35 years of business valuation experience across Queensland. Sale, family law, partnership separation and succession.
Before you sell, negotiate or make a major decision, know what your business is actually worth.
Most business owners act on instinct when it comes to value. Sometimes they accept the first offer. Or they base their sale price on what a competitor sold for. They rely on a friend, or on an accountant's rough rule of thumb. The result is the same: a number that doesn't hold up the moment a buyer's advisor or a court starts asking questions.
As independent business valuers and a qualified business valuation accountant practising across Brisbane and Queensland, we deliver work that holds up in court, in negotiation, and under buyer due diligence. Every engagement starts with a confidential 15-minute call to scope whether you need an indicative appraisal or a formal IVS-compliant business valuation report.
Speak with a Brisbane business valuerA structured, evidence-based assessment prepared in accordance with International Valuation Standards (IVS). Produces a concluded value with documented reasoning. Defensible in legal, financial and transactional contexts.
Standards compliant. Court ready.
A starting indication. Useful for early-stage thinking, but not suitable for disputes, family law matters, or any decision where the outcome has material consequences.
Lower cost. Lower reliance.
A valuation that does not address these principles is limited in its reliability. An IVS-compliant valuation can be relied on, because the person giving the opinion is staking their professional reputation on it.
A business valuation is not only for sellers. You need one whenever a decision involves value, and the cost of getting it wrong is significant. Below are the situations Brisbane owners and their advisors most commonly engage us for.
Establishes a defensible asking price before you go to market.
See: Selling With Us →Confirms whether the offer reflects actual value, or undervalues your position.
An independent, IVS-compliant assessment both parties can rely on.
See: Partnership Separations →Court-ready valuation that meets Family Law evidentiary requirements.
Establishes value for ownership transition, internal or third party.
Understand what drives and reduces value before committing to a direction.
Because there is no licensing regime in Australia governing who can prepare a business valuation, the difference between a credible, standards-compliant assessment and an unreliable estimate often comes down entirely to who you engage.
Choosing the right business valuation specialist is not a formality. It determines who loses and who wins.
A qualified valuation expert puts their professional reputation on the line every time they sign off on work. Our reports comply with International Valuation Standards (IVS), Accounting Standards, ATO requirements and, where relevant, Family Law Court standards. That compliance is what makes a concluded value defensible in negotiations, legal proceedings and due diligence.
Small business valuations require the same rigour as any other. The purpose of the engagement, not the size of the business, determines the scope and standard of work. It may be for a sale, a dispute, a tax matter, or a succession. Our small business valuation services are structured accordingly: we may need to dig deeper depending on the purpose. But we will never compromise in methodology. If you have been relying on a figure provided informally by your accountant as part of a broader tax or compliance engagement, it is worth understanding what that figure is, and is not. A business valuation accountant who produces work for decision-making purposes operates under a different standard than one producing tax returns, management accounts, or budget estimates for internal planning. We are clear on that distinction from the first conversation, and we apply the appropriate standards every time.
This is a particularly important clarification. If you have been working from a figure your accountant provided as part of a tax return or compliance engagement, that number serves a different purpose, and is prepared to a different standard. It is not a "valuation" in that sense of the word.
Our small business valuation services are built on the same methodology we apply to larger engagements, so the report stands up whether the deal is $250k or $25M.
Four stages. The first conversation is free.
We clarify your situation, the purpose of the valuation, and whether a full IVS valuation, a streamlined assessment, or a different level of engagement is right. No cost.
We confirm scope, fees and timeline upfront. You provide financial statements and operational information through a structured process designed to reduce your admin load.
We analyse earnings, normalise financials and assess business risk. We conduct a site visit and interview key personnel where relevant. Operational factors that numbers alone do not show are often what determine value.
A written business valuation report fit for your purpose, whether legal proceedings, a sale, business planning or taxation, delivered within an agreed timeframe.
If your business operates in building, construction or trade services, standard valuation approaches are insufficient on their own. These businesses involve factors most general valuers miss.
If those factors are not properly identified and addressed in the valuation, value is discounted, often significantly. We work specifically with construction and trade-based businesses, ensuring the valuation reflects how buyers in this sector actually make decisions.
We also work with business owners across Queensland. Market behaviour, buyer demand, comparable transactions and valuation expectations vary by location. A valuation prepared without local context produces a number without commercial grounding. Local Brisbane knowledge directly affects the reliability and defensibility of the concluded value.
Book a confidential valuation with Brisbane and Queensland's business valuation experts today.
No obligation. Strictly confidential. A 15-minute conversation costs you nothing, and clarifies exactly what your situation requires.
Book a confidential discussion with Kevin Lovewell