Vending Machine Routes Valuation Calculator
Cited Band
1.5x to 3x SDE, owner-operated (roundup range)
Source: Vending machine business valuation benchmarks (BizBuySell)
Implied Range
$750,000 to $1,500,000
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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 Vending Machine Routes 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
Machines also value at about $2,000-4,000 each by type, age, and card capability (a fifty-machine route often $100k-200k); locked multi-year location contracts at fair commission, cashless-conversion share, route density, and expansion headroom set the position, while heavy owner driving and stalled growth lower it.
Band cited from Vending machine business valuation benchmarks (BizBuySell).
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