United Kingdom
$40,000,000

United Kingdom
$40,000,000
Orange County, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $120,000

$1,500,000

Belgium
$3,570,000
Addison, TX
$6,500,000
Houston, TX
$200,000
San Jose, CA
$1,000,000
Santa Clara County, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $100,000
Cook County, IL
$221,550
Nashua, NH
$1,600,000
Nashua, NH
$950,000
Nashua, NH
$500,000
Delaware
$750,000
$1,100,000
New York, NY
Alberta
$1,447,980
Singapore
$1,800,000
Bobby Panahi, MBA
BPRE
Serving Los Angeles County, CA
BPRE is located in Los Angeles and serves the Southern California region. The founder and managing broker, Bobby Panahi, is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of real estate experience specializing in commercial sales/leasing, bulk asset business sales, and real estate development. Bobby holds an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management and has lived most of his life in the Los Angeles area. While serving as President of one of T-Mobile's top retail partners, Bobby gained extensive knowledge of Southern California's commercial geography and real estate landscape, which he eventually leveraged to build a thriving business brokerage
Cuyahoga County, OH
$125,000
Dallas, TX
$1,700,000
South Ogden, UT
$1,987,000
England
$1,632,000
Tampa, FL
$440,000
Tampa, FL
$270,000
Nashua, NH
$2,800,000
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000,000
$2,795,000
California
Nashua, NH
$1,250,000
Australia
$7,100,000
St. Louis County, MO
$3,300,000
California
$2,680,000
New Castle County, DE
$800,000
Utah County, UT
$649,995
Nashua, NH
$30,000,000
Alameda County, CA
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $200,000
New York
$1,200,000
Canada
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $116,034
$2,000,000
South Carolina
$7,000,000
Tampa, FL
$6,000,000
Nashua, NH
$4,500,000
Colorado
Not Disclosed
Alameda County, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $10,000
Melbourne, FL
$500,000
$20,000,000
California
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $73,000
Robert Zinzell Jr.
Coral International Realty
Serving Miami-Dade County, FL
Coral International Realty 15715 S Dixie Hwy ste 206 Miami Fl 33157 305-562-6848
Raleigh, NC
$3,285,000
Riyadh
$55,000,000
New York, NY
Nashua, NH
$650,000
Alameda County, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $1,000
Nashua, NH
$575,000
St. Louis County, MO
$1,300,000
Pleasanton, CA
Not Disclosed
Cash Flow: $400,322
Nashua, NH
$1,200,000
Nashua, NH
$1,700,000
The software and app industry encompasses a broad spectrum of businesses that develop, distribute, and maintain software applications for various platforms such as desktops, mobile devices, and cloud environments. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming the software landscape by enabling more intelligent and adaptive applications, while the shift to cloud computing continues to gain momentum as businesses are increasingly adopting cloud-based services for their scalability, cost-efficiency, and flexibility.
If you are looking to buy or sell a software company or app business, it’s important to understand how these businesses are valued in the business for sale market. To provide some context, we have aggregated software and app business for sale listing data below and surfaced important financial and valuation metrics.
Market Overview
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Number of Businesses Analyzed |
140 |
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Median Asking Price |
$1,500,000 |
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Median Reported Revenue |
$611,762 |
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Median Reported Earnings |
$264,441 |
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Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
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Software and App Company Business Valuation Multiples
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Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
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Lower Quartile |
1.61 |
2.97 |
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Median |
2.59 |
3.99 |
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Upper Quartile |
4.09 |
5.37 |
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Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
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Software, App, and SaaS Business Valuation Multiples & Financial Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a software or app company?
Prices vary depending on the size of the business listed, but the median asking price for an established software or app business is $1,500,000.
How much do software business owners earn?
Software and app business owners report median annual revenue of $611,762 and annual owner earnings of $264,441. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings. Software businesses tend to have very high profit margins.
How do I value a software or app business?
Valuing a software or app business involves considering several factors, including annual revenue, profit, growth (or decline) trends, and competition in the app market. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples among software businesses listed for sale in the U.S. range from 1.61 to 4.09, with the median at 2.59. Earnings multiples range from 2.97 to 5.37, with the median at 3.99. These values suggest the average software business listed for sale may trade for around 2.59 times its annual revenue, and 3.99 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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