Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data

Business Valuations for Kansas City, MO

BizBuySell.com has published its latest business valuation data, including Kansas City, Missouri small company business valuation data for Second Quarter 2009.

Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Kansas City, MO

According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Kansas City listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $232,000.

The median ask price for selling businesses was $295,000 in Q2 2008.

Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Kansas City, MO

In the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, businesses will on average sell for 0.73 times the selling company's revenues. The data indicates that is the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this area of the country.

According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $408,488 in Q2 2009.

To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.74 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $429,158.

Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Kansas City, MO

Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.

For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area was 2.96.

BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Kansas City area businesses was $100,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.39 and the median cash flow was $100,000.

Number of Kansas City Businesses for Sale in the Dataset

The study data comprised 116 listings in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Kansas City, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Kansas City business valuations.

Considerations When Valuing a Business in Kansas City, MO

When calculating a company valuation, three very important factors are the nature of the business, the risk involved, and the growth, stability or irregularity of earnings and cash flows. This useful tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.

Business Valuations for Kansas City, MO Businesses

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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports

The BizBuySell Insight Report is a nationally-recognized economic report that tracks trends in the business-for-sale marketplace. If you find these trends interesting, take a moment to visit BizBuySell.com Insights Report for additional information.

Historical Data for Kansas City, MO Business Valuations

With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses for sale in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area for the last 10 quarters.

Quarter
Median Ask
Q1 2007
$315,000
Q2 2007
$198,500
Q3 2007
$215,000
Q4 2007
$244,000
Q1 2008
$225,000
Q2 2008
$295,000
Q3 2008
$225,000
Q4 2008
$195,000
Q1 2009
$195,000
Q2 2009
$232,000

The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Kansas City area, based on BizBuySell.com's economic data.

Quarter
Revenue Multiple
Q1 2007
0.84
Q2 2007
0.64
Q3 2007
0.78
Q4 2007
0.72
Q1 2008
0.72
Q2 2008
0.74
Q3 2008
0.75
Q4 2008
0.73
Q1 2009
0.75
Q2 2009
0.73

The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Kansas City area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.

Quarter
Median Cash
Flow Multiple
Q1 2007
3.45
Q2 2007
3.18
Q3 2007
3.28
Q4 2007
3.32
Q1 2008
3.34
Q2 2008
3.39
Q3 2008
3.19
Q4 2008
2.80
Q1 2009
2.87
Q2 2009
2.96

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