Certified Business Appraisal Price Comps

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by an investor from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
in Lexington, KY, USA

4yrs ago

Certified Business Appraisal Price Comps

I am looking to get an appraisal on a family-owned business with ~$10M in revenue for the purpose of an intrafamily transfer. Does anyone have price comps on the cost a certified business appraisal?

Thanks for the help!

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reply by an intermediary 4yrs ago
from University of Pennsylvania in Durham, NC, USA

^redacted‌ My firm prepares valuations for intrafamily transfers. Fees can vary widely depending on the specific situation. Please contact me if you want to discuss or need an estimate for your family-owned business. My email is redacted

reply by an intermediary 4yrs ago
from The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA

Normal valuation and market comps are when a third party is buying, or bought, the business. Leverage is implicit in such normal valuation and market comps. However, when it comes to intrafamily valuation, leverage is typically not acceptable to the buying shareholder. The selling shareholder expects cash which is the buying shareholder is not able to provide. My practice is M&A and structuring. I do not do valuation. However, my software helps solve valuation and structuring problem in intrafamily transfer. Happy to share. Please DM me. (Example: 2 years ago, 3 brothers, all active in the business. Shareholder conflict. Family attorney engaged two appraiser firms w/o telling them whether they were valuing buying shareholder or selling shareholder. One firm had 10 appraisers with ASA; other had 20. One firm valued the business at $40 M; the other valued it at $150 M. Family CPA asked me to intervene.)