Valuing a business

[MoneyGuy]

My client is selling a medium-sized mechanical contracting company in Calgary. He needs the business valued.

I know that some accountants hang out here. Is there someone who can do this or can provide a referral. Feel free to private message me or post here as appropriate. I’m interested in knowing the process as well as an idea of time required and cost, if that’s possible. Process anyway as the other two may be hard to gauge.

Thank you.

[Bleeding Red]

Try looking here:


Chartered Business Valuators in Alberta


No idea about costs or process, but these guys are specialists, so expect a short free consultation followed by a large bill.

[Matty81]

Personal experience as a buyer doing due diligence a few years back is that accountants put just an insanely high amount of value in customer "goodwill" at least for the businesses I was looking at that ultimately steered me clear. Understand the basics but I don't know if the logic holds up for me as a buyer to capitalize the excess earnings - perhaps suggests that level of business is a given moving forward which seems flawed?