Selling or buying a service business
If the revenue repeats without being re-sold, buyers will pay for it.
I want to sell my Service businesses business I want to buy one
If you own one
Thinking about selling your service business?
Service businesses cover an enormous range — but they are valued on one common question: how much of next year's revenue is already effectively committed. A business where customers renew without being re-sold each year is worth substantially more than one where every dollar has to be won again, even at identical earnings. That is the single most useful thing to work on before a sale.
What raises the price
- Contracted, subscription or habitual revenue that renews
- A customer base broad enough that losing one does not hurt
- Delivery handled by trained staff rather than by the owner
- Documented procedures, pricing and a real CRM
- Demonstrable customer retention over several years
What a buyer will discount
- Revenue that must be entirely re-won every year
- The owner performing the service and holding the relationships
- Pricing set by memory and negotiation rather than by policy
- Staff turnover in the roles the customer actually deals with
None of this is a reason to wait. Most of these are fixable, and knowing which ones apply to you is exactly what a valuation is for.
What is my service business worth?
Nine questions, an indicative range on screen, and a scorecard showing which value drivers you already have and which are costing you money. No cost, no obligation, and nothing is published.
Get a free valuationPrefer to talk it through first? Use the form below — it reaches a person, not a queue.
If you want to buy one
Looking to acquire a service business?
Look for contracted or habitual revenue, a customer base spread wide enough that no single loss is fatal, and delivery that does not require the founder. Those three things separate a business from a job.
Not sure you are ready to compete? Take the readiness check — two minutes, and it tells you exactly what sellers compare buyers on.
Get told before it is listed
Most good businesses in this sector are placed with a prepared buyer before they are ever publicly advertised. Buyers on file hear first. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Register what you are looking forStart the conversation
Tell us which one you are
Whether you own a service business or want to buy one, this is the same first step: a short, confidential conversation with a person who has done this before.
- Read personally — never a shared inbox or an auto-responder
- Confidential. We do not contact your employees, customers or competitors
- No cost and no obligation to do anything with the answer
- You can leave anything blank and fill it in later
Handled with care and discretion
Everything you send is treated as confidential. It is read by the person you addressed it to, used only to respond to you, and never sold, shared with foreign entities or used for unsolicited marketing. We do not contact your employees, customers, suppliers or competitors.
Want it in writing first? Say so and we will send a non-disclosure agreement for signature before anything specific is discussed. Plenty of owners prefer that, and nobody is offended by being asked.
Submitting this form does not create a legally binding agreement, an engagement, or a confidentiality obligation on its own — it starts a conversation. Anything binding is a document both sides sign.
Questions owners actually ask
Service Businesses: the questions we get
How do I sell my service business?
We start by measuring how much of your revenue genuinely recurs, because that drives the valuation and the buyer pool. Then a confidential valuation, a blind profile, and a private approach to qualified buyers.
What makes a service business valuable to a buyer?
Revenue that renews, customers who are not concentrated, delivery that does not depend on the owner, and records that let a buyer verify all three.
My business is mostly me. Can I still sell it?
Often yes, though the structure and the price both change, and sometimes the honest answer is that a year of preparation would be worth far more than it costs. We will tell you which applies rather than take the listing regardless.
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Contracted accounts with term. Everything else is a staffing company.
Healthcare & Medical Practices
Payer mix, provider retention and a compliance record that survives scrutiny.
Start with a number, not a decision
A complimentary, confidential valuation tells you what your service business would be worth today and what is holding it back. Whether you act on it is entirely up to you.