Iowa
$4,000,000
Iowa
$4,000,000
Pulaski County, AR
$800,000
Ontario
$3,250,000
Norfolk County, MA
Cash Flow: $1,700,000
Aroostook County, ME
$295,000
Greater Toronto Area, ON
$4,715,000
Jackson County, MO
Cash Flow: $599,685
Albuquerque, NM
$400,000
New Jersey
$2,399,999
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Lexington, SC
$4,000,000
Florida
$1,100,000
Parker, CO
$120,000
Gta, ON
$1,000,000
$279,000
Lake Geneva, WI
Coweta County, GA
$350,000
Portland, OR
$60,000
Dan Walkowski
Transworld Business Advisors of Portland
Serving Multnomah County, OR
With over 40 years of experience, Transworld Business Advisors has grown to be the world leader in the marketing and sales of businesses. We have a proven process with a large international network of Brokers collaborating to confidentially vet and identify qualified buyers and match them to business opportunities. I am the owner, Managing Director and Licensed Principal Broker of the Portland office and Designated Managing Broker of the Vancouver WA office. Our OR and WA teams of Business Brokers, M&A Advisors and Franchise Consultants are here to serve the OR and SW WA business community. We facilitate the entire business sales and marketing process starting with completing the business valuation, creating the advertising and marketing materials customized to each business. Our process and skilled team of Brokers collaboratively and confidentially work to find and vet qualified financial and strategic buyers and facilitate the entire business sales process up through closing. Our Business Brokers are also licensed real estate Brokers so they can assist with the sale or transfer of real property with the sale of the business as needed. If you are a business owner who is thinking about selling we are here to confidentially assist you throughout the entire business sales process and we encourage business owners to contact us when they are beginning to think about selling so we can help them prepare their business to take to market at a time when they can achieve the highest possible price the market will bear. We serve main street to middle market businesses up to 100 million dollars in annual revenue. We have a very diverse team of Brokers who come from with strong business backgrounds from a variety of industries and many have been business owners themselves or have experienced the Transworld process during the sale of their business. In addition, we have a very experienced team of M&A Advisors who are some of the best in the industry that we can bring in to support any size transaction. In addition, we have a dedicated team of Certified Franchise Consultants who represent over 300 different franchise business opportunities. Their services are of no cost to business buyers as they are paid a referral fee from the franchise a buyer purchases. The role of the Franchise Consultant is to serve the buyer through the entire sales process from researching and identifying an opportunity, evaluating the opportunity, introducing the buyer to the franchise, referrals to lending and other business resources, and guiding the buyer through the franchise evaluation and discovery process. If you are thinking about selling your business or are in growth mode and seeking growth through acquisitions or franchising, please contact me for a free initial consultation. You can reach me at dbucklin@tworld.com or 503-820-0063.
Temecula, CA
$1,200,000
Denton County, TX
Cash Flow: $437,000
Mississauga, ON
$3,999,000
Port Saint Lucie, FL
$335,000
Providence, RI
$2,100,000
Pima County, AZ
$1,500,000
Marin County, CA
$325,000
Beaufort, SC
$250,000
Scranton, PA
Mishawaka, IN
$260,000
Collier County, FL
$1,230,000
King County, WA
$160,000
Nashville, TN
$65,000
Henry County, MO
$525,000
Miami-Dade County, FL
$1,550,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Wisconsin
$9,000,000
King County, WA
Cash Flow: $274,000
Moreno Valley, CA
$365,600
DuPage County, IL
$4,500,000
$11,000,000
Tempe, AZ
Elmhurst, NY
$200,000
Brooklyn, NY
$1,599,000
Sacramento County, CA
$165,985
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
California
Cash Flow: $1,109,010
Dallas County, TX
$89,000
Montcalm County, MI
$750,000
Weld County, CO
$170,000
Boerne, TX
$1,000,000
Tony Nguyen
Fairfax Realty Select
Serving Fairfax County, VA
Trusted source in the local business community of the Metropolitan areas of Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland. Buying, Selling and Leasing variety of businesses: Restaurant, Beauty salon, Convenient Store, Gas Station, Auto Repair shop, Dry Clean, Laundromat...etc. are what we have been serving our clients successfully for years. We are committed to help you to achieve your goals with successful results.
Charleston County, SC
$675,000
Atlanta, GA
$2,400,000
$180,000
Wilmington, DE
Lakebay, WA
$35,000
Hillsborough County, FL
$249,900
Ramsey County, MN
$495,000
Utah
$6,500,000
Orange County, CA
$249,000
Lewisville, TX
$159,000
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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