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The full picture
What the seller says, set against what the seller's own papers say.

€950: everything in the €550 report, plus the seller's figures checked against the seller's own papers — tax returns or the accounts the company filed. €550: from the public records, which debts can follow the business under the rules that apply where it is, and what decides whether the permit and lease pass to you — in 24 hours on working days.

Your report comes in your language: any of 181, chosen on the order form.

We do not contact the seller. You pay only if we take it on.

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No payment now. We answer within 2 working hours whether we take it. Or compare the two plans first.

What you get

A report: what passes to you with the business and what the state says about it. The price is final, no tax is added on top, and it does not depend on the price of the business.

Three plans. The difference is what stage you are at.

The €950 report checks the seller's numbers against the seller's own papers, on top of a full check of the public records. The €550 report is that full check of the public records. The third is for a task that fits neither.

€950 24 hours on working days from payment.

Are the seller's numbers true?

When you negotiate. Everything in the €550 report, plus the document check: what the seller said, against what the seller's own papers say.

What you learn on top of the €550 report below:

Every claim about money the seller made and you passed to us, next to the document and the gap.
How much, by the documents, was left to the owner after costs.
We read the whole lease. What is recorded about the staff: how many, how long they have worked, what that means when the owner changes.
What to say to the seller about each gap. You do the bargaining; we give you the ready phrases, in the language of the country of the business.

What we need from you: everything listed for the €550 report below, plus the seller's papers. We send a list tailored to your deal, at minimum the tax returns or the filed accounts, the rest if the seller gives it: what to ask for, from whom, and why. You ask, as any buyer does before a deal. If you already have something, send it; it counts. 24 hours on working days from payment. We take payment only after we have read the seller's papers and they are enough for the report.

We read the seller's papers before you pay. The order is simple: you send the papers (tax returns or filed accounts), we read them and, if they are enough for the report, you pay. The report then shows, for every money claim you passed to us, where the seller's words and the seller's documents agree and where they part ways.

Within 12 weeks of receiving the €550 report, pay the price difference for the €950 report: what you paid counts in full.

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€550 24 hours on working days from payment.

Before the deposit: the right seller, and what comes with the business

We do not contact the seller and we do not mention the order.

What you learn:

What exactly you are buying: the company itself, or only the assets (equipment, stock, the lease). That decides which old debts can come with the purchase.
Whether the permit to run the business must be applied for again. Sometimes it is issued to one person and does not pass to a new owner.
Which of the seller's debts can still follow the business: what the staff are owed and, in some countries, part of the seller's taxes.
What the public records hold on the lease: term, whether it can be transferred, what is recorded about the rent when the owner changes. If there is no record, we say so.
Which papers will have to be re-registered after the deal, and how long that usually takes in this country, from open sources.
Debts on record; who is recorded as the owner; what is recorded about the equipment.
Where the business's filed accounts are public, we set them beside the listing's figures.
The list of papers worth asking the seller for, and the questions to ask, word for word, in the language of the country of the business.
A separate list: what to check on site and what to show a local lawyer. Included in the price.

What you do not learn: whether the takings match the seller's own papers; at €550 we do not read them. The €950 report reads the seller's own papers and shows where they disagree with the seller's words — to the euro, with the page they came from.

What we need from you: enough to identify the business — its legal name, its registration or tax number, or its trade name and town. Add the listing if you have one. We also need the country and your email. Everything else, such as what the business does, you can add later if you like. No papers.

The report comes in the language you choose on the order form — set to your browser's language to start with. Any of 181 languages, same deadline. In a translated report, the names of registers, courts and companies, and quotations from laws, stay in the original language with the meaning beside them.

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Price after we read it the term named before you pay

When the task fits no tier. We read it and tell you whether we take it on and what it will cost. You pay only if we do.

What people come with:

A certified document: an official extract with an electronic signature.
A visit on the ground and photographs of the place on a given date.
A record over time: how the price, the listing and the hours change.
A trade with a hard licence.

What we need from you: a letter: the country and the town, which business it is about, what you need to learn or to obtain.

What this tier is you pay only if we take it on

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What each one includes

Line by line. “Yes” means the section is in the report.

