitMap Coach CEMC • Certified Franchise Consultant – IFPG • Member - Carolinas-Virginia Business Broker Association • Member – International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) • Member – M&A Source • Guest Lecturer in Strategic and Exit Strategy Planning – William and Mary Law School • Certified Foster Parent • Volunteer with the Virginia Medical Reserve Corp • Past Treasurer – Carolinas-Virginia Business Brokers Association (CVBBA) 2023-2025 • Past President Williamsburg Jaycees • Past Board Member Gloucester Point Rotary Club • Past Board Member Peninsula Housing & Builders Association • Past Advisory Board Member – Chesapeake Bank • Past President for numerous Homeowner/Condo Associations in VA and Outer Banks. Awards: • IBBA Chairman's Circle Award 2023 • IBBA Platinum Chairman's Circle Award 2024 • IBBA Deal Maker Award 2024 • M&A Source Executive Club Award 2023 • M&A Source Gold Club Award 2024 • Transworld Business Advisors - President’s Club 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 • CVBBA Million/Multi-Million Dollar Award 2022, 2023, 2024 • CVBBA Presidential Recognition Award – Presidential Invitational Master Class 2023
(540) 510-8050 ssmith@tworld.com tworld.com/agent/scottsmith Transworld Richmond VA Richmond Office: 5300 Hickory Park Dr, Suite 225 Glen Allen Scott Smith is a seasoned entrepreneur, consultant, and former educator with a diverse professional background that uniquely positions him to guide business owners through the buying and selling process. A native of Pennsylvania and graduate of Allegheny College with a B.S. in Physics, Scott began his career as a Biomedical Engineer before transitioning into product management and operations roles in the manufacturing sector. His journey has included leadership roles in academia as Assistant Director of a university-based center for manufacturing and operations management, as well as a decade-long career as a collegiate baseball coach at three universities. After relocating to the Pittsburgh area, Scott founded and operated a publishing company for 14 years before successfully selling it. He later worked in the defense consulting space and launched a second publishing business focused on serving business owners—growing and exiting that venture in 2024. Scott brings decades of real-world experience in entrepreneurship, business operations, and strategic exits to his role as a Business Broker with Transworld Business Advisors. He is passionate about helping business owners achieve their goals and maximize value in their transitions. His hands-on experience as a business owner gives him a deep understanding of the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship. A published author, expert witness, and licensed insurance agent in 12 states, Scott combines analytical expertise with practical business insight. He has lived in Roanoke, Virginia since 1998 and is a proud father of three sons and grandfather to two grandsons. He is also a member of the Roanoke/Salem Baseball Hall of Fame.
Born and raised in Hawaii. The Aloha Spirit is a guiding philosophy I practice. Caring for others and giving back to the community is a key tenant. I have 20-years of experience as a business owner / operator in the hospitality industry running a food packaging and home delivery service. I know what a main street business owner experiences on a daily. I am a team player and utilize the vast experience of my local and national office to bring you the most successful and knowledgeable team in the industry. I look forward to learning about your business goals and how I can make them become a reality.



