Sangamon County, IL
$205,000
Sangamon County, IL
$205,000
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
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Elk Grove Village, IL
$1,000,000
San Francisco, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $3,500,000
Minnesota
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $2,200,000
Lake County, IL
$675,000
Las Vegas, NV
$99,000
$1,000,000
North Carolina
Cuyahoga County, OH
$4,999,999
Houston, TX
$139,000
Ken pokorny
Murphy Business Sales
Serving Collin County, TX
I am part of the largest and most successful business brokerage firm in North America specializing in the buying and selling of businesses, franchises, and commercial real estate. Murphy Business Sales closed sales transactions over $400M last year with the average size of $1.2M. We also have an elite M&A team that focuses in the middle market area (Revenues $20M- $100M+ ). Our offices are conveniently located throughout the United States and Canada. We have unsurpassed access to buyers and sellers nationwide. We are #1 in Business Sales because we create deal teams and bring in any and all resources in our system to achieve the client's objectives. Our proven process and system provide our clients with the means to achieve their goals successfully. We provide complete, thorough, and professional experience as we guide our clients through the maze of financial, legal and business activities to enter or exit a business. We spend a considerable amount of time and focus to assess and understand the client's personal, professional and financial life goals whenever we engage in business transactions. We have access to a vast wealth of professionals to assist in the business valuation assessment and exit planning process, as the situation requires.
Kings County, NY
$7,000,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Volusia County, FL
$475,000
Atlanta, GA
$1,500,000
Newark, NJ
$150,000
Burtonsville, MD
$85,000
San Joaquin County, CA
$230,000
Queens, NY
$300,000
Pinellas County, FL
$299,000
$295,000
Allen County, IN
Los Angeles County, CA
$2,095,000
Manitoba
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $1,213,009
Santa Barbara County, CA
$470,000
Orange County, CA
$130,000
Ohio
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $91,000
$6,600,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Lowell, MI
$3,350,000
Santa Clara County, CA
$100,000
Martin County, FL
$269,000
Salt Lake County, UT
$665,000
$2,100,000
Belgrade, MT
Greenville, SC
$220,000
Colorado
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $5,019
Texas
$14,000,000
Omaha, NE
$400,000
Salt Lake City, UT
$5,500,000
Decatur, IL
$995,000
Wilson County, TN
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $165,000
Pennsylvania
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $1,134,783
Norma Marini
Keller Williams Coastal Bend
Serving Aransas County, TX
The Ranch & Home Group
Westfield, NJ
$280,000
Fayette County, KY
$699,000
$150,000
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Rockland County, NY
$895,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Minnesota
$5,500,000
Grand Rapids, MI
$310,000
St. George, UT
$75,000
Charlotte County, FL
$771,000
Ohio
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $366,738
Richland County, SC
$224,900
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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