My company's worth the multiple — plus the fleet." That single sentence has cost construction sellers more money than any other. Here are the five equipment mistakes that shrink sale proceeds, and how to handle iron, leases, liens, and maintenance records so the fleet strengthens your deal instead.

A fat backlog feels like proof your construction company is valuable. Buyers don't count backlog — they underwrite it. This audit walks through margin quality, WIP schedules, over-billings, and profit fade so you can find the problems before a buyer prices them against you.

SDE and EBITDA are not interchangeable — and using the wrong one will misprice your construction company by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here's the owner-compensation math that separates them, when a contractor graduates from one to the other, and why crossing over changes who buys you.

What is a general contracting business worth? Learn how buyers evaluate normalized earnings, WIP reporting, backlog, customer concentration, management depth, licensing, bonding, equipment, and owner dependence before making an offer.

 Owner-operated construction businesses typically sell for 1.5x–3.5x SDE, while companies with management teams trade on EBITDA. Here's the 2026 field guide to where multiples land by company type — and what actually moves a contractor up or down the range.