The math nobody shows you.
Guides for the questions firm owners actually own: what is this firm worth, should I sell now or later, and why did the broker go quiet. Plain arithmetic, sourced where sources exist, and honest about ranges where they do not.
CPA Firm Valuation Multiples, Explained
What small accounting practices actually list and sell for, why brokers quote 0.8x to 1.2x of gross, and what moves a specific firm inside the band.
Brokers quote 80% to 120% of gross. Where are you?
ExitSell Now vs. Grow Then Sell: The Math
The honest comparison: take the market multiple today, or run the firm under management for three years and exit bigger. The arithmetic, not the pitch.
Selling tired is the most expensive way to sell.
ExitWhy Unsellable Firms Stay Unsellable
Key-person dependence, referral concentration, and undocumented process: why listings sit, what buyers actually screen for, and the fixes that change the answer.
Buyers do not buy jobs. They buy systems.
Two tools that turn reading into a number
Firm valuation estimator
A market-anchored value range from four inputs, with the assumptions stated out loud.
Exit-readiness score
Ten questions, a 0 to 100 grade, and the specific items a buyer would flag.
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