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There are an estimated 160,000 practicing dentists in the United States. Given the impending baby boomer retirement, the volatile economy, and technological and administrative changes already underway, dental practice valuation is an increasingly challenging engagement.The Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Report: General Dentistry discusses the business environment and provides balance sheet benchmarks along with transactional data on over 125 sales of general dentistry practices.

Highlights of the Industry Transaction & Profile Annual Reports:

• Industry profiles from First Research - includes detailed competitive landscape, industry indicators, financial benchmarks such as cash flow and receivables, trends and opportunities, forecasts and resources for the specific industry.
  
  
• Five-year industry profile for the industry from BizMiner - data based on tens of thousands of companies’ income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements. Financial ratios include profitability, turnover, efficiency and solvency.
  
  
• Pricing “rules of thumb” from the Business Reference Guide - pricing tips directly from industry experts, actual rules of thumb, benchmarks, industry trends, expert commentary, industry advantages as well as disadvantages.
  
  
• Actual deal data from private company sales transactions as found in the Pratt’s Stats database - provides a transaction summary with mean and median selling prices along with copies of the actual transaction reports that include details on income, assets and selling terms. Each report also delivers the most common valuation multiples and financial ratios.
  
  
• Actual deal data from private "main street" company sales transactions as found in the BIZCOMPS database - provides a transaction summary with mean and median selling prices along with copies of the actual transaction reports that include details on income, assets and selling terms. Each report also delivers the most common valuation multiples and financial ratios.
  
  
• Actual deal data on public company purchases of private companies from the Public Stats database - provides a transaction summary with mean and median selling prices along with copies of the actual transaction reports that include details on income, assets and selling terms. Each report also delivers the most common valuation multiples and financial ratios.