Collective takeover: buy back as a group | CDRQ

A collective takeover is easier than you might think. Do you have a group of at least three staff members, partners, or customers of the enterprise being sold? Would you like to explore the cooperative or NPO format as a way to continue the organization’s operations?

You can go the collective route!

Positioning guide for cooperative business takeovers

Along with our partner the Centre de transfert d’entreprise du Québec, we have developed a tool to help you identify and evaluate enterprises with the potential to be bought out by a cooperative. It identifies potential buyers in the business’ environment. It also advises and guides the owners of businesses for sale.

Take the test

Supporting your collective enterprise’s takeover

The process of transferring ownership or transforming an existing business can vary. Our consulting team will assist you in this change of legal structure without interrupting the activities of your organization. At every stage of the collective takeover, you will have our support and guidance.

  • Validating your social and economic needs.
  • Determining the legal form of your enterprise.
  • Guiding you in creating a business plan, as well as in the incorporation process for the acquired enterprise.
  • Providing technical assistance for organizing your associative life.

In addition, with its expertise and its network of partners established throughout Quebec, the CDRQ has all the tools to adequately support you during each stage of takeover.

Contact your regional manager

A takeover has numerous benefits

Did you know that the collective model can offer many solutions? Indeed, for companies, succession is not always easy to find… However, the co-op formula has a good capacity to adapt to business situations and the market.

This is an important benefit to consider!

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