Know which owner retirement leads deserve a discovery meeting
Ask whether the prospect owns a business, when they want to retire, and how they plan to transition ownership, then collect a recent financial statement so you walk into the discovery meeting already knowing who you're sitting down with.
The exact intake your owner retirement planning leads complete
This is the real 7-question guided intake for Owner Retirement Planning — the same flow your customers finish before you ever pick up the phone.
What a qualified owner retirement planning lead should tell you
Retirement planning for people who own or co-own a business, where the qualifying questions need to establish ownership status, target retirement date, and how ownership will transition before a discovery meeting is booked.
- Own Or Co-Own Business
- Retire From Business
- Current Plan Transitioning Ownership
- Have Retirement Accounts Or
- Primary Decision-Maker Financial Decisions
- Best Describes Business Structure
- Had Any Prior Professional
The questions your team needs answered
Every owner retirement planning intake asks these — and why each one matters.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Do you currently own or co-own a business? | Confirms the prospect actually owns a business, which is the baseline qualifier the rest of this intake depends on. |
| When are you hoping to retire from your business? | This is the highest-weighted answer in the catalog, so it drives most of the difference between an owner retiring within 2 years and one who is more than a decade out. |
| What is your current plan for transitioning ownership of the business? | Reveals whether the exit is a sale, family transfer, employee buyout, or closure, which shapes whether the discovery meeting needs a succession-planning lens alongside retirement planning. |
| Do you have retirement accounts or savings separate from your business? | Shows whether personal wealth already exists outside the business or whether the eventual sale will need to fund most of retirement. |
| Are you the primary decision-maker for financial planning decisions in your business? | Confirms the person completing the intake is authorized to act on financial advice rather than a co-owner who would need to consult someone else first. |
| Which best describes your business structure? | Segments the lead so you can route, price, and prioritize it correctly. |
| Have you had any prior professional retirement or succession planning done for your business? | Signals whether you're starting from scratch or reviewing and updating work another professional already did. |
How Cliont scores owner retirement planning leads
Every answer is weighted automatically — no manual review required.
Value signals
- Own Or Co-Own Business: yes
- Within 2 years
- 2 to 5 years
- 5 to 10 years
- More than 10 years
- Not sure
See the lead your team receives
Owner Retirement Planning Lead
From first click to qualified lead
Follow prospects and clients through one smooth, guided flow.
They land & meet you
Your video greeting plays instantly — a real face instead of a blank form.
They explain the project
Smart questions adapt to their project and capture the full scope.
They share the details
The scope and any documents come attached, so you can scope before the first call.
You get a ready lead
Scored and qualified — waiting for you to win it.
Built for owner retirement planning workflows
| Cliont capability | Owner Retirement Planning application |
|---|---|
| Weighted answer scoring | Owners retiring within two years score highest, while 'more than 10 years' or 'not sure' answers to the retirement-timeline question rank lower without being discarded. |
| Conditional intake logic | A no answer on business ownership can shorten the remaining flow instead of pushing a non-owner through questions built for someone actively running a company. |
| Document collection before booking | Financial statements and retirement account summaries are requested up front so the discovery meeting doesn't get spent gathering paperwork. |
| CRM delivery with decision-maker flag | Leads land in your CRM already tagged by whether they're the primary financial decision-maker, so you know who to actually call first. |
Common owner retirement planning lead scenarios
Owner retiring within two years
The prospect selects the nearest retirement window, the highest-weighted answer in the catalog, so the intake flags them ahead of owners who are more than a decade from stepping away.
No transition plan decided yet
The prospect owns a business but answers 'no plan yet' on how ownership will transition, signaling they need the exit-strategy conversation before retirement numbers can even be modeled.
Co-owner without decision authority
The person filling out the intake owns a stake but isn't the primary financial decision-maker, which the intake weighs differently than a lead who can act on advice unilaterally.
Savings already separate from the business
The owner confirms they hold retirement accounts outside the business, pointing to a diversification and coordination conversation rather than a business-sale-dependent retirement plan.
Prior succession work already done
The owner has had professional succession or retirement planning before, so the discovery meeting can start from a review-and-update posture instead of a from-scratch buildout.
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Owner Retirement Planning lead-intake FAQs
How does the intake distinguish a retirement lead from a succession lead?
The transition-plan question asks whether the owner intends to sell, pass to family, sell to a partner or employee, close the business, or hasn't decided yet, which tells you whether the conversation is primarily about the owner's retirement or overlaps with the deeper mechanics your Business Succession Planning intake covers.
What happens if someone fills out this form but doesn't own a business?
Business ownership carries a much lower weight when the answer is no, so those leads still reach your CRM but score lower and are clearly labeled as not fitting the owner-retirement scope.
Can I see how far out someone plans to retire before I call them?
Yes, the retirement-timeline question is the highest-weighted field in the catalog, so leads planning to retire within two years surface with a higher score than those who are more than ten years out or unsure.
Does the intake check whether the person can actually make financial decisions for the business?
It asks directly whether the prospect is the primary decision-maker, weighting that answer higher than a co-owner who would need to loop in someone else before any plan moves forward.
What do prospects need to upload before the discovery meeting?
The intake requests a recent business financial statement or tax return, a current retirement account summary, and any existing buy-sell or succession documents so you're not starting the meeting from zero.
How is this different from your Business Succession Planning intake?
This intake centers on the owner's personal retirement timeline and outside savings, while Business Succession Planning digs deeper into transfer mechanics; a lead with no transition plan yet often overlaps both and can be routed accordingly.
Turn owner retirement planning visitors into qualified clients
Give every owner retirement planning visitor a guided intake instead of a dead contact form — and get a scored, qualified lead before you take the first call.