Auto Repair Valuation Calculator
Cited Band
2.0x to 2.75x SDE
Source: Peak Business Valuation, automotive repair multiples
Implied Range
$1,000,000 to $1,375,000
A band, not a price. Answer the drivers below to place this business inside it.
Testing a real deal at a price in this range? Underwrite it end to end with the midpoint and the earnings carried over.
Where This One Sits
How much revenue recurs?
How concentrated are the customers?
What happens when the owner leaves for a month?
How clean are the books?
Do the licenses, leases and contracts transfer?
Nothing answered yet, so there is no reading. This does not default to the middle: a midpoint shown for a blank form would say your business is average when you have not told it anything.
The drivers that move the number in this trade specifically are in the full Auto Repair guide. The picker holds every trade whose cited band is a multiple of one earnings figure; the 15 priced on cap rates, collections, revenue or two bases at once are named with their reasons rather than left out silently. Every cited band, with its drivers and source, is listed below on this page.
What Moves the Multiple
Owner-dependent shops trade below the band; documented, manager-run shops with a repeat customer base are reported at 3x and above. Technician retention is the capacity question behind every multiple.
Band cited from Peak Business Valuation, automotive repair multiples.
How Often These Loans Go Bad
Auto Repair
5.00%
10 of 200 seasoned loans
Every Industry
4.20%
Pooled charge-off rate
The share of SBA acquisition loans in this industry that were ultimately written off, computed from the loan-level file the SBA publishes. A price inside the band is not the same as a business worth buying: the rate by industry and franchise brand is the other half of the question.
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