What a valuation costs, and what you get for it.
Three tiers, fixed fees, and a free indicative range if you just want a sense of where you stand. No hourly billing and no quote that arrives larger than the conversation suggested.
Free tier returned within 24 hours. Standard and Executive quoted as a fixed fee after a free scoping call.
Send three figures on WhatsApp.
Your sector, last year’s turnover and rough operating profit. We’ll come back with an indicative range within 24 hours — free, and with no obligation.
Free valuation on WhatsAppPrefer not to message? Use the on-screen calculator.
Three levels. Pick the one that matches the decision.
A figure to satisfy your own curiosity and a figure that has to survive a buyer’s accountant are different pieces of work. Paying for the second when you need the first is waste; the reverse is expensive.
Free
An indicative range, so you know roughly where you stand.
- Indicative range, not a single figure
- Sector multiple applied to your profit
- Reviewed by a person before it’s sent
- Send it through on WhatsApp in a minute
- No written report
- Not defensible to SARS, a bank or a court
Or use the on-screen calculator
Standard
A full valuation, modelled properly and written up.
- Everything in Free
- Full valuation run through our modelling software
- Income, market and asset-based methods, cross-checked
- Earnings normalised and adjustments itemised
- Written report with assumptions and sensitivity analysis
- Suitable for negotiation, planning and investor conversations
Fixed fee, quoted before any work starts
Executive
The version that has to hold up under someone else’s scrutiny.
- Everything in Standard
- Financial due diligence overlay
- On-site management interviews and verification
- Prepared to be defensible for SARS, the Master, lenders or a court
- Legal review of the transaction documents
- Findings presented to your board, buyer or bank
Scoped in a free 30-minute call
What’s in each.
| Free | Standard | Executive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative range | |||
| Turnaround | 24 hours | 10 days | 3–5 weeks |
| Valuation software modelling | |||
| Number of methods applied | 1 | 5 | 5 + diligence |
| Earnings normalisation | |||
| Written report | |||
| Sensitivity analysis | |||
| Value-driver analysis | |||
| Financial due diligence | |||
| On-site verification | |||
| Defensible for SARS or court | |||
| Legal document review | |||
| Findings presented in person |
What moves the number.
Standard and Executive are quoted as a fixed fee after a free scoping call. Four things determine where in the range you land.
Size and moving parts
A single-entity business with clean annual financials sits at the bottom of the range. Multiple entities, inter-company loans, property held separately or foreign revenue all add work.
Who has to believe it
A valuation for your own planning needs less evidencing than one going to SARS, a bank or an opposing attorney. The standard of proof drives the effort, not the size of the business.
The state of the books
Where management accounts are current and contracts are filed, the work is faster and the fee is lower. Reconstructing two years of records is chargeable time and we’ll say so up front.
Fixed fees, quoted before we start.
No hourly billing
You get scope, deliverable, timeline and price in writing after the scoping call. If the work turns out larger than expected, that is our estimating problem, not your invoice.
Nothing starts before you accept
No retainer is drawn and no work begins until the written quote is accepted. The scoping call itself is free and carries no obligation.
One fee, not a running meter
Questions after delivery are part of the engagement. If your buyer’s accountant queries a figure, we answer it — that is what the report is for.
Questions we're asked most.
How much does a business valuation cost in South Africa?
It depends on turnover, complexity and what the valuation has to withstand. Our Standard tier starts at R[ price ] excluding VAT and the Executive tier at R[ price ], both quoted as a fixed fee after a free 30-minute scoping call. The indicative range is free.
Why is the free version not enough?
It applies a single sector multiple to one profit figure. It ignores your balance sheet, cash flow, customer concentration and every adjustment a real valuation makes, and it produces nothing you can hand to a third party. It is a starting point and it is described that way throughout.
What is the difference between Standard and Executive?
Standard is a full valuation, modelled and written up, suitable for negotiation and planning. Executive adds financial due diligence, on-site verification and legal review, and is prepared to a standard that will hold up in front of SARS, a lender, the Master or a court.
Do you charge for the first conversation?
No. The scoping call is free and there is no obligation. We quote a fixed fee afterwards, and no work starts until that quote is accepted.
Can I upgrade from Standard to Executive later?
Yes. The Standard work forms the base of the Executive engagement, so you pay the difference rather than starting again.
Is VAT included?
Prices are quoted excluding VAT. Your written quote will show the VAT-inclusive total.
An indicative range, back within 24 hours.
Not ready for a full conversation? Send three figures and we'll come back with an indicative range and the assumptions behind it.
Start your free valuation- A range, not a single number — with the workings
- Read by a person before it reaches you
- No obligation and no third-party sharing