Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Minneapolis, MN
BizBuySell.com has published its latest business valuation data, including Minneapolis, Minnesota reports on business valuations for Q2 2009.
Minneapolis, MN Q2 2009 Business Valuations
Based on statistics prepared by BizBuySell.com, Minneapolis listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $258,999.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $250,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Minneapolis, MN
In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, small businesses will on average sell for 0.86 times the selling company's revenues. The data indicates that is 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 give this some context, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.88 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $388,684.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Minneapolis, MN
Cash flow multiples are a popular technique to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for businesses listed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area was 4.10.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Minneapolis area businesses was $79,402 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 4.20 and the median cash flow was $78,166.
Number of Minneapolis Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 317 listings in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Minneapolis, but they are nearby and so are probably representative of Minneapolis business valuations.
Tips for Minneapolis, MN Business Valuations
Long before you want to sell a business, it's a good idea to hire a business valuation consultant to get a feel for what a business is worth. By doing this, you'll learn how to value a business and will identify many improvements you can make to improve the valuation for your business. This good valuing-a-business tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Minneapolis, MN 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 published every quarter. If you find these trends interesting, take a moment to visit BizBuySell.com Insights Report for more information.
Historical Data for Minneapolis, MN Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are changing in the Minneapolis area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Minneapolis area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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