History

International Business Associates, commonly known as IBA, was established in 1975 by a group of experienced business brokerage professionals who believed that they could provide better customer service, market knowledge, transactional experience, and professional representation while maintaining confidentiality than was currently available to the Pacific Northwest business community. On this foundation of experience and principles, IBA has grown into the regional leader in business sale transactions involving manufacturing plants, wholesale & distribution companies, retail businesses, service firms, vocational schools, restaurants, and professional practices. Our primary historical venues for business have been the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Idaho; however our reputation & representation has not been contained by those geographic boundaries with IBA professionals being hired on a consulting basis to negotiate and represent businesses around the US.

Specialties

IBA is the premier business brokerage firm in the Pacific Northwest. We sell privately held companies and family owned businesses with knowledge & experience employing best practices. 100% of our fees are payable on completion of the project. IBA has completed over 4200 business sale transactions since 1975 in industries ranging from retail to manufacturing, technology to service, and professional practices to hospitality. Our clients receive confidential representation by professionals with the market knowledge, transactional experience, and negotiation skills required to successfully complete sales of family owned businesses and privately held companies with market values between $500,000 - $20,000,000. As licensed real estate professionals, our associates have the ability to represent our clients in the sale of their business and associated real estate simultaneously on a commission based fee structure. IBA is a strong supporter of the immigrant entrepreneur community. We have native speaking Spanish, Russian, Indian (Punjabi and Hindi) and German business brokers on our bilingual transaction facilitation staff. We complete