Franchise Resales (Main Street) Valuation Calculator
Cited Band
2.0x to 3.1x SDE by deal size
Source: IBBA / M&A Source Market Pulse, Q4 2025 highlights
Implied Range
$1,000,000 to $1,550,000
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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?
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The drivers that move the number in this trade specifically are in the full Franchise Resales (Main Street) 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
Resales price inside the general Main Street bands: the IBBA's Q4 2025 medians run 2.0x SDE under $500K, 3.0x from $500K to $1M, and 3.1x from $1M to $2M. Margins after royalties, remaining agreement term, and territory quality set position; the brand shows up in buyer depth and financeability more than in the multiple.
Band cited from IBBA / M&A Source Market Pulse, Q4 2025 highlights.
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