What Is Your Business Actually Worth?
Get a realistic, defensible view of what your business would sell for today — based on recast earnings, market-value methodology, industry multiples, and the factors buyers actually weigh.
You’re not doing this alone. A Built Equity advisor reviews your numbers with you, walks you through the recast and the report, and is available to answer questions before, during, and after.
One-time flat fee · Built Equity advisor included · Market-value methodology · Yours to keep · A few business days
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Most owners don’t actually know what their business is worth.
You may have heard a rule of thumb. You may have a number in your head. You may have asked your CPA, your spouse, or a friend in the same industry.
But none of that is the same as a market-value valuation built around recast earnings, comparable transactions, and the factors buyers actually weigh. And the alternative most owners pick is no real number at all — which is the version that costs the most.
Whatever your reason for asking — the answer should be a defensible number, not a guess.
Who the Valuation Report is for.
You don’t need to be selling to want a real number. The report is built for owners who want clarity on what the business is actually worth — for whatever reason.
It’s a fit if you’re:
- Trying to understand what your business is actually worth today
- Planning around retirement, succession, or what's next
- Negotiating a partner buy-sell, buyout, or partnership change
- Working through estate, divorce, or family-financial conversations
- Curious what years of building have actually built
- Considering a sale eventually and want a clear starting point
It’s not for:
Certified valuation work for tax, litigation, divorce, or estate purposes. If you need a formal certified opinion, work with a qualified valuation professional or CPA.
What your valuation report includes
This isn’t an automated calculator or a generic multiple. It’s a structured pre-sale valuation built around how buyers evaluate small and mid-sized businesses.
Recast financials
We review your financials and normalize earnings so the valuation is based on SDE and/or EBITDA the way buyers typically evaluate owner-operated companies.
Add-back review
You know your business best — you identify the add-backs (owner compensation, one-time costs, discretionary spending). Your advisor helps you think through what belongs and explains the reasoning so the earnings story is clear.
Market value range
A realistic range of value (not a single magic number) using earnings, industry multiples, and comparable transaction logic.
Factors considered
The customer mix, owner involvement, growth trends, margins, recurring revenue, and risk factors we used in arriving at your value range — so you understand what's behind the number.
Polished PDF report
Yours to keep. Share it with your spouse, CPA, attorney, financial planner, or partners — whoever needs to see the number alongside the methodology.
See what your report will look like.
A professionally formatted PDF — clear methodology, defensible numbers, and a value range you can put in front of your CPA, attorney, partner, or spouse.
Want to see one before you decide? Request an anonymized sample and we’ll email it to you.
- Real layout, anonymized numbers
- See the methodology, not just the result
- No pitch, no follow-up calls unless you ask
Request a Sample Report
We'll email an anonymized sample within 1 business day.
How the process works
You provide the business context and financials. We handle the structuring, recasting, analysis, and report preparation.
Tell us about the business
Complete a guided intake covering revenue, customers, employees, operations, growth, and owner involvement.
Upload your financials
Provide your last three years of tax returns, P&Ls, or financial statements. We use them to build a clearer earnings picture.
Build the recast together
You identify the add-backs that should normalize your earnings — owner compensation, one-time costs, discretionary spending. Your advisor walks you through what typically belongs and where to be conservative.
We apply the analysis
We take your recast earnings, evaluate the risk factors, apply industry multiples and comparable-transaction logic, and produce your market-value range.
You receive your valuation report
A polished PDF showing the value range, the methodology, the assumptions, and the factors considered.
Typical turnaround: a few business days after your intake and financials are submitted.
Priced for clarity, not ceremony.
A formal certified valuation is the right tool when you need court-ready documentation — tax filings, estate work, divorce, partner disputes, or litigation. Most owners don’t need that. They need a defensible market-value number, fast.
Certified Valuation
Tax, estate, divorce, litigation, formal reporting
$3K–$10K+
Often weeks. Built for compliance and documentation.
Built Equity Valuation Report
For owners exploring a sale
$1,500 flat fee
A few business days. Built for exit planning and go-to-market clarity.
Most owners want clarity, not credentials. If you need court-ready, hire a CPA. Otherwise, start here.
Real support — not a chatbot.
You’re not on your own at any step. A Built Equity advisor is available by phone, email, or in-app message — before, during, and after your report.
Email us
Send a question any time. We typically respond within one business day.
support@builtequity.comIn-app messaging
Once you’re working in the platform, every question goes directly to our exit support team.
Built into the platform
Questions about your numbers, the methodology, or how we arrived at a value — we’re one message away.
Common questions
A CPA or certified valuation is often built for tax, estate, divorce, litigation, or formal reporting. Those valuations can be valuable, but they’re often more expensive, slower, and not designed around a sale decision. The Built Equity Valuation Report is a pre-sale valuation for owners exploring an exit. It’s designed to answer: “What would a buyer likely think this business is worth, and what factors are helping or hurting that number?”
That's actually one of the most common reasons owners get one. Plenty of people want to know what the business is worth for retirement planning, partner conversations, estate and family-financial decisions, or simply because they've never had a clear number. You don't need to be selling to benefit from knowing.
No. This is not a certified appraisal for IRS, court, divorce, estate, or litigation purposes. It’s a practical pre-sale valuation report built for business owners considering an exit.
Want to talk it through first?
Book a short call with a Built Equity advisor. Walk through your business, what you’re trying to figure out, and whether the Valuation Report fits what you need. No pressure, no pitch — a practical conversation about your numbers.
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$1,500 flat fee · Built Equity advisor included · Market-value methodology · Yours to keep · A few business days