Buyer value model
What would a buyer actually pay for your MSP?
The 8–11x multiples in the headlines come from deals with a median size of $38.5m. This models your business the way buyers price it: by size, contracted recurring revenue, client concentration and how much of it still runs through you — anchored to verified transaction data, not broker chatter.
What each buyer would pay
What's suppressing your multiple
Ranges assume a competent, competitive process. A single unsolicited offer prices at the bottom of the band or below it — that is what unprepared exits cost.
Fill in your numbers and the model prices your MSP the way the four real buyer types do. Anchored to verified deal comps — the same data behind the multiples research shared in the MSP community.