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What is a company with $50,000,000 in sales worth? Where two sets of figures meet
Where the sold-deal data behind our calculator ends, other publishers' figures begin. And what's held back after closing matters as much as the price.
Valuation
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Figures: IRS tax year 2023GF Data through Q3 2025SRS Acquiom, deals closed 2019 to 2024Market Pulse through Q2 2026Read November 12, 2026
Legend Atty · Founder, BridgeBook
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What is it worth at $50,000,000?
The short answer: at $50,000,000 in sales you sit where two sets of figures meet. S corporations with $50,000,000 to $250,000,000 in sales kept about 8.0%[1] before interest, depreciation and amortization in tax year 2023, by our math on IRS figures. That's $4,000,000 a year. A stronger margin can carry your price past the top of our sold-deal data.
- IRS margin at this size
- 8.0%[1]Before interest, depreciation and amortization, tax year 2023, our math
- EBITDA at that rate
- $4,000,000A made-up example on $50,000,000 of sales
- Our sold-deal range, typical
- $19,600,000$16,000,000 to $23,200,000, priced on EBITDA
- Other publishers' figures
- Exhibit 2For company values around and past ours, named and dated
$50,000,000 sits on the line between two IRS bands, and we use the upper one. The IRS sorts companies by business receipts, which we call sales. The band below it, $10,000,000 to $50,000,000, kept 9.1%[1], a little wider than the upper band's.
On the returns themselves, business profit for the upper band was 6.1%[1]. That's what those S corporations reported to the IRS as profit, as a share of what they took in, before the owners' own income tax.
Buyers price EBITDA: yearly profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The tool's range comes from the sold-deal data behind our calculator, IBBA and M&A Source Market Pulse[2]. Its top group is companies that sold for $5,000,000 to $50,000,000.
Your numbers
Industry: All industries
IRS, S corporations with $50,000,000 to $250,000,000 in sales, tax year 2023, our math. Change it to yours.
A made-up example at the IRS rate
$4,000,000
A made-up example: 8.0% of $50,000,000 in yearly sales. EBITDA is yearly profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Our sold-deal data puts that EBITDA at
$16,000,000 to $23,200,000
Typical $19,600,000, priced on EBITDA.
IBBA and M&A Source Market Pulse, closed deals of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000. Typical is the middle of its recent readings. Our figures checked November 2, 2026.
Other publishers' figures, not ours
| Company value | Multiple of EBITDA | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000,000 to $25,000,000Near yours | 5.9x | GF Data, average, through the third quarter of 2025 |
| $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 | 6.6x | GF Data, average, through the third quarter of 2025 |
| $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 | 8.7x | GF Data, average, through the third quarter of 2025 |
| $100,000,000 to $250,000,000 | 10.0x | GF Data, average, through the third quarter of 2025 |
| $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 | 5.5x | TagniFi, median, twelve months to March 31, 2026 |
| $10,000,000 to $50,000,000Near yours | 7.3x | TagniFi, median, twelve months to March 31, 2026 |
| $50,000,000 to $200,000,000 | 9.0x | TagniFi, median, twelve months to March 31, 2026 |
| $200,000,000 to $500,000,000 | 11.4x | TagniFi, median, twelve months to March 31, 2026 |
These figures come from outside reports, not from BridgeBook's own data: each one counts different deals in its own way, so read them as a guide to the market, not as a price for your company.
At this profit you can book a call with a dedicated advisor.
The valuation asks your sales and profit again, then your name, email and cell phone, and shows a range.
Where does our sold-deal data stop?
At a sale price of $50,000,000. Our range's high end gets there at $8,620,690 of EBITDA. On $50,000,000 of sales, that takes a margin above about 17.2%.
A made-up example: the same $50,000,000 company at the IRS rate and at two wider margins.
