Answer 12 questions across the factors buyers care about most. Get your overall readiness score, your strongest areas, your biggest value risks, and your top priorities before going to market.
1.
Financial performance
Over the last 3 years, are your revenue and profit growing or stable?
2.
Owner dependence
Could your business operate normally if you took a 3-month absence?
3.
Management team
Is there a manager or team that can run daily operations without you?
4.
Systems & processes
Are your key processes (sales, delivery, fulfillment, onboarding) documented and repeatable?
5.
Customer concentration
Is no single customer more than 15–20% of your revenue?
6.
Customer transferability
Do customers buy from your business and brand, not personally from you?
7.
Recurring revenue
Do you have contracts, subscriptions, or predictable repeat business?
8.
Legal & compliance
Are your corporate, tax, and legal documents clean and up to date?
9.
Brand & reputation
Does your business have a strong reputation in its market?
10.
Market position
Do you have a clear competitive advantage or defensible market position?
11.
Growth opportunity
Is there clear, unrealized growth a new owner could pursue with more resources?
12.
Transferability
Could a new owner take over and successfully run this business?