I've worked for (subcontracting) through a couple firms that have sold. They both sold at between a 3 and 4x multiple of their yearly revenue (one was $30m and the other was $3m). Both of them were run by very well connected people.
The problem is finding the buyer, but if you're in a major metroplex there are likely some middle sized companies that would buy you out. The larger shop I worked with had bought 4-5 companies over the years in order to build up their competency in other areas like app dev, system support and design rather than try and recruit the people and the clients. Try pitching it that way :)
The problem is finding the buyer, but if you're in a major metroplex there are likely some middle sized companies that would buy you out. The larger shop I worked with had bought 4-5 companies over the years in order to build up their competency in other areas like app dev, system support and design rather than try and recruit the people and the clients. Try pitching it that way :)