Daltons Business 

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am a potential buyer (looking to purchase a business) and as such I've emailed this Company two or three times now looking for support to website queries and issues. However they NEVER res... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Had a large number of enquiries for my Cafe business but the realistic ones were quite easy to spot. Mainly due to location but as I had covered pretty much everything in my ad people simply asking f... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I decided to use Daltons as an extra avenue to showcase my business and so glad I did. The website was easy to use and the final advert looked great. Ami on customer services was fab, very helpful, pr... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I never thought I would be able to advertise myself BUT have been pleasantly surprised . The entire system works like clockwork and you are helped the whole way through. Slick and easy !!! And imme... See more

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Company details

  1. Online Marketplace
  2. Advertising Agency
  3. Business Broker
  4. Business to Business Service
  5. Internet Marketing Service
  6. Media and Marketing Agency

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The UK's largest business for sale and Franchise marketplace, listing over 20,000 businesses for sale in the UK and abroad. The best place to buy or sell a business.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional Customer Service

After spending 6 months with an agent and having limited success in selling our business I spoke to Ella at Dalton Business who gave me some great advice and enabled us generate lots more leads and sell the business directly at a fraction of the cost.

Massive thank you to Ella and the Daltons Team

January 12, 2022
Unprompted review
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Paul,

Thank you so much for your 5 star review! We are delighted to hear you sold your business using our site.

We wish you all the best with the sale of your business.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Your adverts are useless my add hasn’t…

Your adverts are useless my add hasn’t even got any wording have tried to get in touch with you twice ( no chance!)

November 7, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Caron.

Thank you very much for taking the time to post a review.

I wanted to point out that you emailed us on October 6th, 2021, at 19.42pm with a query and my colleague responded to and resolved your query on October 7th 2021 at 8.59am?

I can also confirm that having checked your advert I can see that it is appearing correctly and has generated interest and an enquiry.

Please note that we have attempted to contact you on a few occasions via email and telephone, but was unable to get through. Please contact us at your earliest convenience on 0208 603 5141 or sales@daltonsbusiness.com

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It was all very straight forward and…

It was all very straight forward and easy to understand and there was someone on the on line chat if I needed it.

September 17, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Louise,

Thank you so much for your 5 star review! Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

opportunity of life style change

placed an advert to sell my property and business followed the web instructions and all seemed to work well also had a follow up telephone call which was also a great help

September 16, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Thank you so much for your 5 star review! We appreciate you sharing your experience of listing your advert on Daltons Business.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simple and easy to use with flexibility…

Simple and easy to use with flexibility to edit or update if you need to.

September 14, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Thank you so much for your review! Daltons are pleased to hear you had an easy experience using our site.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any further assistance.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Reply from Daltons Business

Thank you so much for your 5 star review. Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good platform to advertise a business

Pricing seems fair even compared with a local paper. Easy to create your ad had 3 replies within 2 days would defo use again. I like the fact you can embed a video in your listing which you can’t do with 7 line ad in a local paper

September 6, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Thank you so much for your review! Daltons are pleased to hear you had an easy experience using our site. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any further assistance.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to set up

Easy to set up, had a few enquiries already, after on a few days.

September 2, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Neil,

Thank you so much for your review. Daltons are delighted to hear that we are providing you with enquiries.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have used Daltons Business…

I have used Daltons Business previously, and had well over 50 enquiries, however, after a great deal of thought, I decided to postpone the sale of
my business until retirement age. I am now in the process of selling again,
and due to the tremendous response I received previously, I had no hesitation in using Dalton's Business again.
I would highly recommend their site to anyone seriously considering the sale of their own business

September 1, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Ian,

Thank you so much for your for sharing your positive review! We are delighted to hear that we have previously provided you with quality leads.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had a few Enquiries but questions were…

Had a few Enquiries but questions were asked that did not come through to me so a waste of money no contact with Dalton’s fir questions or updates very dated sustem

August 31, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Alan,

Thanks very much for taking the time to leave a review. We are of course disappointed with your assessment however would like mention that at no point have you attempted to contact us to discuss any issues? We are available 24/7 via our webchat service and normal business hours are 9-5.30 Monday to Friday. We have also not received any emails from you other than moments before your review was posted which did not give us an opportunity to address any issues you were experiencing.

The system is indeed very simple. A user completed the form and we then deliver the email to the registered email address. If not received on your side this usually means the emails may have gone into your junk folder if we are not on your safe sender list. On the few occasions an advertiser is not receiving enquiries they reach out and we advise them of this and the issue is resolved. We are not unfortunately able to control the settings individuals have on their inboxes.

