Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for New Haven, CT
BizBuySell.com has published its latest business valuation data, including New Haven, Connecticut business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in New Haven, CT
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, New Haven listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $195,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $181,900 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In New Haven, CT
In the New Haven-Milford, CT metro area, small businesses will usually sell for 0.66 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 $364,100 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.73 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $300,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In New Haven, CT
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the New Haven-Milford, CT metro area was 2.88.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for New Haven area businesses was $96,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 2.85 and the median cash flow was $80,000.
Number of New Haven Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 135 listings in the New Haven-Milford, CT metro area. Many of the businesses in the dataset are outside of New Haven, but they are in the area and so are likely representative of New Haven business valuations.
Tips for New Haven, CT 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 New Haven, CT 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 New Haven, CT Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the New Haven-Milford, CT metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are changing in the New Haven area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the New Haven area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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