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title: "7 Best Business Brokers in Las Vegas: Fees and Deal Sizes 2026"
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canonical_url: https://www.papermark.com/blog/best-ma-advisors-las-vegas
last_updated: 2026-09-27
published: 2026-09-27
category: [mergers-and-acquisitions]
author: "Marc Seitz"
summary: "Compare 7 verified business brokers in Las Vegas by deal size, fee model and sector focus, plus Nevada licensing rules and how to run a confidential sale in 2026."
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# 7 Best Business Brokers in Las Vegas: Fees and Deal Sizes 2026

Las Vegas is one of the few US metros where selling a business can involve a gaming regulator, and it is also one of the smallest markets for genuinely local M&A advisory. This guide profiles 7 verified business brokers in Las Vegas with deal bands, fee models and sector focus. Seven is the honest count of firms with a real local office and a working website, not a padded list.

The valley's deal flow reflects what the economy actually runs on. Hospitality suppliers, food service, construction and trades feeding continuous residential growth, healthcare practices spreading through Summerlin and Henderson, logistics and distribution along the I-15 corridor serving Southern California, and a gaming technology cluster that sells worldwide from offices a few miles off the Strip.

Two things make Las Vegas different from a comparable Sun Belt metro. First, Nevada has no state income tax, which pulls in relocating buyers from California and lets a seller keep more of the same headline price. Second, Nevada actually regulates business brokerage: the Nevada Real Estate Division issues a business broker permit on top of a real estate licence, so you can verify whether the person pitching you is permitted to do the work.

Neither fact means you should take the first call. Unsolicited buyers pay unsolicited prices, and the point of hiring one of the business brokers in Las Vegas below is to turn one interested party into four.

  Every broker on this list will ask where your documents are going to live
  before they take the mandate. A **data room for Las Vegas M&A** is the
  permissioned workspace that holds your gaming and liquor licences with their
  transfer conditions, your hospitality and casino supply contracts and your
  Clark County permits while several buyers review them at once.

If you would rather scan the field before reading the profiles, the [M&A advisors database](https://www.papermark.com/ma-advisors?market=Las%20Vegas) lists all 7 Las Vegas firms below alongside every other adviser we have researched, filterable by city, industry and deal size.

## Quick list of business brokers in Las Vegas

- **First Choice Business Brokers Las Vegas**: Rampart Boulevard office operating in the valley since 1994.
- **Sunbelt Las Vegas**: West Sahara office inside the largest broker network in the world.
- **Benchmark Business Advisors**: West Charleston brokerage holding Nevada business broker permit #30.
- **Nonnie Group Business Brokers & M&A**: Seller-only firm covering $1M to $50M transactions.
- **Archstone Business Brokers**: Lower middle market M&A advisory covering the Nevada market.
- **SCCG Management**: Las Vegas gaming advisory firm with an M&A practice.
- **Global Market Advisors**: Gaming and hospitality consultancy with a Las Vegas office.

## How to get yes from business brokers in Las Vegas

The local advisory bench is small, which cuts both ways. It is easy to meet everyone worth meeting in a week, and it also means the good firms are selective, because taking a badly prepared listing costs them a slot they cannot refill.

Earnings quality decides the meeting. Las Vegas owners run heavy add-back schedules, and buyers here know it: personal vehicles, family payroll, comped travel and rent paid to your own property entity all get challenged. If you cannot put an invoice behind a line, assume a buyer strips it. On a business earning $900,000, a $120,000 add-back haircut costs roughly $480,000 at a 4x multiple.

Licensing is the second filter, and it is specific to this market. If your business holds a restricted gaming licence, a liquor licence, a contractor's licence or a medical licence, the transferability question comes before the price question. Gaming and liquor approvals in Clark County are not fast, and a buyer who has never been through the process will need to be walked through it.

Third, be ready to produce documents quickly. Staging everything in a permissioned workspace before the teaser goes out is the fix, and our review of the [best virtual data rooms](https://www.papermark.com/blog/best-virtual-data-rooms.md) covers what each tier costs.

