What's your business actually worth?
Most contractors find out their valuation only when they try to sell -- and by then it's too late to fix. This tool tells you today. Move the sliders. See the gap between what you're worth and what you could be worth.
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Build recurring to 25%+
Membership engine. Maintenance contracts. The single biggest valuation lever -- PE pays a premium for predictable recurring.
Cut owner dependency below 40%
Documented SOPs, trained dispatcher, automated daily brief. A business that runs without you is the one that sells.
Clean financials · 24mo audit
Real-time job cost. Same-day margin visibility. The CPA file that survives PE diligence without a discount.
What this looks like · 24-month roadmap
What PE actually pays by trade.
These are market multiples based on tracked home service transactions. Ranges reflect the difference between a low-recurring, owner-dependent business and one that is PE-ready.
| TRADE | TYPICAL RANGE | PE-BACKED RANGE | PRIMARY DRIVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| HVAC | 3.2x – 4.5x | 6-9x | Recurring maintenance contracts dominate |
| Plumbing | 3.0x – 4.2x | 5-8x | Emergency revenue + membership upside |
| Electrical | 2.8x – 3.8x | 4-7x | EV / solar driving ticket and volume |
| Restoration | 2.6x – 3.8x | 4-7x | Insurance revenue = predictable pipeline |
| Roofing | 2.4x – 3.5x | 4-6x | Storm cycles create 18-24mo runway |
| Landscaping | 2.2x – 3.2x | 4-6x | Recurring contracts are the entire thesis |
| Multi-trade | 3.2x – 4.5x | 6-9x | Cross-sell and customer lifetime value |
// EBITDA MULTIPLES · TRACKED HOME SERVICE TRANSACTIONS · UPDATED Q1 2026
The 4 things PE actually pays for.
Recurring revenue
Above 20% recurring -- multiple jumps from ~4x to ~7x in most home service trades.
Owner-optional ops
If the owner takes 4 weeks off and revenue stays flat -- that business sells.
Clean financials
24+ months of audit-grade books -- margin variance under 6% -- zero comingling.
Documented systems
SOPs. Training programs. Tech path. Anything not in someone's head is worth more.
The 5 dealbreakers.
These are the conditions that either kill a deal entirely or force a 15-30% purchase price discount. Most are fixable 12-18 months before a sale event.
If a PE buyer sees that revenue stops when the owner leaves, they are not buying a business -- they are buying a job with employees.
One-time project revenue is worth less than predictable recurring revenue. Every point of recurring adds meaningful multiple expansion.
Clean books with consistent margins signal a real business. Wild variance signals owner-side pricing decisions and undocumented cost structure.
Buyer acquires a customer dependency, not a business. If that customer leaves post-close, the acquisition falls apart.
Knowledge in heads cannot be acquired. Documented systems, onboarding materials, and tech-enabled processes transfer with the sale.
What Command does to your multiple.
Each of these multiple lifts is driven by a specific Command capability. They are additive -- a contractor who executes all five can realistically add 2.2x+ to their exit multiple.
An operator who starts at a 2.8x multiple and executes all five levers lands at 5.0x or higher -- before accounting for revenue growth. On a $3M revenue business at 20% EBITDA, that is the difference between a $1.7M and $3.0M+ exit.
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