Sell a pharmacy
Sell your pharmacy confidentially, at its real value
You built this pharmacy one prescription at a time. Selling it is the largest financial transaction of your career, and it deserves better than a generalist broker with a template. We are practising pharmacists who have sold pharmacies of our own, and we run a confidential, managed process from valuation to closing day.
The numbers
What your pharmacy is actually worth
A pharmacy for sale in Canada typically trades at a multiple of normalized EBITDA plus inventory. The multiple moves with province, size, payer mix, lease security, and staff stability, which is why two pharmacies with identical revenue can sell for very different prices.
4x to 6x
normalized EBITDA plus inventory for community pharmacies
3x to 7x
for LTC pharmacies, often $2,500 to $4,500 per bed
$1.5M
example: $300K normalized EBITDA at 5x, plus inventory
The word doing the work is normalized. Owner salary above market rate, family members on payroll, personal vehicle costs, one-time expenses: each adjustment moves your EBITDA, and every dollar of EBITDA moves your price by four to six dollars. See our guide to EBITDA normalization for pharmacy sales, then get your number.
Get a free valuation estimateThe process
Seven stages from decision to closing day
A managed pharmacy sale takes 6 to 12 months. Here is exactly what happens, and how long each stage typically runs. For a deeper walkthrough, read our selling a pharmacy timeline.
Preparation
4 to 8 weeksWe normalize your financials, clean up the story a buyer will read, and fix the small issues that cost real money in due diligence: lease terms, staffing contracts, expiring agreements.
Valuation
2 to 3 weeksA defensible valuation built on normalized EBITDA, current provincial multiples, and documented adjustments. This becomes the anchor for every negotiation that follows.
Confidential marketing
4 to 12 weeksYour pharmacy is presented anonymously to our qualified buyer list and select strategic acquirers. No buyer sees identifying details before signing an NDA.
Letter of intent
1 to 2 weeksWe negotiate price, structure, and conditions with the strongest buyers, and help you compare offers on more than the headline number.
Due diligence
4 to 8 weeksThe buyer and their bank verify everything. Because we prepared the file in stage one, this is confirmation, not discovery.
Agreements
2 to 4 weeksYour lawyer drafts and negotiates the purchase agreement while we keep the commercial terms aligned with the LOI.
Closing and transfer
2 to 4 weeksRegulatory transfer with the provincial college, banner and supplier assignments, inventory count, and funds on closing day.
Confidentiality
How confidentiality is protected
A leaked sale can cost you staff, unsettle patients, and hand negotiating leverage to buyers and competitors. Confidentiality is not a courtesy in a pharmacy sale, it is a price protection mechanism.
Every pharmacy for sale through us is marketed anonymously: no name, no address, no identifying details in any public material. Buyers are qualified first, sign a non-disclosure agreement second, and only then receive financials. Site visits happen outside pharmacy hours or under a plausible pretext, and your staff learn about the sale on your schedule, not the market's.
The confidentiality sequence
- Anonymous listing: region and profile only, never a name or address
- Buyer qualification: proof of financial capacity before any details
- Signed NDA before financials or identifying information
- Discreet site visits arranged around your operating hours
- Staff, patients, and suppliers informed when you choose
Fees
What it costs
Our brokerage fee is a success fee, earned at closing. If your pharmacy does not sell, you do not pay a brokerage fee. That structure keeps our incentives exactly where they belong: we make more when you sell for more, and we make nothing if we fail.
Standalone work, such as a professional valuation without a sale mandate or scoped advisory on a deal you are running yourself, is quoted upfront based on complexity. No retainers that reward activity over results, and no surprise line items at closing.
Before any engagement we walk you through the fee structure in plain numbers against your expected sale price, so you know what you keep before you commit. If part of the deal changes structure, for example an asset sale versus a share sale, we tell you how that affects your net proceeds too.
Ready when you are
Whether your pharmacy for sale is a decision you have already made or an idea you are quietly testing, the right first step is a number and a conversation. Browse current listings to see how we present a pharmacy for sale to the market.