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What is a moving company worth? Limited data

Moving companies that sold from 2021 to 2025 went for a median of 2.38x seller's discretionary earnings (SDE). The middle half sold for 1.8x to 3.11x. ^[1]

Last verified October 24, 2026

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What multiple do moving companies sell for?

Lower quartile

1.8x

Median

2.38x

Upper quartile

3.11x

Times seller's discretionary earnings (SDE). Moving & shipping, BizBuySell, sales 2021–2025; sample size not published.

SDE is the profit one owner takes out of the business: pre-tax profit plus one owner's pay and perks, interest, depreciation and one-time costs. How we calculate it.

Limited data. BizBuySell publishes no quartiles for its parent group, so we can't yet test whether it prices differently. Treat these figures as provisional.

What is the market for moving companies like?

• YTD 2026 moving & storage deal count: 8. ^[2]

How should you use these numbers?

Multiply your SDE by a multiple in the range to get a rough price for the business, not counting real estate. Where you land in the range depends on how much the business depends on you, how much revenue repeats, growth, customer concentration and the other factors in the calculator. Half of all sales land outside the quartile range, so a real deal can go higher or lower.

Where do these numbers come from?