One made-up company with $50,000,000 in sales, at three margins
Band is sale price| Margin | EBITDA | Our sold-deal range | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0% (IRS rate) | $4,000,000 | $16,000,000 to $23,200,000 | $19,600,000 |
| 14.0% | $7,000,000 | $28,000,000 to $40,600,000 | $34,300,000 |
| 20.0% | $10,000,000 | Past our sold-deal data | No figure from us |
Source: IBBA and M&A Source, Second quarter of 2026[2]. Made-up example. The ranges are the sold-deal data behind our calculator, checked November 2, 2026.
The widest one doesn't get a number from us. We could stretch the math past the group it came from, but the group never held a company that size. So we show other publishers' figures for it instead. A company with $100,000,000 in sales reaches the same line at a thinner margin, and one with $30,000,000 in sales stays well inside it at the IRS rate.
What do outside reports show past that?
Higher figures, from different deals. GF Data reports private equity platform buyouts by company value: the price for the whole business, before debt and cash. TagniFi reports medians across all buyers.
Other publishers' figures from $10,000,000 to $200,000,000 of company value
Band is company valueOther publishers' figures, not ours
| Company value | Multiple of EBITDA | Statistic | Buyers | Period | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000,000 to $25,000,000Near yours | 5.9x | Average | Private equity, platform buyouts | Through the third quarter of 2025 | GF Data[3] |
| $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 | 6.6x | Average | Private equity, platform buyouts | Through the third quarter of 2025 | GF Data[3] |
| $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 | 8.7x | Average | Private equity, platform buyouts | Through the third quarter of 2025 | GF Data[3] |
| $10,000,000 to $50,000,000Near yours | 7.3x | Median | All buyers | Twelve months to March 31, 2026 | TagniFi[4] |
| $50,000,000 to $200,000,000 | 9.0x | Median | All buyers | Twelve months to March 31, 2026 | TagniFi[4] |
These figures come from outside reports, not from BridgeBook's own data: each one counts different deals in its own way, so read them as a guide to the market, not as a price for your company.
Source: GF Data, Through the third quarter of 2025[3]; TagniFi, Twelve months to March 31, 2026[4].
Those are other publishers' figures for private equity and all buyers. We don't turn them into a price for your company. They show the market around you, and why bigger companies sell for more explains the gap.
How much of your price is held back after closing?
Usually some. Escrow is money held back after closing to cover claims, and a holdback works the same way. In SRS Acquiom's study of 2024 deals, 89%[5] had at least one escrow or holdback.
Without reps and warranties insurance, the median escrow for claims was 10.0% of deal value. With it, the median was 0.35%.
The money waits while the buyer can still bring claims. SRS Acquiom's figure: in deals of $50,000,000 or less, buyers had a median 15 months to bring claims.[6] Plan your own cash around the part that arrives on day one.
What is reps and warranties insurance?
A policy that pays for most breaches of the written promises you make about the business. Those promises are the representations and warranties: that what you told the buyer is true.
Lockton, an insurance broker, says policies are often available at company values as low as $10,000,000[7]. Gallagher puts the premium around or slightly above 3% of the cover bought[8]. Buyers often buy cover equal to 10% of company value.
It's the buyer's policy, and we don't arrange it. For you, it mostly means a smaller escrow. Whether the buyer will buy one is a fair question for the letter of intent.
How does working capital move your wire?
Up or down, dollar for dollar. Working capital is the money tied up in running the business day to day: what customers owe you, plus inventory, minus the bills you owe. You and the buyer agree on a normal amount the business hands over at closing. That agreed amount is called the peg, or the target.
Hand over less than the peg on closing day and the price goes down by the gap. Hand over more and it goes up. In SRS Acquiom's study, more than 90% of private deals set out a price adjustment after closing[5].
Settle how the peg is set while you still have more than one buyer. Here's how the working capital peg works, and the offer to cash calculator walks one offer down to the wire. The steps in between are on from sale price to cash at closing.
