History
In 1986 our president & broker, Anita Jones started as a business broker at VR Business Brokers located in the Bank of America Building on NW 13th St. The franchise was dropped several years later and it became North Florida Business Brokers. Anita bought the company in 1999 and sold it in 2003. The new owner moved out of the Bank of America building shortly after buying NFBB. In May of 2004 she started A Jones & Associates, Inc. and moved back to the Bank of America Building where she is currently located.
Specialties
We have helped many people buy and sell businesses in Florida since we began in 1986. We know that for both buyer and seller it is vital that the sale be kept confidential until after the closing. If it becomes public knowledge that a business is for sale it can severely impact the business in a negative way before it even sells. Buyer's want a stable business with trained employees in place along with maintaining customers and vendors. We are all concerned with the unknown, so when people know a business is for sale employees often fear the buyer will bring in their own people and let them go when the opposite is actually true. If the employees are not there the sale will not happen. If customers happen to have a problem with something they tend to think the owner no longer cares because the business is up for sale. We smooth the way to for both buyer and seller all the way to the closing.