business-monitor.ch is the only platform that offers me visibility on the entire Swiss economy. Not only does business-monitor.ch aggregate a quantity of information from various public sources, which saves considerable time. But in addition, they add a layer of intelligence, which greatly facilitates decision-making.

Caroline Ménard – blogs.letemps.ch/caroline-menard

business-monitor.ch is the only platform that offers me visibility on the entire Swiss economy. Not only does business-monitor.ch aggregate a quantity of information from various public sources, which saves considerable time. But in addition, they add a layer of intelligence, which greatly facilitates decision-making. I am Caroline Ménard, I am 31 years old, and currently, I am looking for an SME to take over in French-speaking Switzerland, more specifically in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud.

Switzerland is a country of small and medium-sized enterprises, most of which are run by people who are approaching retirement age. So there is a huge potential. Now, the country cultivates a certain discretion with respect to business operations, so it is difficult to know which companies are for sale.

business-monitor.ch helps me to do my research of SMEs to be taken over, under two aspects.

There is the first scenario where I have an SME file for sale, which is provided by a fiduciary or broker, and in this case I will be able to use the comprehensive business-monitor.ch database to understand the market, the competition, thanks to all the sectoral and geographical filters that the platform allows me to have. In addition, I have the ability to understand the history of decision makers, the date of incorporation, and the key people of each competing company, which will really give me an idea of market dynamics.

In the second scenario where I do a rather proactive search for SMEs to be taken over in a predefined sector, I can very quickly with business-monitor.ch have a list of target companies, by sector and geography.

And in addition, information such as the date of incorporation of the company, changes in decision-makers, and links to LinkedIn profiles of important people, will allow me to determine if the executive will retire within a few years.