Understanding the true value of your childcare business is essential for its overall health and well-being, as well as for planning your exit strategy. Not knowing the true value of your childcare business could lead to unpleasant surprises down the road.

A business valuation is an independent appraisal that analyzes and determines the value of your childcare business. This can be done in many ways, but it is commonly determined by utilizing one or all approaches to value – income approach, market approach, and asset approach.

The business valuation report is more than just a number, though. It is a powerful asset that provides insight into the inner workings of your company. The sooner you engage in a valuation, the more time you’ll have to work on maximizing the value of your business and address “value gaps” – the value of your business vs. what you need the value to be.

ChildCareOwner.com founder Donna Dailey, having worked in Child Care Business Mergers and Acquisitions since 1995 and being designated as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) by the National Association of Certified Business Analysts (NACVA), specializes in childcare business valuations. Depending on your specific needs, both non-certified and certified business valuations are provided.

Standard (Non-certified) business valuations are most often used for planning purposes – business planning, exit planning, value acceleration planning, or business expansion strategies.

Certified business valuations are more appropriate in situations involving a business partnership dissolution, divorce, formal estate planning, and other situations involving possible legal proceedings.