Bring these to your first broker meeting:

1. Three years of tax returns plus current year to date financials
2. An add-back schedule with documentation behind every line
3. Revenue by customer or by location for the last two years
4. Your lease, equipment list and any vehicle titles
5. Every licence and permit, with the transfer rules for each
6. A staff roster with roles, tenure and pay, names redacted

_No credit card required._

## How to find business brokers in Las Vegas

Nevada gives you a verification step most states do not. The Nevada Real Estate Division issues a business broker permit that sits on top of a real estate licence, and permitted firms publish the number: Benchmark Business Advisors, for example, lists Nevada business broker permit #30 alongside its broker licence. Ask for the number and check it.

After that, use the national trade bodies. The International Business Brokers Association awards the Certified Business Intermediary designation and maintains a Nevada directory, and M&A Source awards the Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary credential for larger transactions.

- **Nevada business broker permit**: Ask for the permit number and the real estate broker licence number.
- **IBBA and M&A Source**: National bodies with an ethics code and the CBI and M&AMI credentials.
- **Deal band honesty**: Ask for the median closed transaction over 24 months, plus the smallest and largest.
- **Sector track record**: Gaming suppliers, hospitality, construction and healthcare are separate buyer pools.
- **Fee model**: Straight percentage for Main Street, retainer plus success fee above roughly $2M.
- **FINRA registration**: Required for stock sales, so ask which broker dealer the firm uses.
- **References**: Two sellers who closed recently, including one deal that got difficult.

## How to approach business brokers in Las Vegas

Approach brokers the way a buyer will approach you: with information, in stages, and without giving away more than the stage requires. In a market this size you should expect the firms you meet to know each other.

Confidentiality is harder in Las Vegas than in a larger metro precisely because the business community is small. In hospitality supply, food service and the trades, a rumour reaches your competitors and your best crew leads within days, and a leaked sale can cost you staff before it costs you price.

1. Pick four or five firms whose stated deal band brackets your revenue and earnings.
2. Open with a blind summary: sector, revenue, earnings, submarket and timing.
3. Ask each for a written opinion of value with the comparable transactions behind it.
4. Ask what the buyer list looks like, split between strategics, private equity and individuals.
5. Ask specifically how they handle licence transfers in your category.
6. Check the engagement letter for exclusivity length, tail period, expenses and fee schedule.
7. Set the document policy before signing: tracked links, watermarks, no unrestricted downloads.
8. Agree on a weekly written buyer activity report, not just phone updates.

## Comparing the business brokers in Las Vegas

| Firm | Typical deal size | Focus sectors |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First Choice Business Brokers Las Vegas | Main Street to middle market | All industries, e-commerce, visa buyers |
| Sunbelt Las Vegas | Main Street to lower mid | Construction, healthcare, manufacturing, technology |
| Benchmark Business Advisors | Main Street to lower mid | IT and MSP, food processing, fitness, healthcare |
| Nonnie Group Business Brokers & M&A | $1M to $50M | Casino gaming, healthcare, service, manufacturing, retail |
| Archstone Business Brokers | $1M to $50M revenue | Healthcare, engineering, manufacturing, distribution |
| SCCG Management | Gaming sector advisory | iGaming, sports betting, esports, casino technology |
| Global Market Advisors | Gaming and hospitality advisory | Casinos, resorts, sports betting, tribal gaming |

## 1. First Choice Business Brokers Las Vegas

First Choice has operated in the valley since 1994 and is the most visible brokerage brand in Las Vegas. It is also one of the few local firms that regularly handles investor visa buyers, which is a real segment here.

- Deal size: Main Street through middle market
- Sectors: All industries, with stated expertise in e-commerce, internet businesses and international sales
- Location: 851 South Rampart Boulevard, Suite 200, Las Vegas
- Website: [First Choice Business Brokers Las Vegas](https://lasvegasbusinessbrokers.com/)
- Notable: Founded 1994; states it became number one in Nevada in 1996 and handles E2, L-1A and EB-5 visa acquisitions

## 2. Sunbelt Las Vegas

The West Sahara Sunbelt office sits inside one of the largest intermediary networks in the world, which matters mainly for buyer reach on smaller listings. For larger transactions it works alongside a partner firm.

