Twelfth Annual National Industrial Edition provides you the valuable data needed to help determine the worth of a business.

BIZCOMPS® 2006 National Industrial Edition is an annual study of over 1,250 actual businesses sold totaling over one billion dollars. It includes only larger manufacturing, wholesale/distribution and service businesses that have sold nationwide.

These sales have been divided into a number of different categories to provide even more useful information.

• Such as:
• Sales price to gross sales (Also graphed - both averages & medians)
  
• Sales price to seller's discretionary earnings (Also graphed - both averages & medians)
  
• Sales compared by geographical area
  
• Average sale over $1,000,000
  
• Terms versus all cash sales
  
• More profitable compared to less profitable businesses
  
• The value of furniture, fixtures and equipment
  
• The value of inventory at time of sale

This study consists of data supplied by CERTIFIED BUSINESS INTERMEDIARIES on 1,250 manufacturing, wholesale/distribution and larger service business sales totaling over 1.25 billion dollars.

Businesses have been sorted into groups such as-
1. All Businesses Sold With Terms
2. All Businesses Sold For Cash
3. Central, Eastern & Western Area Comparisons
4. All businesses sold with over 3.0 Times SDE
5. All businesses that sold for under $500,000
6. All businesses that sold between $500,000 and $1,000,000
7. All businesses that sold for over $1,000,000
8. Manufacturing Businesses
9. Wholesale/Distribution Businesses
10. Larger Service Businesses
11. All Contractors
12. Printing Businesses
13. Trucking & Couriers
14. Mfg-Machine Shops
15. Mfg-Plastic Products
16. Mfg-Sign Manufacturers
17. Whsle-Food Products
18. Whsle-Automotive Products
19. Whsle-Hardware
20. Whsle-Building Supplies
21. Distr-Medical Supplies
22. Distr-Industrial Supplies
23. Dealerships
24. Building Services

All Asking Prices and Sales Prices now include inventory. The ratios are also based on Sale Prices with inventories.

Comparisons are also made of the Actual Sale Price to the Gross Sales, Actual Sale Price to Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, the Average Down Payments Made, FF and E Values, Inventory and so on.

Medians and graphs are given for the sale ratios and the area comparisons.

The information presented is designed to provide insight into the businesses sold. It will be useful for accountants, business appraisers, business brokers, consultants and their clients.

A few interesting new businesses included are Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors, Food Processors, Landscape Maintenance, Printing Businesses, Prototype Manufacturers, Machine Shops, Electronic Manufacturers,Sign Manufacturers, Automotive Parts Distributors, Building Products Distributors, Janitorial Supply Distributors, Medical Distributors, Computer Sales & Service, Janitorial Services, Moving & Storage, Trucking Companies, Courier Services, Etc.