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Insights for facilities management business owners: guides and articles

Guides to download and articles to read, on valuing, preparing, selling and buying a facilities management business.

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If you are selling

Where to begin, in this order.

  1. The 90-day owner-dependency testFor an FM businessGuide to download, 12 pages
  2. The 2026 Sellers GuideWhat your business could sell for, who is buying now, and what to do next.Guide to download, 27 pages
  3. Free calculatorType in your figures and see a price range on screen.On this site

If you are buying

What to read before you agree a price.

  1. Buying an FM business in 2027Inspect the contracts behind the turnoverGuide to download, 13 pages
  2. Reading an FM business listing like an expertTurn attractive phrases into documentary questionsGuide to download, 12 pages
  3. Register as a buyerTell us what you are looking for and hear about businesses that fit.Free to register

Guides to download

Seven 2027 guides, and our 2026 Sellers Guide. Each 2027 guide comes with a tool you can use on your own business, or on one you are thinking of buying.

  • Buying an FM business in 2027

    Follow an FM contract from customer site to delivery team, earnings and cash, with a practical buyer scorecard.

    For buyers 13 pages Includes the fM buyer scorecard Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • The 90-day owner-dependency test

    Test who can run mobilisation, subcontract approval, customer escalation and invoice sign-off when the FM owner steps back.

    For sellers 12 pages Includes the fM role-cover scorecard Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Add-backs in an FM business

    Prepare an FM add-back schedule that explains owner pay, replacement duties and the costs of keeping customer contracts running.

    For sellers 11 pages Includes the fM add-back worksheet Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Why an FM sale price can change after yes

    Reconcile an FM offer with signed work, delivery costs and completion balances, using a worksheet that checks for duplicate adjustments.

    For sellers 12 pages Includes the offer reconciliation worksheet Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Working capital at completion

    Reconcile FM completion balances, trace customer approvals and plan dated receipts and payments with a fillable working-capital worksheet.

    For sellers 12 pages Includes the completion working-capital worksheet Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Public contracts in an FM sale

    Prepare a contract-continuity schedule before including future public-contract income in your FM sale case.

    For sellers 14 pages Includes the public-contract continuity checklist Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Reading an FM business listing like an expert

    Test an FM listing's contracted income, coverage, service scope, customer concentration and adjusted profit with a fillable decoder.

    For buyers 12 pages Includes the fM listing decoder Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

Also available: our 2026 guide for sellers

Browse by topic

Every article and guide sits under one topic, newest first.

Valuation and price

What a buyer pays for, and how the number is reached.

12 articles and 2 guides

Market and policy

Consolidation, outsourcing and insourcing, and who is active in the market.

2 articles

Buyers and the sale process

Who buys, what they check and how a sale runs.

20 articles and 2 guides

Compliance and accreditation

ISO, CHAS, SafeContractor and SIA approvals, and what each is worth at a sale.

3 articles

Preparing to sell

The work that makes a business easier to sell, in the order to do it.

17 articles and 3 guides

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