About SME Multiples

SME Multiples is a free, global reference platform for exploring EBITDA valuation multiples across small and medium-sized businesses. The platform brings together indicative valuation benchmarks across around 200 industries — from SaaS and manufacturing to healthcare, professional services and renewable energy — in one simple, searchable index.

Built for anyone exploring business valuations, SME Multiples provides a quick, transparent starting point for understanding how businesses in different industries may be valued. Users can compare typical, minimum and maximum EBITDA multiples, explore the key factors that can influence valuations, and use our valuation calculator to see how growth or decline may affect an indicative range.

Each industry page goes beyond a headline multiple, highlighting the characteristics, value drivers and risks that can push valuations higher or lower. The aim is to make SME valuation data easier to explore, compare and understand.

AI-Powered Research

SME Multiples uses AI-assisted research to help compile, structure and analyse information from public transaction data, sector research and wider market observations. This allows us to cover a broad range of industries and continually develop the index as new information becomes available.

The resulting multiples are indicative benchmarks rather than formal valuations. Actual business valuations can vary significantly depending on company-specific performance, size, growth, profitability, customer concentration, market conditions and transaction structure.

Free and Open

SME Multiples is built and maintained by a small team with a simple goal: to make business valuation benchmarks more accessible.

The platform is free to explore, with no account required. We welcome feedback, corrections and suggestions for industries or insights you’d like to see added.

SME Multiples is intended as a general reference and research tool and should not be relied upon as financial, investment or professional valuation advice.