Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Portland, OR
BizBuySell.com has published its latest business valuation data, including Portland, Oregon business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Portland, OR
Based on statistics prepared by BizBuySell.com, Portland listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $295,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $275,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Portland, OR
In the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA metro area, businesses will usually sell for 0.85 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 $403,000 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.92 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $414,845.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Portland, OR
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA metro area was 3.41.
BizBuySell.com determined that the median cash flow for Portland area businesses was $103,401 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.99 and the median cash flow was $94,823.
Number of Portland Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 139 listings in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Portland, but they are nearby and so are likely representative of Portland business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Portland, OR
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 Portland, OR Businesses
If you are contemplating buying a business or selling a business and would like to find out how much a business is worth, 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 Portland, OR Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Portland area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Portland area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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