Business
Valuation FAQs
What
is a Business Valuation?
A business valuation (also called an
appraisal) is an estimate of how much a business is
worth by a professional that has training and experience
in valuing businesses.
Who
Performs Business Valuations?
There are few firms like ours that
specialize in business valuations. Most other business
valuation professionals are also practicing CPAs,
business brokers, investment bankers, management
consultants, or commercial real estate brokers. There
are a number of professional organizations that offer
business valuation credentials. No one credential is
inherently better than another. Any one of these
credentials combined with valuation experience and a
business or finance background meets our definition of a
qualified business valuation professional.
Where to Find Business
Valuation Professionals
Finding certified/credentialed
business valuation professional is as easy as searching
the online membership directories of the major business
valuation credentialing organizations. Our search page
has direct links to the 4 main directories.
How to Evaluate
Business Valuation Professionals
A qualified business valuation
professional should have at least one major business
valuation credential, and business valuation experience.
Experience should be measured in both years and number
of valuations performed.
When is a Business
Valuation Commonly Needed?
In our firm the most common reason
for requesting a business valuation is because someone
is buying or selling a business. Other common reasons
are divorce, estate and gift tax planning, buy-sell
agreements, buy-ins or buy-outs, partner or shareholder
disputes, and business planning.
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