Trade sale

A trade sale is the sale of a business, or part of the business, to another business.

Trade sales are a common form of exit for a company’s management and investors.

See also

• Exit
• Float
• Flotation
• Initial public offering
• Introduction
• Listing
• MBO
• MBI
• Placing
• Primary market
• Private company
• Private equity
• Private treaty
• Rights issue
• Sale
• Secondary market
• Series B