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Business Broker cover letter template
A structured letter with example content specific to this role. Replace the bracketed placeholders and adjust the details to the job you're actually applying for.
How to structure it
Opening
Name the role and, in one line, the strongest reason you're a fit. Skip the throat-clearing.
Middle
One or two paragraphs of real, specific evidence: what you did, and the result. This is where most letters go generic. Yours shouldn't.
Why this employer
One genuine, specific reason you want this job at this company, not any company. Vague enthusiasm reads as a template that wasn't customised.
Close
Thank them, note your resume is attached, and make it easy to reach you.
Re: Application for Business Broker
I am applying for the Business Broker role with [Company Name]. My experience sits squarely in the small to mid-sized end of business sales, where the work is part valuation, part negotiation and part keeping four parties pointed at the same settlement date.
In my current broking role I look after listings across hospitality, trades and professional services. One family-run wholesale business came to me after sitting on the market with another agency for a year. The owner's accountant and I spent three weeks rebuilding the add-back schedule from Xero, stripping out personal expenses and one-off support payments, and settling on an adjusted net profit a lender would accept. I rewrote the information memorandum around the contract base and the owner's willingness to stay on, sent it to a shortlist of qualified trade buyers, and the business sold with a four month handover. The seller told me afterwards that putting the honest numbers in front of buyers early was what stopped the deal falling over at due diligence.
What draws me to [Company Name] is [add one genuine, specific reason: a project, value, or market position you can point to]. I would rather work somewhere that treats valuation as evidence rather than a starting point for haggling, and that is the impression your listings give.
Thank you for considering my application. My resume is attached and sets out my valuation, listing and settlement experience in more detail, and I am happy to walk through any of the transactions above at interview.
Getting it right
- Keep it to one page. A hiring manager spends seconds on this before deciding whether to read your resume.
- Address a named person where you can find one, rather than "To Whom It May Concern".
- Don't repeat your resume line for line. Use the letter to add context a bullet point can't: why this role, why now, why here.
- Match the tone of the job ad. A formal listing calls for a formal letter; a casual one gives you room to write more like yourself.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Make it specific to the actual employer before you send it.