02 — Inputs
03 — Valuation
$3.31m
Suggested asking price for your wholesale & distribution business in Auckland
3.3x owner earnings · range $2.93m – $3.88m · typical error ±18%
Priced on owner earnings of $1.00m: your EBITDA plus the owner’s wage · Compared with wholesale & distribution businesses (95% of matches) and other retail businesses · includes stock and plant and equipment
Likely sale price~$2.96m
Where your closest matches are priced
Bigger dot = bigger earningsDarker = closer match
How your midpoint was reached
from the whole industry to your closest matches
Two views of your price
middle half of each
Asking price vs earnings
shaded = your market band · lines = your three positions
How solid is this range
Same type (Wholesale & Distribution)
the rest are the same industry
95%
Typical error
how far a range like this typically lands
±18%
The wholesale & distribution market
Asking prices over owner earnings unless stated · New Zealand · too few wholesale & distribution businesses for some charts, so they show all retail businesses
Asking multiples by year
All retailmiddle 50%like-for-like
Multiple by earnings size
Wholesale & Distribution only
Multiple of revenue by revenue size
middle 50%Wholesale & Distribution only
Asking multiples by who the customers are
bigger dot = bigger earningsmiddleWholesale & Distribution only · % of businesses
By region
Wholesale & Distribution only
Region
Median
Share now
2.9x
67%
2.9x
16%
2.9x
11%
An indication only, from the asking prices of comparable businesses; the likely sale price applies what buyers paid of asking in recent sales. Not a formal valuation or financial advice. See the Disclaimer.