A new online marketplace for Australian businesses for sale, BizExchange, has gone live with more than 5,000 listings, and it is open to both business brokers and private owners who want to sell without one. It is free for buyers, shows asking prices and key figures up front, and sends enquiries straight to whoever is selling.
At the time of writing in October 2026, BizExchange lists 5,271 businesses across 36 industries, from cafes and takeaway shops to manufacturers, cleaning contractors and NDIS providers. Every state and territory is represented.
Where the businesses are
Queensland has the most listings on the site, with 2,264 businesses for sale, followed by New South Wales with 1,800 and Victoria with 615. Western Australia has 228, Tasmania 175, South Australia 124, the ACT 38 and the Northern Territory 27.
Food and hospitality make up the largest share. Restaurants and takeaway businesses account for 716 listings and cafes and coffee businesses for 677. Accommodation and tourism (426), real estate and property businesses such as management rights (396) and retail (355) round out the five biggest categories. Smaller categories include aged care and home care, post offices and newsagencies, laundries and vending routes.
Asking prices and profit side by side
Each listing shows the asking price alongside turnover, profit and the resulting multiple where the seller has published them, so buyers can compare businesses without opening every listing. Not every seller publishes every figure, and many listings show turnover or profit as undisclosed.
The site also publishes live figures calculated from its own listings. On 20 October 2026 the median asking price across the 4,723 listings with a published price was $370,000, and the median asking price was 2.9 times profit across the 1,307 listings that show both a fixed price and a profit.
Those national figures are lifted by accommodation and property listings, where management rights and freehold are often part of the sale. Leave those out and the median asking price falls to $299,000 and the median multiple to 1.9 times profit.
By industry, cafes and coffee businesses had a median asking price of $238,000 and a median of 1.6 times profit, while restaurants and takeaway businesses sat at $250,000 and 1.7 times profit. Beauty and hair businesses had the lowest median multiple of any industry with enough data, at 1.3 times profit, and building and trades businesses one of the higher ones, at 2.2 times.
The figures are asking prices, not sale prices. What a business finally sells for can be well below, or occasionally above, what the seller first asks.
How it works for buyers and sellers
Buyers can browse and search without creating an account, filter by state, industry, price and features such as freehold or under management, and save searches. Enquiries go directly to the seller or their broker. BizExchange does not charge buyers and does not take a commission on sales.
Private owners pay a flat fee to list. At the time of writing a 90-day listing costs $149, and a listing that stays up until the business sells, for up to 12 months, costs $299, both including GST. Brokers can list free with no limit on the number of listings, and pay only if they want to feature listings or take a monthly visibility plan. Franchisors have separate monthly plans for franchise opportunities.
The site describes itself as a marketplace rather than a broker or adviser, and listing details are supplied by the sellers and brokers themselves.
Free tools and a quarterly price report
Alongside the listings, the site offers three free tools that need no sign-up: a "What is my business worth?" calculator that compares a business's profit with the asking price multiples of similar live listings, a business loan repayment calculator, and a due diligence checklist covering the books, the lease, staff, stock and licences.
An insights section publishes median asking prices and price to profit multiples by state and by industry, recalculated daily, with the number of listings behind each figure. Any figure that would rest on fewer than 20 listings is held back until there is enough data.
A quarterly BizExchange Asking Price Report is planned once a full quarter has enough qualifying listings. As well as asking prices and multiples, it is set to track how many businesses are for sale and how long they stay listed and, once enough sellers report a sale, what businesses actually sold for.
What buyers should still check
A marketplace makes it easier to find and compare businesses, but the usual checks still apply. The federal government's business.gov.au guide to buying an existing business recommends reviewing three to five years of tax returns, business activity statements, profit and loss records and cash flow statements, and confirming that licences, permits, supplier agreements and the lease can transfer to a new owner.
The lease deserves particular attention. The time remaining on a lease, including any options, can make a large difference to what a business is worth. A business that depends heavily on its owner, one major customer or one supplier also carries more risk for a buyer than one with a broad customer base and staff who are staying on.
Buyers should have an accountant review the figures and a solicitor review the contract before signing, and treat any online price comparison as a starting point for negotiation rather than a valuation.
What comes next
Listings are updated daily, and buyers can sign up for a Thursday email of new listings. The first quarterly price report will follow the first full quarter with enough data behind it; quarters without enough qualifying listings will be skipped rather than published on a small sample.
For sellers, the launch adds another place to reach buyers directly. For buyers, the main change is visibility: thousands of listings with asking prices and, where sellers share them, profit figures in one place, which makes it easier to see what comparable businesses are asking before making an offer.
