What is your business worth?
Answer three questions for an indicative range on screen. Marthinus follows up within 24 hours with a considered figure and the assumptions behind it — free, and with no obligation.
Prefer WhatsApp? Send three figures and we’ll reply within 24 hours — same result, no typing into a form.
Three questions, then a number.
The on-screen figure is instant and rough. The one Marthinus sends is neither.
Tell us what it's for
Then what the business does and last year's figures. Round numbers are fine — nobody is holding you to them, and nothing is submitted until you choose to send it.
See an indicative range immediately
We apply a sector multiple to the profit you entered and show a range on screen. It is a sense check, not a valuation, and the page says so plainly.
Get the considered version within 24 hours
Marthinus reviews what you sent, applies proper method, and comes back within one working day with a range and the assumptions behind it. No charge and no obligation.
What arrives in the email.
An indicative range
A low, midpoint and high figure — not a single number, because no honest valuation is a single number.
The multiple applied
Which sector multiple we used and why, so you can sanity-check it against what you already believe.
The main assumptions
The two or three things that would move the figure most, stated plainly.
What would firm it up
Which records a formal valuation would need, so you know what a proper engagement involves before committing to one.
A human read
Every response is reviewed by Marthinus before it goes out. Nothing is auto-generated and sent unseen.
No sales sequence
One reply. If you want to take it further you say so — you will not be chased.
When you need more than an estimate.
The instant range is a sense check. Where a figure has to persuade a buyer, a bank, SARS or a court, it is modelled properly — through our valuation software and a human analyst, not a multiple.
An indicative range
A sector multiple applied to your profit figure, back within 24 hours. Useful for orientation. Not a report, and not something you can hand to anybody else.
A full valuation report
Five methods run through our modelling software and cross-checked, earnings normalised, assumptions and sensitivity analysis written up. Ten working days. Suitable for negotiation, planning and investor conversations.
Defensible under scrutiny
Everything in Standard plus financial due diligence, on-site verification and legal review — prepared to withstand SARS, a lender, the Master or an opposing expert. Three to five weeks.
Start free and decide later
The free range costs nothing and takes a minute. If it suggests the decision is worth getting right, we scope the paid work in a free 30-minute call. See full pricing.
Because the first conversation should cost nothing.
Most enquiries aren't ready yet
A large share of owners asking what their business is worth are two or three years from doing anything about it. Charging for that conversation just means it never happens.
It's how we scope properly
A rough range tells us in five minutes whether a formal mandate is worth either party's time, which is faster and more honest than a sales call.
The real work is still the real work
A free indicative range is not a substitute for a valuation, and it is not offered as one. It is a starting point, and it is deliberately described that way throughout.
Questions we're asked most.
Is the free valuation really free?
Yes. No charge, no obligation and no card details. It exists because most people asking what their business is worth are some way from transacting, and we would rather have that conversation early than not at all.
How accurate is the indicative range?
Treat it as a sense check. It applies a sector multiple to a single profit figure, which ignores your balance sheet, your cash flow, your customer concentration and everything else that moves a real valuation. A formal valuation routinely lands 30% or more away from it in either direction.
What is the difference between this and a formal valuation?
A formal valuation runs several methods in parallel, normalises reported earnings, tests the assumptions and produces a documented report with sensitivity analysis. It is the version you can put in front of a buyer, a lender, a court or SARS. This is not.
Will you contact me repeatedly afterwards?
No. You get one reply. If you want to take it further you tell us — there is no drip sequence and no mailing list.
Is my information confidential?
Yes. Your figures are treated as confidential and are never shared with third parties. Where a formal mandate follows and the information is sensitive, we will sign a non-disclosure agreement before you send anything further.
How long does the reply take?
Within 24 hours on working days. Enquiries that arrive over a weekend are answered on Monday.
Some questions don't fit in a form.
If the situation is complicated — a dispute, an estate, a partner who wants out — a 30-minute call is quicker than any calculator. It's free and there's no obligation.
Talk to us- Free 30-minute scoping call
- Offices in Cape Town and Pretoria
- Fixed fees quoted before any work starts