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Saleability Score: could a buyer run your business without you?

Twelve questions across the six things buyers look at. You get a score out of 100 and see exactly where the business still depends on you.

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The score

Answer honestly. Nobody sees this but you.

Pick the answer closest to how the business runs today, not how it should run.

Question 1 of 12

If you took four weeks off with no phone, what would happen to the business?

Question 2 of 12

How many of the important customer or supplier relationships run through you personally?

Question 3 of 12

How much of the way work gets done is written down?

Question 4 of 12

When a new person starts, how do they learn the job?

Question 5 of 12

When a quote goes out, what makes sure it gets followed up?

Question 6 of 12

How much admin is re-typed from one system into another?

Question 7 of 12

How do you get your weekly numbers (sales, cash, pipeline, jobs)?

Question 8 of 12

Could a buyer see 12 months of sales pipeline and lead source data?

Question 9 of 12

If your most important employee resigned tomorrow, how hard would it be?

Question 10 of 12

Does your team make routine decisions without checking with you?

Question 11 of 12

Who owns your software accounts, domain, logins and key data?

Question 12 of 12

If a buyer asked for your operating documents tomorrow, how long would it take?

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Your Saleability Score

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What it measures

Six dimensions buyers inspect.

Owner dependency

How much of the day to day still routes through you.

Systems and SOPs

Whether the way work gets done is written down and used.

Automation

How much repeat admin still needs a person to remember it.

Management visibility

Whether the numbers exist without someone building them.

Key people and team

What happens when one person is away or leaves.

Transferability

Accounts, logins, documents and data a buyer can actually take over.

Questions

About the score and valuations.

What is the Saleability Score?
A twelve question self assessment that rates how dependent your business is on you, across the six operational areas buyers look at: owner dependency, systems and SOPs, automation, management visibility, key people, and transferability. It gives you a score out of 100 and shows which areas to fix first.
Is this a business valuation?
No. It does not estimate what your business is worth. Valuations are done by brokers, accountants and valuers using your financials. The Saleability Score looks at the operational side: how easily a buyer could take over and run the business without you. That affects how attractive the business is to buyers, which is why it is worth fixing before you get a valuation.
How do buyers value a small business in Australia?
Most small and medium businesses are valued on a multiple of their maintainable earnings, usually EBIT or EBITDA adjusted for the owner’s wage. The multiple itself moves with risk. A business that depends heavily on the owner, has key-person risk or cannot show clean operating records is riskier for a buyer, so it is harder to sell and the terms are often worse. Ask your broker or accountant for an actual valuation.
What happens to my answers?
Your score is calculated in your browser. If you ask for the full breakdown we keep your contact details and score so we can follow up with you. We do not sell or share them.

Want the full picture?

The Buyer-Ready Audit goes far beyond twelve questions: interviews with you and your team, a map of how the business actually runs, and a costed plan. From $3,500 + GST, credited against the build.

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