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Guides and analysis on buying, selling and valuing businesses in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
What Baltic SMEs Really Sell For: Deal Sizes, EBITDA Multiples and Terms
Forget the headline mega-deals. Most Baltic companies change hands below EUR 10 million at roughly five times EBITDA, paid in cash. Here is the data – and what moves a company above or below the average.
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Buying a Company in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania: Share Transfer, Notary and Tax Compared
The three Baltic states share a market but not a rulebook. A side-by-side guide to acquiring an Estonian OÜ, a Latvian SIA or a Lithuanian UAB: transfer formalities, notary thresholds, pre-emption rights and tax.
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How to Sell Your Business Without Staff, Customers or Competitors Finding Out
The fear of a leak stops more sales than any valuation gap. This is how professional sellers protect the business during a sale – anonymous listing, NDA, staged disclosure and controlled site visits.
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Preparing a Company for Sale: The 12-Month Checklist That Raises the Price
Buyers ran their own due diligence in 83% of Baltic private deals. Here is what they look for, month by month, and how each fix translates into a better price or a cleaner closing.
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The Baltic Succession Wave: Why Thousands of Companies Will Change Hands This Decade
Nine in ten Baltic family-business owners want to pass the company on, yet only a quarter of Estonian and Lithuanian owners have a plan. The numbers behind the succession wave – and what it means for buyers.
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AirBaltic Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in New York as Iran War Costs Bite
Latvia's national carrier airBaltic has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, becoming the latest airline casualty of the economic fallout from the U.S. war with Iran. The airline announced the filing on Monday, September 14, 2026, as part of a financial restructuring aimed at reducing its substantial debt burden
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How to Sell a Business in Estonia: A Step-by-Step Guide for Owners (2026)
From deciding on price to signing the share transfer, this guide walks Estonian owners through every stage of selling an OÜ – including the notary question, taxes on the sale and how to keep the process confidential.
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How to prepare a Baltic company for sale: the twelve-month checklist
What to fix, document and decide before you go to market — the preparation that raises a sale price and keeps a deal from collapsing in due diligence.
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Buying a business in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania: a step-by-step guide
From the first anonymous teaser to the first hundred days as owner — how an acquisition of a small or mid-sized Baltic company actually runs, and where buyers go wrong.
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How Baltic SMEs are valued: multiples, adjustments and what buyers actually pay
A plain-language guide to how buyers price owner-managed companies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — from normalised EBITDA to the deductions that decide what you actually receive.
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