A software company is priced on recurring revenue and retention. A restaurant is priced on its lease and its license as much as its profit. A cleaning company lives or dies on its contracts.
If your sector is not here, the valuation page covers the basics that apply to every company.
- Auto repair shopsSelling an auto repair shop in San Francisco and the Bay Area: the lease, environmental questions, technicians, fleet accounts, equipment and SBA buyers.
- Commercial cleaningWhat buyers check when you sell a commercial cleaning or janitorial company in San Francisco and the Bay Area, from contract terms to crews and route density.
- Ecommerce brandsWhat buyers check when you sell a Bay Area ecommerce or direct to consumer brand: channel mix, ad costs, inventory, suppliers, add-backs, earnouts, sales tax.
- Marketing agenciesHow Bay Area agency owners sell: retainer revenue, client concentration, keeping senior staff, the owner as rainmaker, and how earnouts are built into price.
- Property managementHow SF property management owners sell: door count, management agreement transfers, trust account cleanup, licensing for the buyer and rent control.
- Restaurants and barsHow SF restaurant and bar owners sell: lease consent, liquor license escrow, equipment, staff and why earnings decide whether you sell a business or a space.
- Software and SaaSWhat SF software and SaaS founders should expect in a sale: retention metrics, IP assignment, founder dependence, buyer types, earnouts and deal structure.
- Veterinary practicesSelling a veterinary practice in the Bay Area means weighing consolidators and private buyers, your own production, your associates and the building.