Solicitor fees buying a business (2 figures)
The UK Acquisition Adviser Fee Index carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 500 to 5,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
2 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
By work
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| worklegal | 2,750GBP | 500 to 5,000GBP | 2 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solicitors for buying a business | 5,000GBP + VAT | legal | 2026-10-28 |
| Business Sale & Purchase Legal Advice - Rocket Lawyer UK | 500GBP | legal | 2026-10-28 |
The sentence each figure was read from (2)
- Solicitors for buying a business, read 2026-10-28:
Fees start at £5,000 plus VAT to run the transaction.
- Business Sale & Purchase Legal Advice - Rocket Lawyer UK, read 2026-10-28:
From £500
Read in full, publishes no figure
27 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Business Purchase Legal Service, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Share Sale Package UK, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Buying or Selling a Business Solicitors - Warner Goodman LLP, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Buying a Business Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Sell or Buy a Business With Confidence, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Corporate Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Legal Advice for Buying a Company or Business - JMW Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Buying or selling a business - Frettens Solicitors in Christchurch, Ringwood, Wimborne and, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Buying or Selling a Business, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Share Acquisition Lawyers I PAIL® Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Business Acquisition Solicitors - Moore Barlow LLP, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Solicitors for Business Sale & Acquisition, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Commercial Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Corporate Law - Fixed Price Services - Stephensons Solicitors LLP, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Business Acquisition Advice, Harper James, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Buying or Selling a Business - How much are the legal fees? - Hanne & Co, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Business sales and purchases - Lodders Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- What Costs Are Involved When Selling Your Business?, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Solicitors in Suffolk, Essex & London - Attwells Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Corporate Law Solicitors for Business, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Purchase of Business - Complete Clarity Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Expert Corporate Lawyers, Solicitors & Law Firm, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Financial Due Diligence: A Complete UK Guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Acquisition of Birkett Long LLP by Knights, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Specialist Employment Lawyers in London and the South East, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Choosing a Corporate Solicitor UK: Full Guide (2026), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Business Sales Solicitors, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 29 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 27 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 44 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per firm: the published starting fee or range for a share or asset purchase, plus VAT or not, and the due-diligence fee where published; across firms: the median published starting fee, the share of firms quoting fixed fees versus 'per deal', and the spread, which no one firm publishes
44 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (30)
- Solicitors for buying a business(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Purchase Legal Service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Share Sale Package UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buying or Selling a Business Solicitors - Warner Goodman LLP(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buying a Business Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sell or Buy a Business With Confidence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Corporate Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Legal Advice for Buying a Company or Business - JMW Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buying or selling a business - Frettens Solicitors in Christchurch, Ringwood, Wimborne and(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buying or Selling a Business(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Share Acquisition Lawyers I PAIL® Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Acquisition Solicitors - Moore Barlow LLP(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Solicitors for Business Sale & Acquisition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Commercial Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Corporate Law - Fixed Price Services - Stephensons Solicitors LLP(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Acquisition Advice, Harper James(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Sale & Purchase Legal Advice - Rocket Lawyer UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buying or Selling a Business - How much are the legal fees? - Hanne & Co(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business sales and purchases - Lodders Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- What Costs Are Involved When Selling Your Business?(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Solicitors in Suffolk, Essex & London - Attwells Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Corporate Law Solicitors for Business(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Purchase of Business - Complete Clarity Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Expert Corporate Lawyers, Solicitors & Law Firm(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Financial Due Diligence: A Complete UK Guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Acquisition of Birkett Long LLP by Knights(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Specialist Employment Lawyers in London and the South East(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Security Verification(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Choosing a Corporate Solicitor UK: Full Guide (2026)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Sales Solicitors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The UK Acquisition Adviser Fee Index carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 500 to 5,000 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
2 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
UK Acquisition Adviser Fee Index, work legal: median 2,750 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026.
Cite as: "buyingacompetitor.co.uk UK Acquisition Adviser Fee Index", updated 2026-10-28, https://buyingacompetitor.co.uk/datasets/uk-acquisition-adviser-fee-index/.
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