Explainer
How much weight completed sales, asking prices and valuation opinions carry
Why a completed arm's length sale, an advertised asking price and another valuer's opinion are different kinds of market evidence, and how to weigh each one.
Topic
Industry research and market evidence
What market evidence can and cannot show, the Business Value Monitor research programme, and what drives value in particular industries.
Written for: Journalists, industry associations, brokers and advisers who use market evidence.
Valuo Insights
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Research
Valuo Business Value Monitor
A research programme on Australian private business transaction evidence. The methodology, evidence standards and data sources are published; findings are released only when licensed data supports them.
Industry guide
What is my agency worth?
A marketing, creative or digital agency is worth the profit it can keep making without you. Retainers, client spread and key staff all move the value.
Industry guide
What is my café worth?
Your café is worth the profit it can keep making for a new owner, adjusted for risk. Lease, rent, staff and your own hours all move the figure.
Industry guide
What is my childcare centre worth?
A long day care centre is worth the profit it can keep making. Occupancy, staff costs, the lease, the quality rating and local competition all move it.
Industry guide
What is my cleaning business worth?
What your cleaning business is worth depends on its contracts, customer spread, staff and how much of the work still relies on you.
Industry guide
What is my franchise worth?
A franchise is worth the profit your unit can keep making, adjusted for risk. Agreement term, fees, the lease and franchisor consent all move it.
Industry guide
What is my IT business worth?
An IT services or managed services business is worth the profit it can keep making. Recurring contracts, client spread and key engineers move the value.
Industry guide
What is my mechanic workshop worth?
What your mechanic or auto repair workshop is worth depends on profit that lasts without you, your lease, mechanics, equipment and repeat customers.
Industry guide
What is my online store worth?
Your online store is worth the profit it can keep making for a new owner, adjusted for risk. Repeat buyers, ad spend, platforms and stock move the figure.
Industry guide
What is my restaurant worth?
Your restaurant is worth the profit it can keep making for a new owner, adjusted for risk. Lease, chef, liquor licence and delivery apps all play a part.
Industry guide
What is my retail shop worth?
Your shop is worth the profit it can keep making for a new owner, adjusted for risk. Lease, location, stock and supplier terms often move the figure most.
Industry guide
What is my salon worth?
What your hair, beauty or nail salon is worth depends on profit that stays when you step back, your lease, your team and your client book.
Industry guide
What is my trades business worth?
What your plumbing, electrical, HVAC or other trades business is worth depends on profit that continues without you, licences, staff and repeat work.