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Denver Metro Area, Colorado
From downtown Denver to Castle Rock, Boulder County to Aurora, BBS has been selling Denver metro businesses since 2006. Our office in Littleton puts us in the middle of the metro, close to your business and your buyers.
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Residents in the Denver metro area
Selling a Business in the Denver metro
The Denver metro is one of the most diverse business markets in the country. No single industry carries it, which gives buyers confidence and keeps demand steady for established small businesses, from liquor stores and restaurants to home service and cleaning companies.
BBS works across the whole metro. We know how values differ between a downtown Denver restaurant, a suburban liquor store in Douglas County and a service company in Jefferson County, and we market each one to the buyers most likely to pay for it.
BBS at a Glance
Local Economy
The industries, employers and projects shaping demand for businesses in the Denver metro.
Census figures put the Denver Aurora Centennial metro area at 3,092,037 residents. The largest counties are Denver (740,613), Arapahoe (673,820), Jefferson (580,451) and Adams (554,668). From 2020 to 2024 most of the metro’s growth was in Douglas County.
The Denver metro is the 17th largest job market in the nation. Metro unemployment stood at 3.6% at the end of 2025, below the 4.1% national rate.
Metro Denver ranks first among the 50 largest metros for private aerospace employment, with more than 30,000 people in the sector. Professional and business services employ over 315,000 workers, and financial services about 114,900.
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation’s Denver Region includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin and Jefferson counties.
Sources: Census Reporter, Denver metro · Denverite, March 2025 · CBRE, Q4 2025 · Common Sense Institute · Choose Colorado, Denver Region · LHH, Denver 2026. Facts as of October 2026.
Industries
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Proven Results
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Liquor stores in Denver, Commerce City, Arvada, Westminster, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Castle Pines
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A Mexican restaurant and a vape shop in Aurora
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A premium bakery and a coin laundromat in Lakewood
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An appliance repair business in Englewood
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A juice shop in Parker and a restaurant in Lafayette
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A commercial janitorial company with real estate in Denver
The Roadmap
Every sale follows the same proven path. Here are the eight steps we’ll move through together.
It starts with a confidential, no obligation conversation. We learn about your business, your goals and your timeline, and you learn exactly how we work and what to expect.
You complete our Business Valuation Intake (BVI), and our team analyzes your financials to determine what your business is truly worth in today’s market.
Our team builds professional marketing materials and takes your business to market through our buyer network and national listing platforms, all without revealing its identity.
We screen every inquiry so only serious, financially capable buyers ever learn the details of your business. Every buyer signs an NDA first.
We help structure and present written offers, then work through price, financing, training and transition until both sides reach an agreement that works.
The buyer verifies financials, operations and contracts while earnest money is held in a neutral escrow account. We keep requests organized and deadlines on track.
We manage the approvals that let the business change hands: your lease assignment, license transfers such as liquor permits, and the buyer’s new legal entity.
Final documents are signed, funds transfer through escrow and you are paid. A short transition hands off operations, vendors, staff and customers.
Typical timeline: 3 to 9 months from listing to close. Approximately 30% of our listings close within the first 3 months!
FAQ
All of it, including Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Englewood, Arvada, Westminster, Thornton, Broomfield, Commerce City, Parker, Castle Rock, Golden and Boulder County.
7651 Shaffer Parkway, Suite B2, Littleton, Colorado 80127. We also meet owners at their businesses anywhere in the metro.
Yes. About 85% of BBS deals close with SBA financing, and we help buyers prepare the lender package.
Most sales close 3 to 9 months from listing, with an average of about 150 days. Approximately 30% of our listings close within the first 3 months. Licensing and lease approvals are usually the longest steps.
Yes. We market your business without its name, and every buyer signs an NDA before seeing details.
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