02 — Inputs
03 — Valuation
$1.59m
Suggested asking price for your building & construction business in the rest of the North Island
2.5x owner earnings · range $1.34m – $1.87m · typical error ±21%
Priced on owner earnings of $640k: your EBITDA plus the owner’s wage · Compared with building & construction businesses (90% of matches) and other construction & trades businesses · includes stock and plant and equipment
Likely sale price~$1.42m
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 (Building & Construction)
the rest are the same industry
90%
Typical error
how far a range like this typically lands
±21%
The building & construction market
Asking prices over owner earnings unless stated · New Zealand · too few building & construction businesses for some charts, so they show all construction & trades businesses
Asking multiples by year
All construction & tradesmiddle 50%like-for-like
Multiple by earnings size
Building & Construction only
Multiple of revenue by revenue size
middle 50%All construction & trades
Asking multiples by who the customers are
bigger dot = bigger earningsmiddleBuilding & Construction only · % of businesses
By region
Building & Construction only
Region
Median
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2.0x
42%
2.1x
5%
2.2x
3%
2.0x
39%
2.0x
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.