[Practice value calculator]
What is your accounting practice worth?
An indicative value range in about ten minutes, with your risk score, how ready you are to sell, and what would lift the number.
01Answer four short sectionsYour firm, your numbers, your plans, 12 yes/no questions.
02Tell us where to send itYour name and email, so we can send you a copy to keep.
03See your indicative rangePlus a risk score, a readiness rating and the gap to your price.
[What you get back]
Four numbers that tell you where you stand.
01A value rangeLow, most likely and high, worked out as a multiple of your fees.
02A risk score out of 10How a buyer will see your practice: owner dependence, clients, systems, growth.
03A readiness ratingWhether the practice, you and the market are ready, and when to go.
04The gap to your priceHow far you are from the number you need, and which levers close it.
[How it is worked out]
Built on how accounting practices actually sell.
Practices sell for a multiple of their annual fees. We start from the multiple buyers pay for a firm your size, then adjust it for your margin, your client mix and 12 things buyers check first.
SizeLarger fee bases attract more buyers and a higher starting multiple.
MarginEvery point of EBITDA margin above or below 25% moves the multiple.
Client mixA fee base heavy in individual tax returns is worth less to most buyers.
RiskOwner dependence, client concentration, systems and growth, scored out of 10.
CaveatAn indicative estimate from the figures you enter. It is not a formal valuation and is not prepared under APES 225.
Prepares Australian businesses for sale, so a buyer, their accountant and their bank can see exactly what they are buying.
Kev Ryan's accounting firm M&A practice. More than 16 years selling accounting practices, and a database of over 12,000 firms to find the right buyer.