Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for New York, NY
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com New York, New York business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
New York, NY Q2 2009 Business Valuations
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, New York listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $250,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $257,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In New York, NY
In the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA metro area, companies will on average sell for 0.82 times the selling company's revenues. That was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this metro area.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $448,944 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.87 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $425,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In New York, NY
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA metro area was 2.91.
BizBuySell.com determined that the median cash flow for New York area businesses was $119,204 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 2.94 and the median cash flow was $118,840.
Number of New York Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 4822 listings in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of New York, but they are in the area and so are likely representative of New York business valuations.
Tips for New York, NY Business Valuations
The things that business buyers value most is growing and predictable cash flow. If you've got predictable and growing cash flow, the odds are you are going to be happy with the business valuation you get. This helpful tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for New York, NY Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for New York, NY Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the New York area, based on BizBuySell.com's economic data.
The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the New York area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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