Year of Sale |
Count |
Median revenue |
Median selling price |
Median price/ sales multiple |
Median price/ gross profit |
2007 |
1,493 |
$844K |
$419K |
0.58 |
1.03 |
2008 |
1,626 |
$535K |
$250K |
0.52 |
0.88 |
2009 |
862 |
$483K |
$207K |
0.47 |
0.74 |
“It’s important to note that the above includes all industries, company sizes, company types (S Corp, C Corp, etc.), all sale types (asset and stock); it includes everything in one tasty soup,” says BVMarketData publisher Doug Twitchell. “Even with that, it’s probably a fairly good indicator of what’s happened with valuation multiples overall.”
Even better news: In just the last two months, we’ve collected 439 deals for Pratt’s Stats, taking the total transactions to just over 15,000. The median net sales of the collected deals equaled $438K with a median selling price of $200K. Here’s a breakdown of the deals by major industry category—note that restaurants still show up as the top SIC code, accounting for 87 new deals:
Industry |
Count |
Agriculture, Forestry, And Fishing |
8 |
Construction |
21 |
Manufacturing |
28 |
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services |
11 |
Wholesale Trade |
25 |
Retail Trade |
205 |
Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate |
14 |
Services |
127 |
Total |
439 |