Understand What Your Business May Be Worth in the Market
A confidential assessment of market value, sale readiness, and your options.
BMI works with owners of privately held companies with $3 million to $150 million in revenue who are considering a sale now or planning ahead. We help you understand how buyers may value your business and whether a sale could meet your financial and personal goals.
The process begins with a confidential conversation about your company and what you want to achieve. Our initial assessment includes an informal market-based opinion of value, together with guidance on timing, preparation, and possible deal structures. There is no fee for the initial assessment and no obligation to sell or engage BMI.
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How we assess value
What is your business worth to a buyer?
BMI’s business valuation approach brings together transaction experience, buyer insight, and a close review of your company to assess a likely range of sale value. We also help you understand the terms and preparation that could shape your outcome.
Deal experience
Our advisors have evaluated offers, negotiated terms, and guided transactions through closing. That experience helps us recognize what supports value and where a deal may face challenges.
Buyer expectations
Regular conversations with strategic acquirers, private equity groups, family offices, and private investors inform our understanding of what buyers seek, how they evaluate opportunities, and where they see risk.
Comparable transactions
We draw on a database of more than 90,000 deals to identify relevant comparisons, considering how differences in size, performance, and business characteristics may affect your company’s value.
Your business
We examine earnings, financial adjustments, customer relationships, management depth, and growth prospects to identify the strengths that may support value and the risks buyers may question.
Your goals and terms
We help you weigh potential price, cash at closing, deferred payments, and your role after a sale against your financial and personal goals.
Preparation priorities
We identify issues that could weaken buyer confidence, reduce value, or slow a sale. You gain a clearer sense of what deserves attention before going to market.
The initial assessment
How the initial assessment works.
We review your business and your priorities before you decide whether to pursue a sale.
1Discovery conversations
We begin with one to three confidential conversations about your company, your goals, and the timing you have in mind.
2Financial review
We review financial records, earnings adjustments, and performance trends to understand the business performance buyers will evaluate.
3Market valuation
We develop an informal, market-based opinion of value, informed by your business, comparable transactions, and buyer expectations.
4Review your options
We discuss the likely range of sale value, possible deal terms, and preparation priorities alongside your goals, so you can decide whether and when to pursue a sale.
BMI’s initial assessment provides an informal, market-based opinion of value to help you evaluate a potential sale. If you need a formal business appraisal, we can refer you to a qualified appraiser.
Your next decision
Decide whether to sell and what to address first.
The assessment lets you compare likely sale value with your financial and personal goals, then decide whether to sell now, prepare for a future sale, or keep running the business.
Further reading
Understanding business value and deal terms.
The factors that influence valuation, and how the terms of an offer affect what you receive.
- Ten Factors Determining Business Value in a Sale
- Methods of Valuation when Selling a Business
- Add-Backs to EBITDA Can Substantially Increase Business Valuations
- Selling Your Business – Price vs. Terms
View more valuation resources
- 2027 Security Guard Company Valuation Report: EBITDA Multiples by Revenue
- 2027 Janitorial & Building Services Company Valuation Report: EBITDA Multiples by Revenue
- Valuation Multiples for the Manufacturing Industry
- Construction Industry Multiples (Revised June 2023)
- Construction Contractors: 10 Ways to Increase Your Company’s Valuation Before Selling
- Valuations – Electronic Product Manufacturing
- Concentration Can Significantly Impact Valuations for Lower Middle Market Electronic Businesses
- Questions to Consider When Receiving an Unsolicited Offer to Sell Your Company
Next step
Considering a sale or planning ahead? Start with a confidential conversation.
Tell us about your business, your timing, and what you want to achieve. We’ll start with a confidential conversation about how buyers may value your company and what you could do next.
Request a confidential consultation(215) 240-7648 · contact@bmimergers.com
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