All of this being said I would be keen to discuss this matter further with you and will ensure either myself or one of my colleagues reaches out to you this week.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A very straightforward process

A very straightforward process, everything worked as it should. I was pleasantly surprised that it was so quick and easy.

August 23, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Mrs J Robinson,

Thank you so much for your review! Daltons are pleased to hear you had an easy experience using our site.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any further assistance.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to use business advertising

Easy to use site, you can build a professional looking business sale advert. Has a dashboard to help manage the advert admin. Really happy with Daltons!

August 18, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Anita,

Thank you so much for your 5 star review! Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

easy to design and set up add

easy to design and set up add
first day live and had one email already heres hoping it all goes well daltons have done their part now fingers crossed

August 16, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Kevin,

Thank you so much for your review! We appreciate you sharing your experience of listing your advert on Daltons Business and are glad to hear it's user-friendly.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Remarkably helpful.

August 11, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi John,

Thank you so much for your 5 star review! Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business.

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lots of time wasters with no money

Lots of time wasters with no money, who think that they can buy a business using none of their own money.
Daltons do zero vetting, so several enquiries came from people using made up names phishing for confidential information, who are reluctant to provide and proof of ID let alone funding.
Only a couple of genuine enquiries out of a dozen or so.

If that isn’t bad enough, Daltons then email you every 2 days wanting you to review their service !
This is really annoying, as the real judge of how good they are (or not) is actually in a month or so time when I will discover if their service has found me a buyer for my company !

Daltons are probably best-selling high street or corner shops, not much good for manufacturing or confidential sales.

August 11, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Dear Customer,

Thank you for taking the time to post a review, we do appreciate it despite the contents being disappointing.

In order to send an enquiry with Daltons we ask users to register their details with us. Daltons are not Agents, we are an advertising medium which makes it extremely difficult for us to fully vet over ½ million registered users, nor are we aware of any advertising mediums that are able to do so. A lack of response to your response to an enquiry does not mean that the user does not exist. There are certainly going to be some enquiries which are of better quality than others but we would dispute your claim that several of our users use made up names and are phishing for enquiries. Daltons have been connecting buyers and sellers of businesses in the UK for well over 125 years now and help literally hundreds of buyers and sellers every month to successfully achieve their goals.

As we are the largest business for sale marketplace in the UK we need to ensure that we make it as easy as possible for sellers to be able to create their advertisement. One of the best ways to do so is to ask customers who have done so to rate the platform so that we get insight into any areas we can improve upon, hence the reason we ask new advertisers to leave a review.

It is disappointing that you have only had a couple of what you define as genuine enquiries. We are one of the few online marketplaces who provide full support for both buyers and sellers and ensure that we are easily contactable should there be any need. In this case you could easily have given us a call or sent us an email to advise us that your advertisement was not getting the engagement required, in which case we would have been delighted to help optimise your listing with us.

As you did not leave any details we have been unable to identify your listing or account with us but would like to discuss this further with you. If you could be so kind as to reach out and contact us we are confident we can assess the listing and make the necessary changes/improvements to help you get the enquiries needed to sell your business.

Thanks,
The Daltons Business Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Easy and straightforward to use and…

Easy and straightforward to use and create a business for sale advert.

August 2, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Thank you so much for your review. Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A little bit difficult to navigate and…

A little bit difficult to navigate and understand. Not sure of some things, would be useful to have more prompts and ideas. Not certain if the contact details are on the ad as just says new ad so will need to check…

July 30, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Kathleen,

Thank you so much for your review. A member of the team will be in touch shortly to help with any queries you may have regarding your advertisement.

We wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Gary,

Thank you so much for your review. Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Filling in the details was very simple…

Filling in the details was very simple & loading photos
Looking at the preview I was able to upgrade the info I put in
Very easy, very pleased.

July 26, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Sally,

Thank you so much for your review. Please let us know if you need any further assistance and we wish you all the best with the sale of your business!

The Daltons Business Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent support from Ella

Excellent support from Ella. Unbelievable number of relevant enquiries received. My sales agent was sceptical of the value of Daltons in the selling process but no longer

July 19, 2021
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Reply from Daltons Business

Hi Terry,

Thank you so much for your review! We are delighted to hear that we've provided you with quality leads. I will be sure to pass on your kind words to Ella.

We wish you all the best with sale of your business.

The Daltons Business Team

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