How much is my business worth? A free calculator for UK and US owners.
Free valuation calculator | UK and US
A free calculator for UK and US owners.
Enter four figures and see an indicative enterprise value range in pounds or dollars, with the reasoning behind every adjustment. No sign-up, no email required to see the number.
Built by DealFlowAgent, a sector-specialist M&A advisory firm advising owners across the UK and US on business sales from £0.5M to £50M.
, not its revenue. The multiple a buyer will pay depends on how much of your revenue is contracted and recurring, and how dependent the business is on you personally.
Within the EBITDA range, the mix between contracted recurring revenue and one-off project work is the largest single driver. The bands below are DealFlowAgent estimates drawn from our published sector valuation guides. They are not a quotation and not an offer.
Four figures, one industry. The result shows the earnings a buyer would apply a multiple to, the multiple your inputs support, and each adjustment separately so you can see what is helping and what is holding you back.
The number above is a starting range. In a real process, the price is decided by things no four-field form can capture.
The calculator gives you a range in thirty seconds. The free report rebuilds your earnings the way a buyer will, scores your business against the factors above, and sets out what would need to change to move the multiple. It costs nothing and there is no obligation to run a process with us.
How much is my business worth?
Most privately held trading businesses are worth a multiple of their adjusted annual profit, not a multiple of revenue. The multiple a buyer will pay depends on how much of your revenue is contracted and recurring, how dependent the business is on you, and how credible your forward numbers are. Across the sectors we cover, well-run service businesses with contracted recurring revenue command materially higher multiples than project-led businesses on the same profit. The calculator on this page applies that logic to your own figures.
How much can I sell my business for in practice?
The realistic answer is a range, not a number, and it is set by three things: the earnings a buyer will accept after adjustments, the multiple your revenue quality supports, and how many credible buyers are looking at you at the same time. Owners who negotiate with a single approach almost always sell at the bottom of their own range. Competition is what moves the price within it.
It is an indicative range built from the multiple bands we publish in our sector valuation guides, adjusted for your margin, growth and recurring revenue. It cannot see your customer concentration, contract terms, management depth, working capital position or the quality of your accounts, and those routinely move a price by a turn or more in either direction. Treat it as a starting point and use the free written valuation report for a figure you could take into a conversation with a buyer.
What is the difference between SDE and EBITDA?
Seller's discretionary earnings adds the owner's own salary, benefits and personal costs back to profit, because a small buyer expects to work in the business. Adjusted EBITDA assumes the buyer pays a market-rate manager to replace the owner, so that salary stays as a cost. The same business will show a higher SDE than EBITDA, and the multiples applied to each are not comparable. Comparing a 3.5x SDE offer with a 6x EBITDA offer without rebuilding both is the most common valuation mistake owners make.
Why do buyers pay more for recurring revenue?
Contracted maintenance, inspection, monitoring or membership revenue is income the buyer keeps whether or not they win new work next year. Project or installation revenue has to be won again from a standing start. Across building services and compliance, two businesses with identical profit can price two to four turns apart purely on that split, which is why the mix matters more than the headline revenue figure.
Should I value my business on revenue or profit?
Profit, in almost every case. Revenue multiples appear in software and in some very high-growth situations, but in trades, compliance, facilities and healthcare services a buyer is purchasing an earnings stream. A revenue multiple quoted for one of those sectors is usually either a rule of thumb someone has misapplied or a broker anchoring you to a number they cannot deliver.
What are add-backs and how much do they matter?
Add-backs are costs in your accounts that a new owner would not carry: above-market owner pay, personal vehicles, family on payroll, one-off legal or professional fees. Each documented pound or dollar of add-back is multiplied, so one that survives diligence can be worth several times its face value. Anything you cannot evidence will be stripped out during quality of earnings work, so claim only what you can prove.
Do I have to be selling to get a valuation?
No. Most owners who use the free report are two to three years from any decision. Knowing the number early is what gives you time to change it, because the factors that move a multiple, recurring revenue mix, management depth, customer concentration, take twelve to twenty-four months to shift, not twelve weeks.
What does the free valuation report include?
A written report covering the adjusted earnings a buyer would apply a multiple to, the multiple range your business currently supports and why, the specific factors holding it back, and what a realistic buyer set looks like for your sector and size. It is free, there is no obligation to run a process with us, and it takes about a minute to start.
The single largest lever in the sectors we cover. Maintenance agreements, statutory inspection cycles, monitoring contracts and membership plans are earnings a buyer keeps by default. Move the mix from a quarter to a half of revenue and you change the band your business is valued in, not just its position within one.
Whether the business runs without you
If you hold the customer relationships, price the jobs and sign off the technical work, a buyer is purchasing your diary. That shows up as a lower multiple, a longer transition, and more of the price deferred behind an earn-out. A named second tier of management, documented, is worth real money.
Margin quality, not margin size
Buyers test whether your margin is structural or the result of underinvestment, deferred vehicle replacement, or one unusually profitable contract. A defensible 12% beats a fragile 20% that cannot be explained.
Accreditation, licensing and compliance record
In fire safety, water hygiene, electrical, lift and healthcare work, accreditation is what allows the buyer to keep trading your contracts. Lapsed certification, open enforcement or an unresolved regulatory finding is priced in, and usually more harshly than the cost of fixing it.
The quality of your accounts
Management accounts that reconcile to filed statements, a clean revenue split, and add-backs you can evidence do not just protect the price. They shorten diligence, and the most common cause of a price being re-traded after a letter of intent is a number that did not survive inspection.
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This is sometimes called EBITDA margin or operating margin. It represents what is left in the business after all costs are paid, before the owner takes their salary or pays tax. For example: £2M revenue, £360k profit = 18% margin.
Your profit as a percentage of revenue, after paying all operating costs (staff, materials, subcontractors, overheads, and all other business costs), but before paying yourself, dividends, or tax.
How much do you expect your revenue to grow over the next 12 months? Enter 0 if you expect it to stay flat. Negative numbers are accepted.
, project work, installations, or single sales. Customers are not under contract.
, projects/installs plus ongoing maintenance contracts or subscriptions you expect to renew.
, majority under formal contract or strong, data-backed repeat purchase.
Include revenue (1) under formal contract (maintenance, SLAs, inspections, multi-year service) or (2) backed by strong data showing reliable repeat purchase. Exclude one-off projects or reactive callouts.
What percentage of your annual revenue is genuinely recurring, meaning you are confident it will come back next year without having to re-sell it?
Briefly describe your main service mix
Each row shows your input, the typical sector benchmark, and the resulting adjustment to your EV/EBITDA multiple.
This estimate is based on your financials alone. A full valuation also accounts for your contracts, customer concentration, management team, and growth trajectory, factors that can significantly move your multiple. We'll review your business in detail and walk you through exactly what buyers will pay, and why.
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This estimate uses the Market Multiples (EV/EBITDA) methodology, the most widely used approach in lower mid-market M&A transactions. The multiples reflect the ranges our advisers apply when appraising private companies in our specialist sectors, adjusted for your company's size, industry, revenue quality, growth, and profitability. This is an indicative range, not a formal valuation, and it does not constitute financial or investment advice.
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A written report covering the adjusted earnings a buyer would apply a multiple to, the range your business currently supports, and what is holding it back. Optional, and your range above stays on screen either way.
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