Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Niagara Falls, NY
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Niagara Falls, New York business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Niagara Falls, NY
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Niagara Falls listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $355,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $250,000 in Q2 2008.
Niagara Falls, NY Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples
In the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY metro area, companies will on average sell for 0.93 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 $376,500 in Q2 2009.
In terms of trending year over year, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 1.02 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $500,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Niagara Falls, NY
Cash flow multiples are a popular technique to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY metro area was 2.80.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Niagara Falls area businesses was $116,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.84 and the median cash flow was $88,500.
Number of Niagara Falls Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 26 listings in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Niagara Falls, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Niagara Falls business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Niagara Falls, NY
In order to properly assess the value of a business, you have to have access to data regarding recent business sales and merger activity. If you have access to such a database of company valuations, it's a relatively fast, cheap exercise to calculate a company's value by using sales prices for comparable businesses. This tip for valuing a business was provided by Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Niagara Falls, NY Businesses
If you are contemplating buying a business or selling a business and would like to value a specific business, we suggest you try the BizBuySell.com Business Valuation Tool. You can modify the dataset that creates business valuation estimates to meet your specific criteria. As a bonus, access to the tool is very affordable -- less than $100.
More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Niagara Falls, NY Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are changing in the Niagara Falls area, based on BizBuySell.com's data.
The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Niagara Falls area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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