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Neil Parak: Franchise cleaning companies typically trade at 6x to 8x EBITDA

Neil Parak · Cleaning Marketplace Hits $1.2m ARR, Now Scaling with $35k Franchises · Jul 28, 2021 · at 8:29

Neil Parak, founder of MaidThis, outlines standard private market valuation multiples for franchise cleaning businesses.

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“So franchise cleaning companies trade at anywhere between like typically in normal times, six to eight times EBITDA.”

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Franchise cleaning companies typically trade at between 6x and 8x EBITDA in normal market conditions.

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Assessment

Industry valuation benchmarks and transaction databases (including DealStats, BizBuySell, and IBBA Market Pulse reports) show that typical cleaning companies and franchise operating units trade at multiples between 2.5x and 4.8x EBITDA (and 2.0x to 3.5x SDE). Valuation multiples of 6.0x to 8.0x EBITDA are not typical; they represent the upper tier reserved for large corporate franchisors (200+ units) or institutional private equity platform roll-ups generating more than $5M in EBITDA.

DealStats and Peak Business Valuation data indicate typical small-to-midsized cleaning companies transact at an average EBITDA multiple range of 3.41x to 4.11x.
HedgeStone, DealStats, and IBBA benchmarks show typical commercial cleaning and janitorial businesses trade at a median of 4.8x EBITDA (3.2x SDE).
Franchise unit valuation data indicates standard single-unit and multi-unit franchise businesses sell at 2.5x to 3.5x EBITDA, while residential cleaning franchise units average 2.0x to 3.5x SDE.
Multiples of 6.0x to 8.0x EBITDA only apply to large platform-grade franchisors (200+ units) or businesses with more than $5M in EBITDA.

Checked against

[1] medium.com [2] peakbusinessvaluation.com [3] breakwaterma.com [4] ctacquisitions.com [5] bizbuysell.com [6] homeservicesbusinessvaluation.com [7] equidam.com [8] equidam.com

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