Sell your business in West Jordan.
West Jordan is one of the industrial centers of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. If you own a company here, this is a short guide to selling it well.
The West Jordan economy.
West Jordan averaged 3,919 employers and about 42,000 jobs in 2024, according to the Utah Department of Workforce Services. About 633 of those employers are in construction, one of the city's largest sectors by number of firms.
The city's own economic profile lists traditional manufacturing and food production and distribution among its main professions, and DWS counts about 4,350 manufacturing jobs and 8,800 in trade, transportation and utilities.
Industrial parks on the west side put many manufacturers, fabricators and contractors within a few miles of each other.
- Employers
- 3,919
- Jobs
- 41,958
- Construction employers
- 633
- Manufacturing jobs
- 4,349
- Trade, transportation & utilities jobs
- 8,788
Selling a business in West Jordan.
Equipment-heavy businesses need an up-to-date equipment list: what you own, what you lease, its age and condition. Buyers and lenders look at it closely, and it often affects the price more than owners expect.
If you own the building the business runs from, decide early whether you want to sell it, lease it to the buyer or keep it. It changes the structure of the deal.
For the whole process, from preparation and valuation to the kinds of buyers and Utah's tax steps, read How to sell your company in Utah.
A local buyer.
BuildUp Group is based in Salt Lake City and buys established companies across the Wasatch Front, including West Jordan: manufacturing, fabrication, trades, equipment rental, trucking and B2B industrial services. We buy to own for the long term, and we keep the staff.
Sources
- Utah Department of Workforce Services, Table 18: employment and wages by community, Salt Lake County, 2024 (opens in a new tab)
- West Jordan City, Economic Profile (opens in a new tab)
General information, not legal or tax advice.