What we'd look at first
At this size the terms move your wire as much as the price. A dedicated advisor starts with these.
- Your margin against the IRS rate, and whether it puts you inside our data or past it.
- Twenty-four months of working capital by month, so the talk about the target (the peg) starts from your own average.
- Anything a buyer could later call a breach: open disputes, tax notices, a customer you're quietly losing.
- How much cash you need on closing day, which sets how much escrow and later payment you can take.
Selling a company with $50,000,000 in sales, by industry
Each of these pages has a section for a company your size in that industry: its margin, who buys it and what they check.
- Manufacturing of any kind
- Food manufacturing
- Metal fabrication and machine shops
- Machinery manufacturing
- Building construction
- Site work and civil construction
- HVAC, plumbing and electrical
- Distribution and wholesale
- Food and beverage distribution
- Trucking and logistics
- Staffing and recruiting
- Commercial facility services
- Waste management
Questions owners ask at $50,000,000
What is a $50,000,000 revenue company worth?
S corporations with $50,000,000 to $250,000,000 in sales kept 8.0% before interest, depreciation and amortization, by our math on IRS figures. On $50,000,000 that's $4,000,000, which the sold-deal data behind our calculator puts at $16,000,000 to $23,200,000. At a much wider margin the price passes $50,000,000, where our data stops.
How much of my price will be held back?
In SRS Acquiom's 2024 deals, the median escrow for claims was 10.0% of the deal without reps and warranties insurance, and 0.35% with it.
What is reps and warranties insurance?
A policy the buyer buys. It pays for most breaches of the promises you make about the business, so less of your price sits in escrow.
Why do private equity reports show higher prices than your data?
They count private equity buyouts by company value, often averaged. The sold-deal data behind our calculator counts advisor-run sales up to $50,000,000. Both are real figures, and they measure different markets.
Where these numbers come from
The sold-deal data behind our calculator: IBBA and M&A Source Market Pulse, closed deals. Our figures checked November 2, 2026.
- IRS Statistics of Income, Corporation Income Tax Returns Complete Report (Publication 16), Table 3.2, Form 1120-S by size of business receipts. Tax Year 2023, released September 2026. Read November 12, 2026.
- IBBA and M&A Source, Market Pulse Q2 2026 Highlights. Second quarter of 2026. Read November 12, 2026.
- TagniFi, PowerComps Middle Market Update for the first quarter of 2026: Quality Over Quantity. Twelve months to March 31, 2026. Read November 12, 2026.
- SRS Acquiom, 2025 M&A Deal Terms Study. Deals closed 2019 to 2024. Read November 12, 2026.
- SRS Acquiom, M&A Insights newsletter, July 14, 2026. Deals closed 2020 to 2025. Read November 12, 2026.
- Lockton, Transaction Liability Market Update 2025, The Americas. 2025. Read November 12, 2026.
- Gallagher, Representations and Warranties Insurance. 2026. Read November 12, 2026.
Percentages are BridgeBook's arithmetic on the IRS dollar figures.
Outside figures are other publishers', named and dated, and they don't feed our calculator. How we use outside figures
Keep reading
- Larger companiesWhat Is a Working Capital Peg?The working capital you and the buyer agree the business hands over at closing, and how it moves your price.
- Larger companiesFrom Sale Price to Cash at ClosingWhat comes off the price in the letter before money reaches your bank, in the order it happens.
- Larger companiesWhy Bigger Companies Sell for MoreWhat outside reports show about price and size, and why their figures sit above the sold-deal data we use.
- SellingHow to sell a businessThe steps from a first valuation to closing day, and what to get ready before buyers look.
- Larger companiesAverage Profit Margin by Company SizeWhat companies your size keep as profit, by size and by industry, from tax returns the IRS publishes.
- Larger companiesWhat a $10,000,000 Company Is WorthWhen buyers stop counting your pay as profit, and who can buy a company this size.
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