Valuation benchmarks for private companies
Valuation multiples from
10,221 recorded M&A deals
Built on 10,221 recorded transactions. Industry multiple ranges, live sell-side mandates and the methodology behind both, so you can sanity-check a number before you speak to an advisor.
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42
Industries benchmarked
reviewed 2026-08-06
39
Live sell-side mandates
via FIH.com
10,221
Recorded transactions
2014 to 2026, deal value on every one
Price your business against recorded deals
Your business valued across several methodologies, against 10,221 recorded transactions and the multiple ranges for 42 industries.
Step one
What does the business do, and how big is it?
From the archive
Median EV/EBITDA by deal year
Recorded transactions with a disclosed EBITDA multiple; n under each year.
809 priced deals plotted. Years with fewer than 20 priced deals are withheld. Deals between $1M and $1bn of disclosed value only, so this tracks reported mid-market deals, not the whole market. See every deal
The archive
Every transaction we hold, open to read
Not a sample and not a teaser. The whole archive is on the site, searchable by sector, deal size, period and acquirer, with no account and no paywall. Spanning 2014 to 2026.
10,221
Recorded transactions
every one with a disclosed deal value
2,117
With a disclosed multiple
revenue or EBITDA, from the parties themselves
61
Sectors covered
from software to metals and mining
5,625
Named acquirers
strategics, PE firms and family offices
What it is not: a census of the market. These are deals that were reported. A business sold quietly between two owners never enters a dataset like this one, and disclosure skews towards larger transactions. Roughly four in five closes without a published multiple, which is why the count of disclosing deals is shown next to every median on the site rather than buried in a methodology note.
Industry Spotlights
Explore valuation metrics across different business sectors
14x to 15.2x EBITDA
7x to 8.5x revenue
Indicative, n=3 internal estimates, as of 2026-08-06
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4.5x to 5.2x EBITDA
0.9x to 1.3x revenue
Indicative, n=3 internal estimates, as of 2026-08-06
HVAC business valuation multiples and calculator
7x to 7.8x EBITDA
1.8x to 2.1x revenue
Indicative, n=2 internal estimates, as of 2026-08-06
Dental practice valuation multiples and calculator
4x to 4.8x EBITDA
0.8x to 1.1x revenue
Indicative, n=3 internal estimates, as of 2026-08-06
Plumbing business valuation multiples and calculator
Why Choose FairlyValued?
Industry-specific ranges
Each of the 42 industries carries its own multiple range, sample size and review date, so you can see what a figure rests on.
Live mandates and real comparables
39 businesses currently for sale through FIH.com, alongside 10,000+ recorded transactions from 2014 to 2025.
Open method
The methodology page sets out how every range and median is computed, including what the archive cannot see.
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