Welcome to the Fiscal Means Business Valuation Hub
Knowing what your business is worth is the first step toward smart exits, equity negotiations, succession planning, and even tax planning. This page gathers our best calculators, worksheets, and plain-English explainers so you can pin down value—without hiring a five-figure appraisal firm.
Top DIY Valuation Apps
| App | Why We Like It |
|---|---|
| BizEquity | Cloud platform crunches 143 data points to deliver real-time valuations; used by advisors, insurers, and WSJ Pro bizequity.com |
| ValuAdder | Desktop software (no subscription) with every major appraisal method plus built-in cost-of-capital and market-multiple data valuadder.com |
| Equidam | Startup-friendly SaaS that blends five valuation models and benchmarks against 140k+ company data points; API available for deeper analysis equidam.com |
| Flippa Free Valuation Tool | Uses the marketplace’s vast sales database to estimate online-business value in minutes—great for content, SaaS, and e-commerce sites flippa.com |
| Acquire.com Valuation Calculator | Fast, market-driven range based on thousands of closed SaaS acquisitions; perfect first pass before listing for sale acquire.com |
| Guidant Financial Valuation | Low-cost, analyst-verified reports with dedicated specialist—ideal when lenders or investors need a third-party number guidantfinancial.com |
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How to Use This Page
- Choose your approach – try the One-Page Calculator for a quick check, then dive into the Workbook for a full DCF + multiples analysis.
- Test an app – start a free trial or questionnaire with one of the tools above; compare its output to your spreadsheet for reasonableness.
- Vet the assumptions – validate revenue forecasts, discretionary add-backs, and chosen risk premiums.
- Plan the next move – use the Exit-Readiness Checklist to shore up documents, or revisit the valuation quarterly to track growth.
Pro Tip: Run valuations under two scenarios—“baseline” and “stretch”—so you can see the upside of operational tweaks (price increases, cost cuts, recurring-revenue adds).
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