How much is
your SME worth?
A credible valuation range, based on your figures and Swiss market multiples. Delivered in 5 days.
Why this service?
Many of the business owners who contact us simply do not know what their company is worth. They go with gut feeling — three times profit, one year of revenue — methods far removed from what a professional buyer is actually prepared to pay.
The result: unrealistic expectations, negotiations that drag on, a discount of 10 to 30% in due diligence, or even a sale that falls through. The Express Valuation gives you a solid starting point, before committing time or money.
Our methodology — why it is not just a simple multiple
Applying a multiple found online to your profit is worthless: it is precisely what a buyer takes apart in due diligence. Our value lies in the rigour of the method, seen from the buyer's side.
EBITDA normalisation
We adjust your results to obtain a genuinely defensible EBITDA: owner's remuneration brought to market rate, private expenses and benefits in kind removed from operations, rent and property isolated, exceptional and non-recurring items neutralised. This is where most of the price gap is decided.
Three cross-checked methods
We never stop at a single figure. We triangulate: the practitioners' method (the Swiss standard, 2/3 earnings value + 1/3 net asset value, the one used by the tax authorities), Swiss sector transaction multiples, and discounted cash flow (DCF). The consistency between these three methods gives a credible range.
Risk adjustments specific to your SME
The raw sector multiple never applies as is. We adjust for your actual risk factors: owner dependency, customer concentration, revenue recurrence, size and liquidity. These adjustments often account for 20 to 40% of the gap between theoretical value and the price actually paid.
From enterprise value to cash in hand
We build the bridge most business owners forget: from enterprise value to equity value (net debt, excess cash, working capital requirement). This is the figure that actually ends up in your bank account.
We apply exactly the same lens as a professional SME buyer — because that is what we do.
How it works
What you receive
Normalised EBITDA
Detailed adjustments, year by year: owner's remuneration, private expenses, property, non-recurring items. The true result you can defend in front of a buyer.
Valuation using 3 cross-checked methods
The practitioners' method (Swiss standard), Swiss sector multiples and discounted cash flow (DCF). Triangulation gives a credible range.
Risk adjustments + bridge to equity value
Corrections based on your actual risk factors (owner dependency, customer concentration, etc.) and the bridge from enterprise value to the price you actually receive.
6-to-8-page PDF report. Indicative estimate, not binding in due diligence.
What does your result look like?
B2B services SME in French-speaking Switzerland · revenue ~CHF 2,000,000 · 12 employees.
Fictional figures, for illustration only.
EBITDA normalisation
| Reported EBITDA | CHF 280'000 |
| + Owner's remuneration brought to market rate | + 80'000 |
| + Private expenses removed from operations | + 25'000 |
| + Exceptional non-recurring expenses | + 35'000 |
| − Exceptional non-recurring income | − 20'000 |
| = Defensible normalised EBITDA | CHF 400'000 |
Valuation range (3 methods)
Swiss sector multiples ~4.0x–5.0x, cross-checked with the practitioners' method and a DCF.
From theory to cash in hand
It is this last figure — what you actually receive — that most gut-feeling estimates ignore.
A preview of the report you receive
A professional document, designed to be presented to any buyer.
6 to 8-page PDF report, designed to be presented to any buyer. Illustrative preview — fictitious data.
All-inclusive fee
Based on the SME's revenue
VAT not applicable (art. 10 para. 2 Swiss VAT Act)
Vendre-Entreprise.ch is first and foremost an acquirer of SMEs. When we carry out your Express Valuation, we undertake never to use your information for opportunistic acquisition purposes. Confidentiality guaranteed.
The Express Valuation is an advisory service, independent of our acquisition activity. We do not offer it to business owners with whom we are already in discussions about a takeover, in order to avoid any conflict of interest. And in all cases, the information you share with us is never used to approach you as a buyer.