About How much does it cost to buy a business UK
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta). He runs this site, reads every brief himself and replies directly.
Why this site exists
We read 43 providers' own pages on 28 October 2026 and only 3 of them print a figure, so the only way to see the spread is to read all of them and show the working. That is what this site is: one table, every source named, dated.
Who it is for
People planning to buy a UK business, or a share in one, who want to know what the purchase costs beyond the price before they speak to a broker, a lawyer or a lender.
What is on this site
One question, "how much does it cost to buy a business uk", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- UK Business Purchase Cost Index: every published figure: Every provider we read that publishes a figure for how much does it cost to buy a business uk, what it publishes, and the day we read it. 3 of 43 read.
- Who publishes a price, and who makes you ask: 3 of 43 providers read for how much does it cost to buy a business uk publish a figure. These are the ones that do not.
- How to buy a business in the UK: the steps and what each costs: How to buy a business in the UK, step by step: the brief, the offer, due diligence, the share or asset purchase and the tax, with the published fees for each step.
- Cost of buying a business: fees and taxes on top of the price: The cost of buying a UK business beyond the price: published legal and adviser fees, stamp duty on shares, non-residential SDLT and LTT bands, and the CMA merger fee.
What it does not do
- No ranking, no best-of list and no scores: the table is sorted by the figure, not by us.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No invented figure: a provider that publishes nothing is listed as publishing nothing.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@costtobuyabusiness.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any broker or firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no firm in a table has paid to be there. Every figure is read from the named firm's or authority's own public page on the date shown. Nothing here is tax, legal, regulated or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.