- Deal size: Main Street through lower middle market, with partner coverage for $10M to $250M deals
- Sectors: Construction, healthcare, manufacturing, technology
- Location: 2300 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 1200, Las Vegas
- Website: [Sunbelt Las Vegas](https://www.sunbeltlasvegas.com/)
- Notable: States access to a network of over 300,000 vetted buyers

## 3. Benchmark Business Advisors

Benchmark is the West Charleston brokerage that publishes its Nevada credentials on the site, which is a small thing that tells you something about how the firm operates.

- Deal size: Main Street through lower middle market
- Sectors: IT and managed service providers, food processing, fitness, healthcare practices, manufacturing
- Location: 8704 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite 105, Las Vegas
- Website: [Benchmark Business Advisors](https://www.bbanv.com/)
- Notable: Holds Nevada real estate broker licence B.1001098.CORP, Nevada business broker permit #30 and a California DRE licence

## 4. Nonnie Group Business Brokers & M&A

Nonnie represents sellers only, which removes the dual-agency conflict that is common in smaller brokerage markets, and its stated band covers most of what a Las Vegas owner needs to sell.

- Deal size: $1M to $50M in transaction value
- Sectors: Casino gaming, healthcare, service businesses, manufacturing, retail, e-commerce
- Location: 8337 West Sunset Road, Suite 240, Las Vegas
- Website: [Nonnie Group Business Brokers & M&A](https://www.vegasbusinessbroker.com/)
- Notable: Led by Alan Horwitz, who states over two decades as a business intermediary; represents sellers exclusively

## 5. Archstone Business Brokers

Archstone is a lower middle market M&A advisory covering the Nevada market including Las Vegas, Henderson and Reno. It does not publish a valley street address, so treat it as a regional rather than a storefront option.

- Deal size: Companies with roughly $1M to $50M in annual revenue
- Sectors: Healthcare, engineering, technology, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, consumer goods, government, e-commerce
- Location: Serves Nevada from a nationwide platform
- Website: [Archstone Business Brokers](https://www.archstonebrokers.com/locations-we-serve/nevada)
- Notable: States 100+ closed transactions representing over $600 million in deal value

## 6. SCCG Management

SCCG is a Las Vegas gaming advisory firm rather than a general brokerage, and its M&A work sits alongside regulatory, licensing and market-entry advice. If you own a gaming technology or sports betting business, this is a different network from a Main Street broker.

- Deal size: Gaming sector advisory and M&A, no published band
- Sectors: iGaming, sports betting, esports, casino technology, tribal and commercial operators
- Location: 105 East Reno Avenue, Suite 8, Las Vegas
- Website: [SCCG Management](https://sccgmanagement.com/)
- Notable: States three decades of industry experience and 120+ partner relationships

## 7. Global Market Advisors

GMA is a gaming, hospitality and sports consultancy with a Las Vegas office, and it is on this list for the same reason SCCG is: in a gaming transaction, the feasibility and market work often decides the price before an intermediary is engaged.

- Deal size: Advisory engagements rather than brokerage listings
- Sectors: Gaming and hospitality development and operations, sports and iGaming, marketing operations, government affairs
- Location: Las Vegas, with Denver, New York, London, Singapore and Palo Alto offices
- Website: [Global Market Advisors](https://gmaconsulting.com/)
- Notable: States clients including major public gaming companies and more than 75 tribal nations

## Which Las Vegas buyer type fits your business

| Buyer type | Usually targets | What they focus on |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Individual SBA buyer | Under $5M purchase price | Owner transition, lender qualification |
| Relocating California buyer | Under $10M purchase price | Nevada tax treatment, lifestyle, licence transfer |
| Investor visa buyer | $500K to $3M | E2 or EB-5 qualification, job creation |
| Private equity add-on | $1M to $5M EBITDA | Fit with an existing platform |
| Gaming or hospitality strategic | Any size in sector | Licences, contracts, technology |
| Out-of-state strategic | Any size in sector | Customers, geography, Nevada footprint |

## Why you need secure document sharing in a Las Vegas sale

A Las Vegas process can look narrow and still be wide. Even a $3M business will typically go to twenty or thirty parties, and in gaming or hospitality several of them will be competitors you would rather not hand a financial model to. Emailing a confidential information memorandum widely leaves you with no way to withdraw it and no record of where it went.

