Plumbing Business Valuation Calculator
Cited Band
1.66x to 3.15x SDE (sold quartiles)
Source: BizBuySell, plumbing sold-listing benchmarks (2021-2025)
Implied Range
$830,000 to $1,575,000
A band, not a price. Answer the drivers below to place this business inside it.
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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 Plumbing guide. The picker holds the trades this site prices on one earnings figure. The other 13 are priced another way or on too thin a class, and each still appears with its cited band and source in Every Band, Cited.
What Moves the Multiple
Half the plumbing businesses sold from 2021 to 2025 traded between about 1.7x and 3.2x earnings, and size sets the spread: over $2M of sales may clear 3x, under $600k may trade below 2x. Recurring service agreements, master-license transferability, and commercial diversification move a company up the band.
Band cited from BizBuySell, plumbing sold-listing benchmarks (2021-2025). What moves a business inside it, what licensing applies, and what diligence to run are in the Plumbing buy guide.
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