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Business Valuation Matrix

Three standard valuation methods, triangulated into one defensible range, and a real look at how much your bookkeeping quality is quietly costing you at the negotiating table.

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How To Use This Calculator

Enter your EBITDA, pick the industry that best matches your business, then add net income and net tangible assets for the other two methods.

The range bar shows the minimum, median and maximum valuation across all three approaches, a real buyer usually lands somewhere inside that range, not outside it. Be honest about your bookkeeping quality: the discount applied for messy records is one of the few valuation levers you can actually fix before going to market.

Your Inputs

The discounted earnings cap rate is the inverse of an earnings multiple, an 18% cap rate is roughly equivalent to a 5.6x multiple on net income.

Valuation Range

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EBITDA Multiple Method

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Discounted Earnings Method

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Asset-Backed Floor

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Minimum, Median & Maximum Enterprise Valuation

Bookkeeping Quality Is Part Of Your Price

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Real valuations also weigh customer concentration, owner dependency, contract terms, growth trajectory, and deal structure (asset sale vs. share sale). This triangulates three standard methods into a starting range for a conversation, not a formal business valuation report.

Clean books before you sell, not after an offer falls through diligence.