EXIT READINESS SCORE

Find out what a buyer would see

Score your business across the 8 dimensions PE firms and sophisticated buyers evaluate during diligence. See exactly where you stand — and what to fix first.

Owner dependencyRevenue qualitySales & pipelineFinancial reportingOperational docsManagement depthGrowth trajectoryLegal & transferability
5 min
To complete
8
Dimensions, 5 questions each
Free
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What the Exit Readiness Score measures

The Exit Readiness Score evaluates your business across the same 8 dimensions that private equity diligence teams, sophisticated buyers, and M&A advisors assess when evaluating an acquisition. These include owner dependency, revenue quality and customer concentration, sales and pipeline infrastructure, financial reporting transparency, operational documentation, management depth and succession planning, growth trajectory and market position, and legal compliance and transferability.

Businesses that score high on exit readiness typically command EBITDA multiples 2–3x higher than owner-dependent businesses. The assessment takes approximately 5 minutes and produces a personalized score with dimension-by-dimension gap analysis, showing you exactly where to focus your efforts — whether you're planning to sell, install leadership, or simply build a business that doesn't require you in the room every day.

The Exit Readiness Score is free and designed for owner-led B2B services businesses under $5M EBITDA. Your results include specific insights for each dimension and a prioritized list of your top 3 gaps, based on where focused work will create the most enterprise value improvement. Learn more about our methodology →

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YOUR EXIT READINESS SCORE

Here's what a buyer would see

Scored across the 8 dimensions PE diligence teams evaluate.

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