A Business Valuation is more than a multiple of earnings or rule of thumb

Understanding the factors that determine the value of any business will pay tangible dividends by focusing you on ways to increase your firm's short and long term profitability. Moreover, if you choose to sell your business at some point in the future, this knowledge will assist you in positioning your company to receive the highest price. Therefore, there is no time like the present to begin to understand what a business valuation is, and why it is financially beneficial to you as a business owner to know what your business is worth today, and what you can be doing to improve the valuation of the business under your ownership.

Although the business sales and lending processes generally require that valuations be completed, if these events represent the first time an owner has a valuation completed, then you can be sure critical business and estate planning issues have not been addressed. If the business is to have a life beyond that of its current owners, then effective planning for ownership transition requires a regular valuation of the business.

CBO Brokers routinely value privately held businesses. Business owners have requested our services to value their business for estate planning purposes, divorce settlements, retirement planning, expansion, financing, or modifying ownership shares.

CBO also routinely provides opinions of value to our clients who are ready to sell their business. These value opinions are generated by reviewing multiple factors and valuation methods and are unique for every business we service.