What is your business actually worth?
Three levers drive enterprise value: scale, owner dependency, and financial clarity. Move them and watch your valuation change in real time.
Your Inputs
Your Business Today vs. With Clear Results
Today
- Revenue
- $3,000,000
- EBITDA Margin
- 12%
- EBITDA
- $360,000
- Valuation Tier
- Foundational
- Effective Multiple
- 2.50×
- Est. Valuation
- $900,000
With Clear Results
Optimized- Revenue
- $3,000,000
- EBITDA Margin
- 12%
- EBITDA
- $360,000
- Valuation Tier
- Foundational
- Effective Multiple
- 4.00×
- Est. Valuation
- $1,440,000
EBITDA Tier Ladder
Each tier opens a new pool of buyers and a new range of multiples.
Too small for most institutional buyers. Sells on personal goodwill, not systems.
Crossing into a real business. Buyers want to see basic systems and reliable cash flow.
Lower-middle-market territory. Documented operations and a real second-in-command matter here.
Now competing for institutional capital. Multiple expands sharply with management depth and clean books.
Platform-quality asset. Buyers compete to acquire — owner is fully replaceable, financials are auditable.
Crossing an EBITDA threshold doesn't just add more earnings — it expands the multiple applied to every dollar. The combined effect is non-linear.
Where the gap comes from
The gap between today's valuation and your potential breaks into three drivers.
Reducing owner dependency alone can add up to 1.0× to your effective multiple — buyers pay more for businesses that don't depend on the seller.
Clean, documented financials signal lower risk. That risk reduction directly expands the multiple a buyer is willing to pay.
Crossing the next EBITDA threshold moves you into a new buyer pool — and a new multiple range entirely.
How Clear Results Closes the Gap
Six disciplines we install inside your business to move all three levers.
Financial Clarity
Dashboards and financial rhythms that turn data into forward-looking decisions.
Scorecards & Accountability
KPI scorecards and weekly rhythms that make performance visible and predictable.
Systems & SOPs
Document and systematize core processes so the business doesn't depend on the owner being present.
Team Architecture
Right people, right seats, clear accountabilities, incentives aligned with growth.
Constraint Removal
Identify and remove the operational, leadership, or capacity bottleneck slowing you down.
Owner Evolution
Move from firefighter to architect — build a business that works without you.
See where value is leaking from your business
Most owners are leaving significant enterprise value on the table — not because the revenue isn't there, but because the systems, team, and financial clarity aren't. Let's find out where yours is.
Prepared by Clear Results Corp. · Multiples reflect typical M&A ranges. Actual valuations depend on growth trajectory, customer concentration, team depth, owner dependency, and deal structure. This tool is for strategic illustration purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.