Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Atlanta, GA
Recently, BizBuySell.com released its latest Atlanta, Georgia business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Atlanta, GA
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Atlanta listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $240,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $250,000 in Q2 2008.
Atlanta, GA Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples
In the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA metro area, small businesses will on average sell for 0.97 times the selling company's revenues. That was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this area of the country.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $400,000 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 1.02 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $360,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Atlanta, GA
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for businesses listed in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA metro area was 3.65.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Atlanta area businesses was $96,800 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.62 and the median cash flow was $97,448.
Number of Atlanta Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 811 listings in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Atlanta, but they are nearby and so are probably representative of Atlanta business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Atlanta, GA
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 Atlanta, GA Businesses
If you are contemplating buying a business or selling a business and would like to look at comparables in the area, 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
The BizBuySell Insight Report is a nationally-recognized economic report that tracks trends in the business-for-sale marketplace. If you find these trends interesting, take a moment to visit BizBuySell.com Insights Report for additional information.
Historical Data for Atlanta, GA Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are changing in the Atlanta area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Atlanta area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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