U.S. business sales fall 7% in Q3, CoStar's BizBuySell reports
CSGP•CoStar Group's BizBuySell reported 2,132 U.S. business sales in Q3 2026, down 7% year over year. The median sale price rose 17% to $350,000, while buyer and seller confidence fell to 49 and 47, respectively.
1. Sales and confidence
BizBuySell reported 2,132 U.S. business sales in Q3 2026, down 7% from a year earlier and essentially flat from Q2. Market-wide average cash flow multiples rose 2.6% year over year, and the median sale price increased 17% to $350,000. Buyer confidence fell to 49 and seller confidence to 47; both measures have declined year over year for two consecutive years, the first such stretch since tracking began in 2013.
