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Sell Your Construction Business
Owner-operated construction and contracting businesses sell for roughly 1.80 to 3.10 times SDE in sold-transaction data. We quote the honest number, market your business confidentially to buyers under NDA, and you pay nothing unless it sells.
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We quote the number that closes
Our valuations are clamped to sold-transaction data, so the number you hear on day one is the number buyers actually pay for construction and contracting businesses like yours. Sometimes it is lower than you hoped; it is also the number that gets you to a wire transfer instead of a stale listing. Built for established, profitable businesses, not startups or side projects.
The buyers
Who's buying right now
Different buyers pay differently for the same business. Part of our job is putting more than one type at the table so you are not negotiating against a single offer.
Individual buyers with industry backgrounds
Project managers and estimators buying their way into ownership, usually SBA-financed. They underwrite your backlog line by line.
Strategic acquirers
Contractors entering your geography or adding your specialty. They value crews, bonding capacity, and customer relationships they do not have.
Search funds and family offices
Longer-hold buyers who want established operators with management depth. They pay fairly for businesses that run without the owner on every job.
The process
How the sale works
Honest valuation
Your range from sold construction business transactions, and the drivers that move it, before you commit to anything.
Preparation and packaging
Normalized financials, a confidential information package, and fixes for the diligence problems we can see coming.
Confidential buyer outreach
Marketed without identifying details. Buyers sign an NDA for your deal before they learn who you are.
Offers and negotiation
We drive competing offers where the market allows and negotiate price and structure: cash at close, seller notes, earnouts.
Diligence to closing
We manage document requests, licensing transfers, and timelines through signing, funding, and handoff.
Before you list
Worth more in 12 months: what to fix before you list
- Build backlog visibility: signed contracts that convey are what buyers underwrite first
- Reduce dependence on any single GC or developer relationship
- Put estimating and project management in employee hands, not just yours
- Keep your EMR and bonding file clean and current: both widen the buyer pool
Start with the free construction business valuation calculator to see your current range, then decide whether to sell now or build value first.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
What is my construction business worth?
Sold-transaction data puts owner-operated construction and contracting businesses at roughly 1.80 to 3.10 times SDE, with 2.40x typical, for owners earning up to $250,000. Bigger ones sell higher. Where yours lands depends on recurring revenue, team depth, customer concentration, and owner dependence. The free calculator applies your numbers to the current band in about two minutes.
How long does it take to sell?
Plan on months, not weeks. Across all small businesses, BizBuySell’s Insight Report put the median time on market at 198 days (Q1 2026). Well-prepared businesses priced at honest, sold-comp numbers move faster; overpriced listings sit, go stale, and often sell lower after a price cut than they would have at an honest ask.
Will my employees and customers find out?
Not from us. The business is marketed without identifying details, buyers sign an NDA for your deal before they learn who you are, and your team typically learns about the sale from you, after closing terms are set.
What does it cost to sell with BridgeBook?
Nothing upfront: no retainers, no listing fees, no monthly charges. We are paid a success fee only when your business actually sells. The fee is set for your business and put in writing before you sign.
My revenue swings year to year with projects. How do buyers handle that?
They average it and they discount volatility. Buyers typically weight the last three years of earnings, look hard at current backlog, and price single-customer concentration as risk. If this year is strong and next year is already contracted, that is the moment to get a valuation: sellable backlog is worth more than a hot trailing twelve months alone.
Do I have to stay on after the sale?
Usually for a transition period, commonly 30 to 90 days of handoff, and sometimes longer by agreement if the buyer wants training or the deal includes a seller note or earnout. How much transition a buyer needs depends mostly on how owner-dependent the business is, which is also a price lever you can improve before listing.
Time-on-market statistic: BizBuySell Insight Report, Q1 2026 (accessed July 2026).
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