Sold, pending, and archived listings

When a broker marks a listing sold or under offer, or the listing drops out of the broker's live listings, we update its status on our next check:

• Sold: the broker marked it sold.
• Pending: under offer, but not closed.
• Delisted: taken down from the broker or marketplace that listed it.
• Archived: the listing is no longer among the broker's live listings, and we don't know why. It may have sold, been delisted, or expired.

Not every broker marks sales or offers, so on some sources a sold business shows up as Delisted or Archived. These are statuses we've detected, not confirmed, and a later check can change them. A pending deal can fall through and come back. If it comes back after at least 48 hours off the market, it shows up in Back on Market (Pro) for 7 days. That page also includes listings returning from any other off-market status.

How we record status

We check each broker's listings on a regular schedule, and our team reviews older listing records to keep their status current. Each status change carries the date we recorded it. When a review changes a listing's status, watchlist emails mark it with an asterisk.

Who can see them

By default, you only see live listings when you browse. Anyone can add Pending in the Status filter and open a pending listing's page, with the price and status changes we've recorded. Pro members can also choose Sold, Delisted, or Other Archived and open those pages. Without Pro, a sold or archived listing's page is locked.

That history shows what similar businesses were asking before they left the market. It doesn't show final sale prices.

We've tracked listings since June 2024, and 46,000+ of them have left the market. We started detecting sold and pending status for some brokers in July 2025.