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Should I sell my business or close it?

One path means it continues without you; the other means it ends with you. Both are endings, just different kinds. Stop rehearsing both. Get one clean read.

Updated 2026-10-12

What this question usually is

Closing feels like failure. Selling feels like handing your child to strangers. Neither feeling is the answer.
If nobody would buy it as-is, that's not a verdict on you — it's information about what's left to fix.
The real question is whether you have it in you to keep going, not whether someone would pay for it.

What actually helps

1Write whether you'd keep running it if money were no object. That separates exhaustion from a real ending.
2Write what would have to be true for a buyer to want it. That list is often the same list as 'what's actually wrong'.
3Ask once for a direction — sell, close, or hold — then sleep on it before you tell staff or family.

Ending something on your terms isn't the same as losing it. You're allowed to be done.

Ask it once — one question, one answer →

One question, one direction — not a verdict on your future.

Questions people actually ask

Should I sell my business or close it?

Ask whether you'd keep going if money didn't matter, and what a buyer would need to see. Then ask for one direction and sleep on it before telling anyone.

Is closing a business a failure?

It's an ending, not a failure. A direction helps you see whether this is the end or just a hard season.

What if I can't sell it?

Then the choice narrows to keep or close — still a direction you can ask for, and still nothing you have to decide tonight.

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An ancient Chinese divination. Not financial, legal or relationship advice either — we don’t decide for you, and we don’t predict.