Business valuations that survive scrutiny.

For most established Brisbane small businesses, somewhere between 2× and 4× normalised EBITDA — but the range is wide because the multiple depends on how much of the business is you. A business where the owner holds the client relationships, quotes the work and can't take four weeks off sits at the bottom. One with documented systems, retained staff, contracted revenue and clean records sits at the top, and sometimes well above it.

An indicative range (from $1,800) is a costed estimate for your own planning — useful before you commit to a sale process. A formal report (from $4,500) documents method, assumptions and evidence to a standard suitable for a transaction, a lender, a settlement or a court. Only the latter is defensible when someone disagrees with the number.

Yes — a single expert jointly instructed is often the cheapest and fastest path, and courts encourage it. What can't happen is advising one side and then presenting as independent; the role must be agreed at the start.

Four to six weeks from complete records for a single entity; longer for groups or where records need reconstruction. We give you a timetable with the quote and flag immediately if anything threatens it.

Reducing owner dependence, documenting systems, diversifying the customer base, converting ad-hoc work to contracted or recurring revenue, cleaning up the balance sheet and removing personal expenses from the accounts. Most of this takes 12–24 months, which is why valuation conversations should start years before the sale.

Yes — it's a substantial part of our forensic work. Reports are prepared to the applicable expert evidence requirements, with instructions taken in the form your solicitor needs.