Business valuation template
- Midpoint of the range
- $486,000
- Earnings as a share of revenue, percent
- 20
- Low end of the range
- $396,000
- High end of the range
- $576,000
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it, including the multiple, which is yours. MultiplesBook publishes no multiples, no comps and no survey: the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
The figures above start from a worked example ($486,000). Change any input and the answer updates as you type.
Download the Business valuation template worked example (CSV)
This is a business valuation template that writes the range rather than a point, which is the honest form. Earnings as a share of revenue shows how much of the top line the business keeps; the seller's discretionary earnings at a low and a high multiple, with inventory at cost added to each, give the ends of the range; and the midpoint is the figure to open with. The multiples are yours; the tool publishes none and the report is a working document, not an appraisal. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan prints it under your name.
Earnings as a share of revenue, so the reader sees the quality
Two businesses with the same earnings and different revenue are different businesses, and a report that shows only the earnings hides it. The earnings margin, seller's discretionary earnings as a percent of revenue, is the first line because it tells the reader how much of every dollar the owner keeps, which is what a buyer will check against the trade.
A low and a high multiple, and the inventory on both
Comparable sales give a range of multiples, not one, so the report values the earnings at the low and at the high and adds the inventory at cost to each end. The range is the honest form: a single point invites an argument about the multiple, a range invites a conversation about where in it this business sits.
The midpoint to open with, and the report kept
The midpoint of the range is the figure to open with, and the ends are the figures to move between. The paid plan prints the report under your name, files it against the business and the date, and keeps the multiples used, so next year's report can say what changed.
Business valuation template: common questions
Is this a free business valuation template?
Yes. Enter the revenue, the seller's discretionary earnings, a low and a high multiple and the inventory, and it writes the range with the midpoint and the earnings margin on the page, no account and no card. Print it as it stands. MultiplesBook Pro adds your name and logo, a PDF without our line, and saving the report against the business.
Is this an appraisal report?
No. It is your own arithmetic on your own figures at multiples you chose, laid out as a range for a conversation with a buyer or a partner. An appraisal a lender, a court or a tax authority will rely on is a signed opinion from a qualified valuer under a professional standard, and this template is not that.
How wide should the range be?
As wide as the multiples you were actually quoted. If comparable sales in your trade closed between two and three times earnings, those are the ends; narrowing them to look precise is how a report loses the reader's trust. The midpoint is where to open, not where to stop.