Selling a specialty contracting business comes down to licensing, bonding, and backlog.
Licensing status, bonding capacity, and backlog quality change how a buyer evaluates a specialty contractor. This hub is being built now, here's what's available today.
Licensing & certifications
Why license transferability and certification status affect deal structure.
Take the quiz →Bonding capacity
How your bonding limits and surety relationships factor into buyer confidence.
Estimate your value →Backlog quality
Why the size, mix, and stability of your project backlog matters as much as revenue.
Check your risk →Dedicated guides for specialty contractors are in progress
The Valuation Guide and Exit Timeline for this industry haven't been published yet. In the meantime, the Exit Readiness Quiz below works for any industry and takes three to five minutes.
Take the Exit Readiness Quiz →Three tools worth using before you read further
Exit Readiness Quiz
Ten questions, scored on a 30 point scale, no email required to see the result.
Take the QuizBusiness Valuation Calculator
A directional estimate of value, framed the way a buyer would frame it.
Open the CalculatorCustomer Concentration Risk Calculator
Shows exactly where concentration risk sits before a buyer finds it first.
Check Your RiskSpecialty contractor exits
Anonymized, real-world situations, so you can see how a similar deal actually went before you're in one.
How ready is this business to sell?
Three quick questions here. The full 10 question diagnostic is on the real assessment.
- If you stepped away for 90 days, would the business keep running?
- Do any single customers represent more than 20% of revenue?
- 7 more questions, scored on a 30 point scale, on the full quiz
Takes three to five minutes. No email required to see your score.
Take the full Exit Readiness Quiz →Recent thinking for specialty contractors
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