Riverside County, CA
Manufacturing Established Businesses For Sale

Dallas County, TX

Denver, CO

Erie County, NY
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Minnesota
Menlo Park, CA
Pennsylvania
Howard County, MD
Idaho
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Miami-Dade County, FL
Middlesex County, MA
Virginia
50-Barrel, Turn-Key Brewery
$6,999,500
Lawrenceville, GA
Contra Costa County, CA
Philip Romanino
Sterling Business Consultants
Serving Fairfield County, CT
We are committed to simplifying the difficult process of selling small businesses. At Sterling Business Consultants, we stay with the seller from the valuation, through the day of the closing. For the buyer, we will walk you through from the valuation process, to the hand over of the keys to your new business. Challenges exist for both buyers and sellers. We're here to bridge the gap between the two and ease the challenge of completing a transaction.
Louisville, CO
Orange County, FL
Ontario
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Arkansas
South Dakota
Tampa, FL
Saint Louis, MO
Commercial Vehicle Upfitter, Customization, and Repair
$2,250,000
Madison County, AL
California
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Pennsylvania
Golden, CO
Fairfax County, VA
New Jersey
Utah
Kauai County, HI
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Missouri
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North Carolina
Flamethrower Manufacturer - Relocatable
$2,400,000
Cuyahoga County, OH
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Broward County, FL
Sacramento, CA
Los Angeles County, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Michael Holmes
We Sell Restaurants
Serving Leon County, FL
We Sell Restaurants is the nation’s largest business broker franchise focused exclusively on the sale of restaurants. With 20 years of experience, we have helped buy, sell and lease more hospitality locations nationwide than any other brand. We Sell Restaurants has carved an unparalleled niche in the industry as the nation's leading and only business broker franchise focused on restaurants. Formed over two decades ago, We Sell Restaurants is a vibrant and innovative company that operates in 45 states nationwide and delivers on the founder's vision to Sell More Restaurants Than Anyone Else. PERIOD. Our team achieves that mission by sharing a common set of core values that include: • We know that Every Day is Game Day and We Act Accordingly • We Treat Each Other, Our Clients and Internal Clients by the Golden Rule • We Act with Integrity and Only Make Agreements We Are Willing and Able to Keep • We Are the Brand and are Passionate about Sales Results • We Create a Customer Service Experience Worth Sharing With top-flight experience crafted over decades of selling restaurants, along with previous expertise working in small businesses and in senior leadership roles for a Big 5 Accounting firm and a major Fortune 100 company, We Sell Restaurants leadership has deep financial, branding and marketing experience in restaurants, and small and big business. This collective experience allowed them to take the fragmented brokerage market and build a specialized practice for selling only restaurants with a systemic approach never before seen in the industry. We Sell Restaurants has recruited an experienced leadership team with experience spanning decades in business brokerage, franchise sales and customer service and operations.
Craighead County, AR
California
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Western Canada
Dallas County, TX
Wisconsin
Denver, CO
Warwick, RI
Onondaga County, NY
Buy or Sell a Manufacturing Business
Companies that "make something" are always in demand, and U.S. manufacturing is growing, despite the decades long march towards offshore production. Some of the most popular categories include:
- Apparel Manufacturing
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Electronics Manufacturers
- Food Manufacturing
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Lumber & Wood Manufacturers
- Metal Manufacturing
- Paper & Packaging
- Sign Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector is resilient, and less affected by broader market trends. Asking prices and valuations have been steady through the pandemic years and continually command an average valuation multiple of 3 times seller earnings.
Whether you are considering buying or selling a manufacturing business, having some context is important for evaluating individual businesses relative to the market. To that end, we have aggregated business for sale listing data of manufacturing businesses, and surface key financial metrics and valuation multiples based on asking prices.
Market Overview
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Number of Businesses Analyzed |
2,194 |
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Median Asking Price |
$628,317 |
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Median Reported Revenue |
$939,301 |
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Median Reported Earnings |
$213,000 |
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Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
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Manufacturing Business Valuation Multiples
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Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
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Lower Quartile |
0.50 |
2.40 |
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Median |
0.75 |
3.12 |
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Upper Quartile |
1.10 |
4.23 |
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Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
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Read the Report:
Manufacturing Business Valuation Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a manufacturing business?
Prices vary depending on the size of the business listed, but the median asking price for a manufacturing business is $628,317.
How much do manufacturing business owners earn?
Manufacturing business owners report median annual sales of $939,301 and annual owner earnings of $213,000. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings.
How do I value a manufacturing business?
Valuing a manufacturing business involves considering several factors, including annual sales, profit, growth (or decline) trends, and demographic trends of the local market. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples among manufacturing businesses listed for sale range from 0.50 to 1.10, with the median at 0.75. Earnings multiples range from 2.40 to 4.23, with the median at 3.12. These values suggest a typical manufacturing business in the U.S. may sell for around 0.75 times its annual revenue, and 3.12 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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