About Accountancy Practice Valuation
What an accountancy practice is worth, how GRF multiples, earn-outs and clawback actually work, and quotes from brokers who buy and sell fees.
What is on this site
One question, "accounting firm valuation", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- The multiple of gross recurring fees, and what it hides: Practices are quoted as a multiple of annual fees. Why that number tells you little on its own, and the three adjustments that decide the real price.
- Retention clauses, clawbacks and earn-outs on a practice sale: Most practice sales pay part of the price later, contingent on clients staying. How the mechanisms differ and which risks you keep.
- Allocation: the clause that changes your net, not the price: In an asset sale the IRS requires a residual-method allocation across asset classes taxed differently. It moves your proceeds without moving the headline.
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Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@accountancyvaluation.com. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
Accountancy Valuation is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the AICPA, the IBBA or any buyer or adviser named here, and it is neither a law firm nor a tax adviser. Nothing on it is legal, tax or valuation advice, and it does not value any particular practice. We publish no practice-specific multiple because no primary source we could read publishes one; the transaction figures quoted are the surrounding market of US business sales, sourced and dated. We take no commission and carry no paid placements.