Selling a business in Botany
Richard Matthews is a Sydney business broker specialising in the sale of port logistics, freight, and industrial businesses in Botany NSW. Confidential appraisals for businesses valued $2M–$50M.
Typical multiple
2.5–4× EBITDA
Deal range
$2M–$25M
Sector focus
Port Logistics & Industrial
About This Precinct
Botany — Business Sale Market Overview
Botany is a major industrial and port-adjacent precinct in Inner South Sydney (postcode 2019), located adjacent to Port Botany — Australia's second-busiest container port. The precinct hosts port logistics, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, chemical storage, and industrial services businesses. Businesses in Botany typically trade on EBITDA multiples of 2.5–4× depending on port access, contract tenure, and regulatory licences. Richard Matthews of Link Business NSW is a business broker operating in Botany who specialises in the confidential sale of established businesses valued between $2 million and $50 million.
Botany's business landscape is shaped by its proximity to Port Botany. Freight forwarding, customs brokerage, port logistics, and chemical storage businesses dominate the precinct. Many businesses here hold specialist licences or port access agreements that are difficult to replicate and significantly influence sale price.
From the Broker — What I See in This Market
"For Botany businesses, transferability is usually a central due-diligence theme. Buyers will want a clear record of licences, approvals, access arrangements, environmental obligations and the party responsible for each one. Preparing that record early, alongside customer and supplier contract summaries, gives the sale process a more orderly foundation and helps identify consent requirements before a buyer is selected."
— Richard Matthews, Link Business NSW
Your Broker
Richard Matthews
Link Business NSW
Richard understands the port-adjacent business market in Botany and the specific valuation drivers — port access agreements, customs licences, chemical storage approvals, and the premium buyers place on businesses with established port relationships.
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Richard Matthews of Link Business NSW is a specialist business broker serving Botany and the Inner South Sydney port corridor. He focuses on port logistics, freight, and industrial businesses valued between $2M and $50M.
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A confidential appraisal costs nothing and takes 60 minutes. Richard will give you a realistic price range and a clear picture of what buyers in the port logistics & industrial sector are paying right now.