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20% -- business transition success rate for business owners exiting businesses (2023)

Name: Business Transition Success Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-26

2023 · Exit Planning Institute

Only 20-30% of business transitions are successful.

Reported as a general range of 20-30%

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Value

20%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2023

Entity

business owners exiting businesses

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Exit Planning Institute Primary Tier B

https://www.tnma.com/state-of-owner-readiness-report ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Deep Crawl

Source Article

True North Mergers and Acquisitions: Press Releases

Exit Planning Institute Releases True North - State of Owner Readiness Report True North Mergers & Acquisitions November 7, 2023 Exit Planning Institute Releases True North-Sponsored 2023 State of Owner Readiness Report Minneapolis, MN – November 7, 2023 – True North Mergers and Acquisitions is thri…

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Exit Planning Institute · Original study ↗

Methodology

Range 20-30%; midpoint used. From EPI State of Owner Readiness Report context

Methodology documented

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business owners exiting businesses: 20% business transition success rate. Source: Exit Planning Institute (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/business-transition-success-rate-2023

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