Be specific about who those competitors are, because in this valley they are easy to name. If you supply the Strip with food, linen, uniforms, signage or slot content, the strategic buyer most likely to pay a premium is the supplier holding the next contract at the same property, and your resort pricing, your margin by property and your route schedules are the only things standing between the two of you. In gaming technology the buyer list is a short and interconnected set of operators and suppliers who all know each other, and in the trades and healthcare the sponsor bidding for you already owns a Henderson or Summerlin platform doing exactly what you do.

What a leak costs locally is a staffing problem first. The hospitality supply, food service and trades communities in the valley are small and mobile, and a rumour reaches your competitors and your best crew leads within days, so the people who hold your resort relationships take the call before you have picked a buyer. A property purchasing manager who hears you are selling puts the contract out to bid rather than renewing it, the referral sources that feed you smaller work go quiet, and a landlord or a franchisor with a consent right can stall a closing once they learn about it early. Worse, a leak into a regulated file is not recoverable: licence applications, suitability findings and Clark County permit conditions are the sort of detail a competitor can use with a regulator. Email attachments cannot be recalled, cannot be watermarked, and tell you nothing about who actually opened them.

## Data room for Las Vegas M&A

![data room for a Las Vegas business sale](https://img.papermarkassets.com/upload/file_35DtVER7SdS1G6unRE8unv-papermark-data-room.png)

_Folder-level permissions let a broker open the general file to thirty buyers and licences to two._

A **data room for Las Vegas M&A** is the permissioned workspace where your broker stages the diligence file and runs twenty or thirty buyers through it at once, without any of them seeing what the others see. It is what a Las Vegas broker means when they ask whether your documents are ready.

Papermark is a secure, fully customizable, and developer-friendly data room built for exactly this: a **secure data room for your Las Vegas sale process** that keeps the sensitive parts of the file locked while the process runs. NDA agreements sit on the link itself, so a buyer signs before the CIM renders. Dynamic watermarking burns each viewer's email and the timestamp onto every page, the most effective deterrent against a competitor circulating your P&L around the valley. Granular file-level permissions release the general folder to everyone while licences, contracts and payroll detail stay locked to the parties still standing after bids.

Page-by-page analytics also tell your broker where to push. When one buyer spends twenty minutes on the licence transfer section and another has not opened the file since day two, the follow-up list writes itself. The audit log gives you a permanent record of every view, download and permission change.

The [Data Rooms plan](https://www.papermark.com/pricing.md?view=datarooms) is **€149/month**, or **€99/month billed annually**, with a 7-day free trial, and includes 3 team members, unlimited data rooms, unlimited documents, a custom domain, dynamic watermarking, NDA agreements, and granular file-level permissions. Open a [secure data room](https://www.papermark.com/data-room.md) before the teaser goes out and reuse it through diligence.

### Why Papermark as a data room provider for Las Vegas M&A

Most virtual data rooms were built for bankers and priced for them. Papermark is a **secure data room for modern dealmakers**, and it is more customizable and more branded than any other VDR on the market.

- **Security first.** SOC 2 Type II, granular file-level permissions, dynamic watermarking on every page, and NDA agreements that sit on the link itself.
- **Open source and self-hostable.** The codebase is public, and Enterprise can run it in your own environment, which matters when a buyer's IT team asks where the documents actually live.
- **Branded and white-labelled.** Custom domain and full white-labelling, so the room carries your firm's name rather than a vendor's.
- **AI and MCP.** 57 typed MCP tools over the Model Context Protocol let Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or your own code drive the room, plus a REST API for everything else.
- **Chat with your data room.** Papermark AI answers questions across the room and the documents in it, so you are not scrolling a folder tree to find one clause.
- **Built for Las Vegas deals.** Permissions are set per file, so the sensitive parts of the file can stay locked to final bidders while the general file stays open.