	€550	€950
The question it answers	what this business is and what is wrong with it	whether the seller's words match the documents
When you read it	before you talk to the seller	when you negotiate
What we need from you	a listing link or the business name, the country, your email	plus the seller’s papers: at minimum the tax returns or the filed accounts; the rest if the seller gives it
Turnaround	24 hours	24 hours
Second business and beyond	less 15%	less 15%
Who is selling and how many businesses they have listed	✓	✓
The same business on other sites and in old copies of the listing	searched; if found, the figures that differ	searched; if found, the figures that differ
Who actually owns it	✓	✓
Whether the company or only its assets are for sale	both cases worked through, with the question to put to the seller	established from the documents
Debts and insolvencies on record	✓	✓
What protects you from the seller's old debts, and by when to act	✓	✓
The lease	what the law of the country says	your lease read line by line
Licences: whether they exist and in whose name	✓	yes, and in whose name
The dead months	✓	pinned to your own contracts
Equipment: who really owns it	vehicles by plate; for machines we say where it is recorded and who may request it	plus the lease agreements
Stock: will it be yours or someone else's	the custom of this trade	inventory and contracts
Staff	what the law of the country says	how many people, what seniority, what parting would cost
Whether customers stay after the owner changes	✓	✓
Supplier debts and franchise obligations	what to ask about: this debt appears in no register	reconciliation statements, amounts and dates
Name, website, map listing, reviews	✓	✓
How many years of lease this price buys	✓	✓
How many of the same trade operate nearby	✓	✓
Stated revenue	beside the public filed accounts, where they exist; not against the seller's papers	checked against three sources
What the owner actually takes home	—	yes, adjusted in both directions
How many years until your money comes back	—	yes, a range
What happens if the numbers do not add up	—	we work both outcomes
A negotiation plan	—	✓
The list of papers to demand from the seller	✓	✓
The questions for the seller, word for word	✓	✓
What to do if the seller refuses	what to do for each paper	✓
What we could not find out	a section of its own	✓

“Yes” means the section is in the report. A dash means it is not part of that tier.

Everything about your check, from the request to the report, lives in your account.

See what your account holds

A question before you apply? Write to us in your own language; we answer within 24 hours on working days.

How it goes, step by step

You paste the link to the listing or type the name of the business, check the country and give your email. We ask for no money.
Within 2 working hours we look ourselves. Can we find this business in a public register, and what do the records say? What is special there: how the lease passes on. We answer by email: whether we take it, and exactly what we can check.
If we take it, the email holds a link to pay by card for the €550 report, as in any online shop. For the €950 report the link comes after we have read the seller's papers and they are enough for the report. The charge is in euros; your bank converts it into your currency, and you see the exact amount before you confirm. You pay once.
The report comes by email: within 24 hours of payment for €550 and for €950, counting working days only.

Who we are and where the money goes

You pay by card through a payment provider; we never see your card number. Every line in the report carries its source and the date it was taken. The papers you send are stored in Europe and erased within 90 days; the report stays with you. The name of the business you enter is seen by us alone.

Three questions people ask before paying

If you find nothing bad, do you refund?

No. You get the same report: where we looked, what we found and what we did not, item by item. That is the result you paid for. What we do guarantee: the report has four promised parts; if one is missing, we fix it within two working days.

Will the seller know?

We do not contact the seller and we do not mention the order. On the €950 plan you ask the seller for the papers, as any buyer does before a deal.

The sample is about a restaurant; mine is a car wash, a salon or a clinic.

The sample shows how the report is built. Yours will be about your business.

No tax is added on top. The price is final.

A request that fits no tier

This route has no price — and cannot have one. Until we have read your task, nobody knows what exactly has to be done or whether it is possible in your country. Any figure named before that would be invented. You describe the task, we answer whether we take it. If we do, we name the price and the term before you pay.

What people come with

A certified document instead of a note: an official extract with an electronic signature. Such a paper stands before third parties.
Photographs of the place and its surroundings on a given date.
A visit on the ground: the state of the premises and the equipment, the flow of people, the hours actually kept.
A check on specific equipment by serial numbers and vehicle numbers.
A record over time: how the price, the listing, the reviews and the hours change.
A trade with unusual permits — where the licence is harder than the ordinary one.
Several objects from the same seller at once, if you suspect the seller is not selling their own business.

What we will not do for any money

We will not contact the seller — on no pretext and in nobody's name.
We will not represent you in the deal and will sign nothing for you.
We will not give a legal or tax opinion and will not name a fair price.
We will not take on what requires powers we do not have.
We will not take on what is closed to everyone in that country. If the answer exists for nobody, we say so at once, not after payment.

How the price is worked out. From two parts, and both are visible: our work and the direct costs — register fees, payment to a local contractor, paid extracts. Direct costs go at the supplier's invoice, and the invoice is attached. Nothing is hidden inside one sum.

Describe the task We read your task and tell you whether we take it on and what it will cost. You pay only if we do.

Write three things: the country and the town; which business it is about; what you need to learn or to obtain. If there is a link to the listing, attach it.

The full picture What the seller says, set against what the seller's own papers say.