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Exit Readiness Scorecard

FreeAbout three minutesValue, exit and funding
What it does

Scores your business across the eight things every buyer examines, and names your strongest and weakest areas.

How it helps

A business built around the owner is harder to sell and worth less. This shows how ready yours would look to a buyer, and where the gaps are, whether a sale is three years away or fifteen.

How this benchmark is calculated

Your result is read against an indicative ProfitPulse benchmark, built from our internal commercial ranges. It is a commercial guide, not a formal industry survey and not financial advice. The range adjusts for your broad industry category, the size of your business and its commercial complexity.

In about three minutes, free, you will see a readiness score out of forty across the eight buyer grade dimensions, with their strongest and weakest areas named.

Exit Readiness Scorecard

Answer a few quick questions to see where you stand.

How the readiness score is calculated

The formula

Readiness score = the sum of eight buyer grade dimensions, each scored one to five, out of forty.

Worked example

A business scoring four on records and recurring revenue but two on owner reliance and documentation might land around 26 out of 40, with the weak dimensions named.

How to read your result

A strong score means the business would hold up to buyer scrutiny. A middle score means known gaps to close, each of which lifts price. An early score simply means the business is built around you, which is normal and fixable when started early.

Common questions

Do I need to be selling to use this?

No. The same things that make a business ready to sell make it run better today, whether a sale is years away or never.

What do the eight dimensions cover?

Records, customer spread, owner reliance, documented systems, team depth, growth story, risk and recurring revenue.

Why does owner reliance matter so much?

A business that depends on the owner is harder to transfer, which is the most common reason a price is reduced.

How ProfitPulse can help

If you want the business buyer ready, our exit readiness work scores the gaps properly and runs the preparation that protects price under scrutiny.

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