Do you want to buy a business or sell your business in the sector?Business services? This Brookz Sector Monitor for Business Services can help you with that.
With this sector monitor we want to present buyers and sellers with facts, figures and an outlook on the number of transactions, the value development of businesses and the latest trends and developments in the Business Services sector. Because in any buying or selling process, thorough preparation provides peace of mind, overview and structure.
Sector information
The Business Services sector is the most cyclical of all sectors. When the mercury in the economic barometer rises, service providers notice this immediately in their order books. The sector is therefore sometimes referred to as the 'lubricant of the Dutch knowledge economy'. New ways of working are often applied first in this sector. As a result, Business Services serves as a testing ground for other sectors.
Takeover market
The buying and selling of Business Services is a lively market, only that it largely takes place behind the scenes. The sector represents a large share of the total number of mergers and acquisitions in the Netherlands. About one in five mergers and acquisitions take place in the Business Services sector.
Value development
Every party active in the takeover market wants to know the value of a company. With the Brookz Takeover Barometer we gauge the so-called multiples every six months. Looking at the past five years, the multiple for the Business Services sector is always slightly higher than for SMEs.
Case study
Although the owners of Exterus were not looking for an investor, they went into business with MKB Fonds. Because both parties see many opportunities for growth through a buy-and-build strategy. 'We see opportunities in Belgium, Germany and Spain.'
