Trades
What Your Business Is Worth
Buyers pay for provable profit, not for how hard you worked.
Trade utility
Buyers pay for provable profit
Signed recurring agreements. The single biggest multiple-raiser in a service business.
Likely range
$162,975 – $285,975
SDE $123,000 at about 1.8×
SDE
$123,000
Owner dependencies
4 of 5
Planning ranges, not an appraisal. Add-backs you cannot substantiate get struck out in diligence — clean books are what you actually get paid for.
What you type here is saved automatically — on this device, and to your account if you have one.
About this tool
Calculate seller's discretionary earnings, apply a realistic multiple, and score how much the business depends on you — which is what moves the multiple.
Best for
For an owner thinking about selling, or wondering whether there is an asset here at all.
Expected outcomes
Generate actionable structure, optimized formulas, and verified indicators under strict outcome standards.
Goes well with
Keep the workflow moving
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A number is a start. Here’s what to do with it.
This journey uses What Your Business Is Worth as one step in a longer sequence of real actions.