2009 Business Reference Guide: The Essential Guide to Pricing Businesses and Franchises

What is the Business Reference Guide? The 2009 Business Reference Guide, now in its 19th year, is the essential guide to pricing businesses with up-to-date rules of thumb and pricing information for over 600 types of businesses. Most pricing entries contain: * Rules of Thumb based on both sales and earnings (SDE) * Pricing Tips from Industry Experts * Benchmark information that provides comparison data * Industry Resources such as Associations and Publications with Web sites * General Information providing industry data, surveys, and comments * Fascinating facts about many different businesses and industries How could I use BBP's Business Reference Guide? * Research an industry before a listing appointment. * Pull up pricing information. * Present your buyer with a specific industry profile. * Find rules of thumb for a potential seller. * Find pricing tips to use for marketing pieces. * Use benchmark data in a presentation. * Confirm the accuracy of your valuations with current data. * Find an industry expert who may help you with a specific question. Thousands of readers call the Business Reference Guide "an absolute necessity - invaluable to anyone involved in privately held businesses."