For owners thinking about what's next

Will I be ok?

We help small business owners become financially ready to exit.
  • 01Improve cash flow & increase business value before you sell
  • 02Prepare for an exit — lessen the tax burden from the sale
  • 03Optimize your sale price during the transaction
  • 04Transition into post-sale financial freedom and design the lifestyle you deserve
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With the right preparation, you'll be confident and in control of your future.
FINANCIAL READINESS SCORE
Where you stand today
GETTING READY
0 / 100 ready
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Est. business value
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Est. after-tax proceeds
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2.54x SDE — the median asking multiple across 12,533 businesses in our index.
Asking prices, not closed sales — so treat this as a ceiling. Estimate only, not financial or tax advice.
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The Signal Engine

Your exit rarely announces itself. The signals do.

Instead of an annual check-in, ExitsIQ continuously watches for the moments that change what your business is worth — and surfaces the opportunity before you'd think to ask.

Revenue shifts

Declines or acceleration that move your multiple

Customer concentration

Buyer risk rising or easing

Expiring leases

Timing pressure on a sale window

Aging equipment

Capex that reshapes valuation

Insurance renewals

Coverage gaps buyers will flag

Debt maturities

Refinance vs. sell decisions

Retirement timeline

Owner age & stated plans shift

Industry M&A activity

Strategic buyers entering your space

Interest rate moves

Financing that makes or breaks deals

Valuation drift

Comps moving under your feet

PROACTIVE The system brings opportunities to you — it doesn't wait for owners to go looking.
AI Chief Exit Officer

An exit advisor in your corner, on call around the clock.

Not static reports you skim once. Ask real questions and get answers grounded in your numbers, your industry, and your goals.

  • Exit planning
  • Business valuation
  • Tax-aware prep
  • Buyer expectations
  • Industry benchmarks
  • HUG wellness principles
iQ
Chief Exit Officer
TRAINED ON YOUR BUSINESS
If I raise prices 5%, what happens to valuation?
At your current multiple, a 5% price lift that holds margin adds roughly $180K to enterprise value. I'd model churn risk first — want me to run it?
Should I hire a manager before selling?
Yes. Owner-dependent operations are your biggest valuation drag right now. A capable manager typically moves buyers from a 3.2× to a 3.8× multiple.
What should I accomplish in the next 12 months?
Three things: cut customer concentration, document your SOPs, and complete tax planning. That path takes readiness from 58% to 74%.
The Exit Timeline

Not a single score. A roadmap that grows your number.

Exit planning isn't a report — it's a journey. See where you are today, what the next year unlocks, and the target you're building toward.

Today

Where you are

BUSINESS VALUE
$1.8M
AFTER-TAX PROCEEDS
$1.35M
RETIREMENT READINESS
58%
12-month plan

The work

  • Reduce customer concentration
  • Implement documented SOPs
  • Improve management delegation
  • Complete tax planning
  • Lift retirement readiness to 74%
36-month target

Where you're headed

ESTIMATED VALUE
$2.4M
AFTER-TAX PROCEEDS
$1.9M
RETIREMENT READINESS
91%
Deal Structure

The price isn't the number. What you keep is.

Almost no Main Street business sells for all cash at closing. The headline price splits into money you get on day one, a note you carry yourself, and an earnout you might never collect. Same sale price — very different life.

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Allocated: 100%
Headline price
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What you actually keep
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Cash at close Seller note Earnout
Cash at closeYours on day one. Certain.
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Seller notePaid to you over time. Discounted for time, then reduced for default risk.
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EarnoutContingent on performance after you've stopped running it.
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Risk- and time-adjusted, after tax
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Gross figures on the left of each line, adjusted after-tax figures on the right. The note is valued at present value using your discount rate, then reduced for default risk. The earnout is weighted by your stated odds of collecting. Estimates only — not financial, legal, or tax advice.

The ExitsIQ Graph

Everyone who touches your exit, connected as one network.

Owners, buyers, CPAs, attorneys, lenders, wealth advisors, insurers, fractional CFOs, coaches, and associations — each interaction sharpens the next recommendation and match.

Exits IQ CPA Owner Attorney Lender Buyer Wealth advisor Fractional CFO Insurance
Signal detected
Routed to
High tax exposure
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CPA
No succession plan
→
Business attorney
Owner-dependent operations
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Business coach
High debt load
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HUG Your Money
Weak financial reporting
→
CPA / fractional CFO
Insurance gaps
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Insurance advisor
Retirement shortfall
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Wealth advisor
SBA financing opportunity
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Lender
Business valuation needed
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ExitsIQ broker

The broker is only notified when a business reaches high readiness. After the sale, the owner moves into HUG Your Money for personal planning — while the buyer begins growing the business with OwnerOS. Every participant adds value to the network.

The lender edge of that graph is public. See the SBA Lender Index — the top 100 SBA 7(a) lenders ranked by how much of their book actually funds business acquisitions.

Who's behind it

Built by someone who's been on both sides of the table.

John Sosville, Founder of ExitsIQ

John Sosville

Founder

John has closed over 200 business transactions representing more than $100M in value.

Since 2013 he's sat across the table from hundreds of owners at the moment they find out what their business is actually worth — and watched the ones who prepared walk away with materially more than the ones who didn't.

ExitsIQ is the system he wished those owners had five years earlier.

We create competition to drive price up, and we protect both buyer and seller.
200+
Transactions Closed
$100M+
In Deal Value
2013
Advising Since
When you're ready

You don't have to go find a broker.

Readiness is the first half. The second half is a buyer. We run the marketplaces where these businesses actually change hands — so the same people who scored you are the ones who sell it, with the comps already in hand.

Marketplace
CleaningExits
Janitorial, commercial and residential cleaning, landscaping, pressure washing, laundromats, junk removal.
Marketplace
VendingExits
Vending routes, micro markets, unattended retail.
Brokerage
ATM Brokerage
ATM routes and processing portfolios. 200+ transactions since 2012.
Data layer
DealLedger
38,000+ business listings tracked across 700 brokers. It's where the multiples on this page come from, and it's free to anyone.
Start with one honest question

Will I be ok?

Find out where you stand today, and get the roadmap that gets you confident and in control — years before you ever sign.

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