What could your facilities management business be worth?
Complete our confidential valuation calculator in under 15 minutes. You will receive a personalised indicative range instantly on screen, with a downloadable PDF report. No cost.
Tell us about your business.
Use the figures you already know off the top of your head. The calculator applies its own working assumptions to them, and gives you a realistic price range for what your business could be worth.
This is a guide, not a valuation.
Next, have a free first conversation with Simon or Emily, in confidence. Ask for Simon and talk through your hopes and timing. The paid Snapshot is a written, indicative view of value, with what to fix first.
- After the Business Value & Exit Snapshot, value at or above your hopes and ready to exit: the Full Value & Sale Readiness Review, then the sale with Simon.
- Below where you want it, or not selling yet: the Exit Strategy Workshop and/or Finance & Information Readiness Review, then the programme led by Nick.
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The eight factors that determine your business value.
Every facilities management business is different. These are the key areas buyers and valuers focus on when assessing what your company is worth.
How we work out the figures
Facilities management businesses typically sell on a multiple of adjusted EBITDA, the figure yearly profit is multiplied by, where EBITDA is profit before interest, tax, and the write-down of equipment, vehicles and other assets. The calculator applies its own working assumptions, rather than published multiples or a record of completed sales, to the numbers you enter. Where a business sits in the range depends on contract length, renewal history, the hard and soft FM mix, accreditations and how much the business relies on its owner.
Multiples are indicative ranges for planning purposes only and do not constitute a formal valuation.
Contract Length and Recurring Revenue
Multi-year contracts with predictable recurring revenue are among the most valuable assets in an FM business. Buyers look closely at contract terms of three years or more with high retention.
TUPE Workforce
A trained, accredited workforce that comes with the business on its existing terms, staying with the company or moving across under TUPE, is a major asset. Buyers pay for team knowledge, contract relationships, and the continuity that avoids recruitment or retraining from scratch.
ISO and SafeContractor
Buyers check that triple ISO certification (9001, 14001, 45001) and SafeContractor, CHAS or Constructionline are current, with audit and renewal dates tracked.
Hard FM vs Soft FM Mix
Hard FM (mechanical, electrical, building fabric) is compliance work that clients cannot drop and that tends to renew.
Sector and Client Diversification
A diversified client base across multiple sectors and public sector clients reduces concentration risk. Businesses with low customer concentration and broad sector exposure represent more compelling targets for institutional buyers seeking stable, recurring income streams.
IWFM Membership
Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM, formerly BIFM) membership signals professional standards and an active link to sector training, best practice, and buyer networks. Buyers view it as an indicator of business maturity and workforce accreditation quality.
Owner Dependency
Every buyer asks whether the business runs without you. If you personally hold key client relationships or manage delivery day to day, expect that to be the largest single discount in any offer.
SIA for Manned Guarding
If your business includes manned guarding, front-line staff need Security Industry Authority (SIA) licences, which belong to each person. SIA approved contractor status, where you hold it, belongs to the company: an acquisition has to be reported within 21 days, and a new company has to apply again.
How we work out the figures.
The figures come from the multiples this calculator works with for UK facilities management business sales. It applies them to the turnover and profit you give it, then adjusts for your other answers.
These multiples are the calculator's own working assumptions, not published figures or a record of completed sales, so the result is an indicative range rather than a formal valuation. A formal valuation needs a look at your accounts and how the business runs.
We last reviewed these multiples in July 2026.
Your business is worth more than a guess.
"An indicative range is the start of the conversation. What your business is genuinely worth is revealed by real buyer competition, and that is what we create."Simon Read, Founder & Managing Director