What is your business worth?
A sector multiple applied to your profit, then narrowed by the five things that actually move a price. We show the working, and what a buyer would question. It is a starting point for a conversation with an adviser, and it is not a valuation.
Two figures and a sector
Most sale valuations for owner-managed businesses start from adjusted profit and a sector multiple. Enter yours and we will show the range and the working, so you can see which assumption is doing the heavy lifting.
Adjusted profit means your profit with the owner’s salary and any personal costs added back. It is the number a buyer will start from, and getting it right matters more than the multiple.
Then answer as many of the five questions as you like. They are the things that decide where in a sector’s range a business actually lands, and they matter more than the sector does. Why that is
Would you rather just ask somebody?
If you would rather not work through the form, tell us roughly what the business does and what it turns over, and we will come back with a considered view of what it is worth.
No charge, no obligation, and no success fee at any point. We do not pass your details to anyone.
How a price is actually arrived at
All valuing guides- How UK businesses are valuedHow owner-managed UK businesses are valued: adjusted profit, multiples, what a multiple reflects, and the gap between an asking price and a sale price.10 min read
- Business sale multiples by sector: what the data saysTypical UK profit multiples by sector for owner-managed businesses, why published averages mislead, and what moves a multiple within its range.9 min read
- Adjusted EBITDA: what you can and cannot add backWhich add-backs survive a buyer's accountant in a UK business sale, which do not, and how to build an adjustment schedule that holds up.9 min read