Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Fort Worth, TX
Recently, BizBuySell.com released its latest Fort Worth, Texas business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Fort Worth, TX
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Fort Worth listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $290,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $291,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Fort Worth, TX
In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, small businesses will usually sell for 1.04 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 $431,133 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 1.00 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $456,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Fort Worth, TX
Cash flow multiples are a useful metric that is used to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for businesses listed in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area was 3.69.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Fort Worth area businesses was $110,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.69 and the median cash flow was $108,000.
Number of Fort Worth Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 988 listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Fort Worth, but they are close by and so are probably representative of Fort Worth business valuations.
Tips for Fort Worth, TX Business Valuations
The things that business buyers value most is growing and predictable cash flow. If you've got predictable and growing cash flow, the odds are you are going to be happy with the business valuation you get. This helpful tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Fort Worth, TX 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 more information.
Historical Data for Fort Worth, TX Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Fort Worth area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Fort Worth area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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