Business Sellability Score Assessment

Evaluate your business's readiness for sale and identify specific areas for improvement. Our comprehensive sellability assessment helps you understand what buyers value and how to maximize your business appeal.

Why Sellability Assessment Matters

Business sellability measures how attractive and transferable your business is to potential buyers. A higher sellability score translates directly to higher valuations, better deal terms, and faster transaction completion.

Most business owners overestimate their business sellability, leading to disappointing valuations and failed transactions. Professional assessment identifies gaps and improvement opportunities.

Higher Valuations

More sellable businesses command premium valuations

Faster Sales

Sellable businesses attract more buyers and close faster

Better Terms

Strong sellability leads to more favorable deal structures

Sellability Impact Statistics
71%

Of businesses fail to sell due to poor sellability

40%

Valuation premium for highly sellable businesses

60%

Faster transaction completion with high sellability

Sellability Assessment Framework

Financial Performance

Revenue growth, profitability, cash flow predictability, and financial management quality.

  • • 3+ years consistent growth
  • • Strong profit margins
  • • Predictable cash flows
  • • Clean financial records
  • • Professional accounting
Growth Potential

Market opportunities, competitive position, and scalability of the business model.

  • • Growing market segments
  • • Competitive advantages
  • • Scalable operations
  • • New product opportunities
  • • Geographic expansion potential
Management Team

Leadership depth, succession planning, and operational independence from owner.

  • • Strong management depth
  • • Clear succession plan
  • • Reduced owner dependency
  • • Key employee retention
  • • Performance incentives
Risk Factors

Customer concentration, operational risks, and business continuity planning.

  • • Diversified customer base
  • • Multiple revenue streams
  • • Operational redundancy
  • • Regulatory compliance
  • • Insurance adequacy
Operational Systems

Process documentation, technology systems, and operational efficiency.

  • • Documented processes
  • • Technology infrastructure
  • • Quality control systems
  • • Performance metrics
  • • Continuous improvement
Transaction Readiness

Legal compliance, documentation quality, and preparation for due diligence.

  • • Legal compliance current
  • • Contracts up to date
  • • IP protection in place
  • • Due diligence ready
  • • Valuation support data

Common Sellability Improvement Areas

Owner Dependency

Business operations heavily dependent on owner involvement create significant buyer risk and reduce valuation.

Improvement Strategy: Build management team depth, document processes, delegate responsibilities, create operational independence.

Customer Concentration

Heavy reliance on few customers creates revenue risk that buyers heavily discount in valuations.

Improvement Strategy: Diversify customer base, develop recurring revenue, strengthen customer relationships, add new market segments.

Financial Record Quality

Poor financial record keeping, mixed personal/business expenses, and inconsistent accounting reduce buyer confidence.

Improvement Strategy: Implement professional accounting, clean up historical records, separate personal/business expenses, conduct regular audits.

Understanding Your Sellability Score

0-25
Poor Sellability
  • • Significant buyer concerns
  • • Major improvement needed
  • • Limited buyer interest
  • • Substantial discount risk
26-50
Fair Sellability
  • • Some buyer interest
  • • Multiple improvement areas
  • • Moderate transaction risk
  • • Below-market valuations
51-75
Good Sellability
  • • Solid buyer appeal
  • • Some optimization needed
  • • Reasonable transaction risk
  • • Market-level valuations
76-100
Excellent Sellability
  • • High buyer demand
  • • Minimal improvement needed
  • • Low transaction risk
  • • Premium valuations

Get Your Business Sellability Score

Understand your business's sellability and identify specific areas for improvement. Our comprehensive assessment provides actionable insights to maximize your exit value.