External succession - successful handover
Your Advantage as a Business Owner
- A Structured Roadmap Instead of Uncertainty
- Realistic assessment of value, opportunities, and risks
- Confidential and personalized support
- Interdisciplinary consulting and coordinated implementation from a single source
- Certainty in the sales and handover process
- Regional roots and proximity to SMEs
What you can expect
From September 2025, you will receive impulses and practical knowledge to shape your company succession successfully, personally and sustainably - supported by checklists and expert videos.
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Family succession, internal sale to employees or external sale to a third party - each option has advantages and disadvantages. In our article, we present the different types of succession, point out stumbling blocks and provide concrete examples from practice.
A successful company sale needs more than just a buyer - it needs preparation. We show you how to make your company fit for sale, which buyer profiles are possible and how to successfully approach the market. A roadmap from determining the situation to the handover.
What strengths speak for your Businesses? What risks deter buyers? In this article, you will find out what is important when it comes to sales readiness - and how you can recognize and eliminate stumbling blocks in good time.
Good preparation pays off - for buyers too. In this article, we explain due diligence (examination and analysis of the Businesses) in a simple and understandable way: What does a buyer examine? What role do legal, financial and tax aspects play? And how can a buyer proceed in a structured manner?
The formal closing of the sale is only one part of the succession. The corporate culture and letting go are just as important. How much remains, what is allowed to change - and how do I involve my team?
This article shows how entrepreneurs master this balancing act in practice.
Selling a businesses is not just a transaction, but also a farewell. In this video interview, entrepreneurs talk about what moved them, how they let go - and what they would pass on today.
Uncomplicated succession planning for SMEs - References
Assessment of the Succession Plan
How well are businesses prepared for an external succession?
As part of our assessment, we analyze your current situation, address key questions, and identify the most appropriate next steps. Personal, confidential, and practical.
Our Approach—Interdisciplinary and Holistic
An external succession plan never affects just one department. Valuation, taxes, legal matters, financing, retirement planning, employees, and emotions are all intertwined. This is precisely where Gewerbe-Treuhand’s strength lies: We bring together the relevant areas of expertise and create a coordinated foundation for well-informed decisions.
The result is not merely a sales process, but a sustainable solution for businesses, business owners, employees, and buyers.