Little Rock Air Force Base, AR
$127,000
Little Rock Air Force Base, AR
$127,000
Portland, OR
$80,000
Los Angeles, CA
$580,000
Saint Louis, MO
$1,300,000
Seattle, WA
$375,000
Dallas, TX
$1,499,000
Sacramento, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $245,746
$1,810,000
Hartford County, CT
$79,000
New York, NY
$10,000,000
Atlanta, GA
$139,000
Baltimore City County, MD
$799,999
Los Angeles, CA
$850,000
$2,650,000
Delaware
Nashville, TN
$190,000
Cook County, IL
$995,000
Randy Hendershot, CBB
Evolution Advisors
Serving Placer County, CA
Evolution provides a full range of professional services to anyone considering Buying or Selling a Business, including Valuation, Exit Strategies, Financing or anything else related to the sale or purchase of a business. Evolutions approach is unique and proven to work.
Coraopolis, PA
$799,000
Phoenix, AZ
$154,500
Hampden County, MA
$440,000
Brooklyn, NY
$700,000
Alameda County, CA
$1,300,000
Wisconsin
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $982,000
Collin County, TX
$120,000
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $716,000
$140,000
San Diego County, CA
Newcastle, OK
$300,000
Dallas County, TX
$295,000
Van Nuys, CA
$285,000
Medley, FL
$800,000
Illinois
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $300,000
Grapevine, TX
$825,000
Montgomery County, MD
$190,000
Ohio
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $1,000,000
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $3,725,590
Bristol County, MA
$450,000
$459,000
Haslet, TX
Duluth, GA
$160,000
New Jersey
$5,000,000
Passaic County, NJ
$2,200,000
Minnesota
$60,000
Utah
$1,500,000
Erie County, NY
$2,900,000
Saint Louis, MO
$835,000
Philadelphia County, PA
$1,150,000
Douglas Berger
Transworld Business Advisors of Murfreesboro
Serving Rutherford County, TN
Carroll County, MD
$129,000
Sangamon County, IL
$205,000
$40,000
Oakland, CA
Indiana
$2,000,000
Portsmouth, RI
$325,000
Clovis, CA
$300,000
Minnesota
$151,500
Miami-Dade County, FL
$125,000
Denver, CO
$1,700,000
Saint John, NB
$650,000
Companies that "make something" are always in demand, and U.S. manufacturing is growing, despite the decades long march towards offshore production. Some of the most popular categories include:
The manufacturing sector is resilient, and less affected by broader market trends. Asking prices and valuations have been steady through the pandemic years and continually command an average valuation multiple of 3 times seller earnings.
Whether you are considering buying or selling a manufacturing business, having some context is important for evaluating individual businesses relative to the market. To that end, we have aggregated business for sale listing data of manufacturing businesses, and surface key financial metrics and valuation multiples based on asking prices.
Market Overview
Number of Businesses Analyzed |
2,194 |
Median Asking Price |
$628,317 |
Median Reported Revenue |
$939,301 |
Median Reported Earnings |
$213,000 |
Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
Manufacturing Business Valuation Multiples
Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
Lower Quartile |
0.50 |
2.40 |
Median |
0.75 |
3.12 |
Upper Quartile |
1.10 |
4.23 |
Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
Read the Report:
Manufacturing Business Valuation Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a manufacturing business?
Prices vary depending on the size of the business listed, but the median asking price for a manufacturing business is $628,317.
How much do manufacturing business owners earn?
Manufacturing business owners report median annual sales of $939,301 and annual owner earnings of $213,000. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings.
How do I value a manufacturing business?
Valuing a manufacturing business involves considering several factors, including annual sales, profit, growth (or decline) trends, and demographic trends of the local market. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples among manufacturing businesses listed for sale range from 0.50 to 1.10, with the median at 0.75. Earnings multiples range from 2.40 to 4.23, with the median at 3.12. These values suggest a typical manufacturing business in the U.S. may sell for around 0.75 times its annual revenue, and 3.12 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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