## Did not find the right business broker in Las Vegas?

Seven firms is a genuinely small bench. If your company sits outside their bands, or you would rather test the market before signing an exclusive, the alternative is approaching buyers directly with an attorney and a CPA supporting you.

If none of the seven above fits, the [M&A advisors database](https://www.papermark.com/ma-advisors) lists every firm we have researched by city and by industry, with deal sizes and sectors side by side. Filter to **Las Vegas** to compare these against each other, or widen to a nearby metro if the local bench is thin.

## FAQ

### How much do business brokers charge in Las Vegas?

Main Street brokers handling businesses under $1M charge 8% to 12% of the sale price, with the smallest deals at 12% to 15%. Above $2M, expect a Double Lehman success fee plus a $5,000 to $25,000 monthly retainer.

### Do business brokers need a licence in Nevada?

Yes. Nevada is one of the few states that regulates the activity directly: the Nevada Real Estate Division issues a business broker permit that sits on top of a real estate licence. Benchmark Business Advisors, for example, publishes Nevada business broker permit #30 on its website.

### Do Las Vegas business brokers charge an upfront fee?

Main Street brokers usually work on success fee only. Lower middle market advisors charge $2,000 to $10,000 a month at the smaller end and up to $25,000 for a full investment banking engagement, generally credited against the closing fee.

### How do I sell a business that holds a gaming licence?

The buyer has to be found suitable by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and licensed by the Nevada Gaming Commission before they can operate, and that investigation commonly adds six months or more to a deal. Build the timeline into the letter of intent rather than discovering it afterwards.

### What is my business worth in Las Vegas?

Most small businesses trade at 2x to 4x seller's discretionary earnings, and IBBA Market Pulse has put the median small business sale near $350,000 at roughly a 2.7x SDE multiple. Businesses worth $5M to $50M trade closer to 6x to 7x EBITDA.

### How long does it take to sell a business in Las Vegas?

Six to twelve months from engagement to close is realistic without a regulated licence. Due diligence alone runs 30 to 90 days after a letter of intent, an SBA financed deal under $5M adds 45 to 60 days, and gaming approvals add more.

### Do I need a business broker to sell my business?

Not legally, but a single unsolicited buyer creates no price competition. A broker-run process typically puts four or five credible parties on the table, and a 10% commission is small against that spread.

### Why are there so few M&A firms in Las Vegas?

The metro has roughly 2.3 million people but very few headquarters, so most middle market processes are run by banks flown in from Los Angeles, Phoenix or Dallas. Only 7 firms combine a local Las Vegas office with a working M&A or brokerage practice.

### Does Nevada having no income tax change my sale price?

It does not change the multiple directly, but Nevada levies no personal income tax, so you keep more of the same headline price than a seller in California, where the top state rate exceeds 13%. It also widens the pool of relocating buyers.

### What is a CIM and when do buyers get it?

The confidential information memorandum runs 20 to 40 pages covering the business model, financials, customers and growth plan. Buyers see it only after signing an NDA, which is why brokers deliver it through a tracked link.

### What documents do I need to sell my business?

Three years of tax returns, current financials, an add-back schedule, revenue by customer, your lease, an equipment list, every licence and a staff roster. Diligence adds another 40 to 80 requests, which is why sellers stage a data room first.

## Related resources

- [M&A advisors database](https://www.papermark.com/ma-advisors) with every firm we have researched, by city and by industry
- [Best virtual data rooms](https://www.papermark.com/blog/best-virtual-data-rooms.md) for comparing providers before you go to market
- [Papermark data room](https://www.papermark.com/data-room.md) for sharing your CIM and diligence file securely
- [M&A due diligence checklist](https://www.papermark.com/blog/m-and-a-due-diligence-checklist.md) covering what buyers will request
- [Selling to private equity](https://www.papermark.com/blog/selling-to-private-equity-yes-or-no.md) for owners weighing a platform or add-on deal
- [Letter of intent in an acquisition](https://www.papermark.com/blog/letter-of-intent-acquisition.md) explaining the terms you will negotiate
- [Financial due diligence](https://www.papermark.com/blog/financial-due-diligence.md) on how buyers test your earnings quality

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