You want to sell your repair business? Then it's good to know what the takeover market in the repair business field looks like. Repairing deserves attention over recycling, with an eye on environmental friendliness.
The number of consolidations in this industry has shown a fluctuating pattern for many years.
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 industrial & manufacturing sector, which includes a repair business, an indicative EBITDA multiple range of 4.6 to 5.5 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).
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Want to buy a business or sell a business in the Industry & Manufacturing 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 Industry & Manufacturing sector. Because in any buying or selling process, thorough preparation gives peace of mind, overview and structure.
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There are many startups in the industry every year, which also makes many businesses with only one person working visible.
In figures, the number of repair businesses in 2024 looked as follows(CBS):
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A number of trends and developments will inevitably bring about changes in the coming years, but also offer repair businesses many growth and acquisition opportunities:
Consumer electronics are widespread and will only continue to develop in the coming years. The demand for repairing broken screens and inoperative chargers will continue to grow in the coming years.
As part of a circular economy, the number of repair shops will continue to increase. Repairing takes priority over recycling, according to VANG Household Waste.
