What is your business worth?

Prepare for business succession

A well-planned succession starts with a clear view of earnings, your role in the business, and the transition timeline.

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• Understand your earnings trendsGather annual financial statements and current management reports. Compare revenue and earnings over time.
• Review your role in the businessReview the customer relationships and duties you manage personally, the decisions you make, and how these responsibilities could pass to a successor.
• Plan the transitionDecide when you intend to hand over management and which responsibilities should move to your successor along the way.

Prepare your business for sale

Prepare to explain your earnings to potential buyers and decide what you intend to sell. Review key customer relationships and contracts as well.

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• Explain nonrecurring earnings itemsShow how nonrecurring income and expenses affected earnings. Keep the supporting records available.
• Review customer concentration and contractsReview major customers' shares of revenue, contract terms and termination rights, alongside the proportion of recurring revenue.
• Define the scope of the saleSpecify which legal entities, business units and assets you intend to include in the sale.

Review your valuation expectations

An indicative valuation helps you test your expectations against the financial position and performance of your business. Start by reviewing earnings trends, debt and cash balances.

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• Compare revenue and earningsCompare current revenue and EBITDA with the corresponding figures from previous years.
• Gather debt and cash balancesRecord financial debt and cash balances as of the same date.
• Assess future earningsConsider which earnings are likely to continue and which arose from nonrecurring events.

Your valuation multiples, explained

The result gives you an indicative multiple range and explains how your sector, company size and business characteristics shape it.

The multiple range is an initial guide. It does not replace a formal valuation or a detailed review of your business.

How your multiples are calculated

Mittelstandswert calculates its sector multiples by adapting a European publicly traded company benchmark for Mittelstand businesses. Company size is considered separately.

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