You want to sell your internet business? Then it's good to know what the takeover market in the field of Internet companies looks like.
Big data, digitalization, the metaverse: online world is booming. And you can clearly see that in the number of mergers and acquisitions.
There are many ways to value a business. A common method of expressing the value of a business is "a factor x gross annual profit." This factor is also called multiple and another designation for gross annual profit is EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization).
In the IT services sector - to which an Internet company belongs - an indicative EBITDA multiple range of 5.9 to 7.2 is currently used, according to the Brookz Takeover Barometer. The average EBITDA multiple across all SME sectors is 4.90.
The valuation of a business is often the starting point for negotiations between buyer and seller. The outcome of these negotiations is the final sales price. So valuation and price are two different quantities. Besides valuation, the price is also determined by possible scarcity in the market, bargaining power of the parties, the strategic value of the business for the buyer and possible synergy effects for the buyer (cost savings, purchasing advantages).
Do the calculationWant to buy a business or sell a business in the IT Services & Software Development sector? With this Brookz Sector Monitor, we want to present buyers and sellers with facts, figures and an outlook that provide insight into the number of transactions, the value development of businesses and the latest trends and developments in the IT Services & Software Development sector. Because in any buying or selling process, thorough preparation provides peace of mind, overview and structure.
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Starting an online business has never been easier. As a result, the number of startups is increasing every year. Of all Internet businesses, over 80% are run by one person.
In figures, the number of Internet companies(CBS) in 2024 looked as follows:
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A number of trends and developments will inevitably cause changes in the coming years, but also offer Internet companies many growth and acquisition opportunities:
Corona accelerated digitalization. Everything happens online. From meeting people to training and from shopping to reading. As an Internet company, you have to keep responding to this so that your business maintains its existence.
The virtual world is booming. In this network you can live a new life with your digital doppelganger. And this world is increasingly seen as an extension of our physical lives. And that's why more and more businesses are trying to make their brand visible in the metaverse.
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