For Business Owners Thinking About Selling
Before you sell, know your number. Enter three years of financials, select your industry, and get an instant SDE-based estimate of what buyers would pay for your business — in under five minutes.
Disclaimer: This tool estimates value using Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) for owner-operated businesses, where a buyer steps in and runs the business themselves. To arrive at a range, we apply a market-based SDE multiple drawn from comparable business sales in your industry - reflecting what buyers are actually paying for businesses like yours. This is not the exact value of your business. It provides a range of where we believe it could come in based on your numbers and current market conditions. Many other factors - buyer demand, deal structure, lease terms, customer concentration, and growth trends - can move that number in either direction. We are not requesting or storing any of your financial documents.
Fill in each row for all three years. Gross Profit and Net Income calculate automatically as you type.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue * | $ |
$ |
$ |
| Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) | $ |
$ |
$ |
| Gross Profit | $0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Operating Expenses | $ |
$ |
$ |
| Other Expenses | $ |
$ |
$ |
| Net Income | $0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Add-backs are personal or one-time owner expenses that run through the business and will not continue under new ownership. Note: These must be documentable and provable to buyers and lenders to qualify for SBA financing. Common examples are listed below.
| Add-back Item | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer Compensation (W2 Recorded) | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| Personal Auto Expenses | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| Owner Health Insurance / Benefits | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| One-Time Legal / Professional Fees | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| Depreciation & Amortization | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| Interest Expense | $ |
$ |
$ |
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| Total Add-backs | $0 |
$0 |
$0 |
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| Net Income | $0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
| Seller Discretionary Earnings (SDE) | $0 |
$0 |
$0 |
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Choose the category that best describes your business. This determines the SDE multiple range used in your valuation estimate.
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Based on your financials and industry. This is an estimate only.
Keep in mind: This number may come in above or below what a formal opinion of value from a business broker would determine. It is based solely on the numbers you entered and does not account for customer concentration, owner dependency, lease terms, growth trends, industry conditions, or current buyer demand, all of which can move your number significantly in either direction.
This tool should not be treated as something formal or used to make financial decisions. For a more accurate approach, we suggest reaching out to Rei Robinett directly to get a confidential, formal opinion of value on where your company might be valued today.
Rei will be in touch shortly to walk you through your results. In the meantime, feel free to download your PDF report above.
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Schedule a Free ConsultationThis free business valuation tool uses the Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) method — the most widely used approach for valuing owner-operated small businesses. Enter three years of revenue and net income, add back owner-specific expenses, and instantly see a realistic range of what your business could sell for.
Input three years of revenue and net income. The tool automatically calculates a weighted average to smooth out any single-year anomalies.
Add back owner salary, depreciation, personal expenses run through the business, and one-time costs — these are added back to arrive at your true SDE.
We apply industry-specific SDE multiples based on comparable business sales to give you a realistic low-to-high range of what buyers are paying for businesses like yours.
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