Business Brokerage|M&A|Exit Planning
What is your business worth?
Answer a few questions to see a realistic value range for your business today, and what it could be worth once you fix the risks buyers discount for.
- About five minutes
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- Your business
- Your numbers
- How it runs
- Your results
Tell me about your business
This sets the range of multiples buyers typically pay in your industry.
Your numbers for the last full year
Rough figures from your tax return or P&L are fine. Buyers look at what the business earns for one full-time owner, so we add your pay and perks back in.
Owner earnings (SDE): $0
How does the business run today?
Be honest. These answers move your business up or down the multiple range, and they show where the most value can be added.
Estimated value today
$0
Where your value is being held back
Get your full report
I'll review your results personally and send a written report with a fuller valuation, what a buyer could finance, and a plan for closing the gap. Confidential, no obligation.
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I'll review your numbers and reach out within one business day. If you'd rather talk now, call me at (972) 904-3694.
This is a preliminary estimate based only on the figures you entered. It is not an appraisal or an opinion of value. A business is ultimately worth what a ready, willing and able buyer pays, and a full valuation reviews tax returns, add-back support, assets, comparable sales and financing. Larger businesses are often valued on EBITDA rather than SDE.
How this estimate works
Owner earnings, not just profit
Most owner-operated businesses sell for a multiple of seller’s discretionary earnings, or SDE. That’s pre-tax profit plus the owner’s salary and perks, interest, depreciation and genuine one-time costs. It shows what the business really produces for one full-time owner.
A multiple that reflects risk
Every industry has a typical range of multiples. Where your business lands in that range depends on how risky it looks to a buyer: whether it runs without you, how much revenue repeats, how concentrated your customers are and how clean your books are.
The gap is the opportunity
The “with a plan” figure keeps your earnings the same and shows only what stronger value drivers could do to the multiple. Growing profit on top of that adds more. For owners one to three years from a sale, closing this gap is usually the best return on their time.