Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Miami, FL
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Miami, Florida business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Miami, FL Q2 2009 Business Valuations
Based on statistics prepared by BizBuySell.com, Miami listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $260,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $295,000 in Q2 2008.
Miami, FL Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples
In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL metro area, businesses will on average sell for 0.90 times the selling company's revenues. That was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this part of the country.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $433,000 in Q2 2009.
In terms of trending year over year, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.98 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $449,212.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Miami, FL
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for businesses listed in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL metro area was 3.20.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Miami area businesses was $110,560 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.32 and the median cash flow was $111,000.
Number of Miami Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 1771 listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Miami, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Miami business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Miami, FL
Remember that once you sell the business, your role as a revenue and profit generator will disappear. If a business is overly reliant on the talents of the current owner, buyers will value the business at a lower price, knowing that cash flow will be adversely impacted by the absence of the current owner. This useful business valuation advice comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Miami, FL Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Miami, FL Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Miami area, based on BizBuySell.com's data.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Miami area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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