Listings / New Haven, CT
Elm City Auto Care
An independent shop in New Haven with a book of fleet accounts.
Auto repair · New Haven County · est. 1992
Sample listing. Fictional. Not an offer to sell a real business.
Sample listing. Fictional general repair shop. Fleet work smooths the retail bays.
- Fleet accounts
- Full bays
- Technicians are the asset
Valuation context
An estimate from the illustrative Auto repair SDE band (Band source: NewHands teaching assumption — illustrative planning range, not a market transaction comp dataset), not an appraisal. Customer concentration was not on the listing, so that adjustment was left at zero.
Low
$721,500
Midpoint
$916,500
High
$1,189,500
Asking price is $63,500 above the midpoint estimate (2.51× trailing SDE).
- Start with the illustrative Auto repair SDE band (NewHands teaching assumption): 2.00× to 3.20×, midpoint 2.50×.
- Apply disclosed adjustments totaling -0.15 to each end of the band, then floor the multiple at 0.80×.
- Multiply seller's discretionary earnings of 390,000 by the adjusted band. That is the business value, not the real estate.
- Real estate is not included, so nothing is added after the multiple.
Estimate only. This is not an appraisal, a fairness opinion, or financial advice. NewHands is not a broker. A buyer, lender, or quality-of-earnings reviewer will use their own numbers.