Business Valuation Services

Business valuations provide business owners with the financial insight needed to plan for and make informed decisions about growth, ownership transitions, key employee incentives, tax planning, strategic transactions, and more.

The Experts in Business Valuation Services at Corrigan Krause

For owners, understanding the value of your business is essential when you’re making many types of financial, operational, and strategic decisions. The needs and uses of business valuations are extensive. Whether planning for succession, protecting shareholders and their families through buy-sell or operating agreement provisions and annual value updates, transitioning the business to family or key employees, planning for a potential sale or acquisition, or something else, a business valuation can provide an independent assessment of what your organization is really worth. The Business Valuation Team at Corrigan Krause provides consulting services designed to help business owners, investors, attorneys, and stakeholders make strategic decisions and navigate through complex situations with confidence. By combining financial expertise, industry knowledge, and valuation methodologies, Corrigan Krause can deliver meaningful insights that support sound decision-making.

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Available Services

Succession/Exit Planning Valuations
Comprehensive Business Valuations
Buy-Sell Agreement Valuations
Gift and Estate Tax Valuations
Acquisition/Sale Valutions
Shareholder and Member Dissolution Valuations
Strategic Planning Valuations
Benchmarking and Value Enhancement Consulting

Choose a Firm that Specializes in Business Valuation Services

A business valuation is much more than a calculation. It is a strategic tool that helps business owners understand where their organization stands today and plan for the future. Whether supporting succession planning, tax reporting compliance, strategic planning, or transaction activity, Corrigan Krause provides a broad range of valuation services tailored to your unique needs. By partnering with experienced valuation professionals, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence needed to make informed decisions and maximize the value of your organization.

Here are some key areas our Business Valuation Services Team and strategic partners can help you and your business:

Comprehensive Business Valuations

Assessment of the fair market value of privately held companies.
Utilize income, market, and asset-based valuation approaches and related methodologies.
Provide valuation reports that can be tailored to the company or shareholder valuation purposes to support decision-making.

Buy-Sell Agreement Valuations

Helps protect the business, owners and families in the event of unexpected events – death, disability, or departure.
Establish business value, valuation procedures and buyout terms for ownership transfer provisions.
Help minimize business disruptions after unexpected events and/or disputes among ownership.

Succession Planning Valuations

Business value assessments as part of ownership transition strategies involving family members, employees, or outside buyers.
Can also involve incentive compensation plans for key employees, such as phantom stock or long-term appreciation rights plans.
Related consulting with owners to prepare for long-term continuity and retirement goals.

Gift and Estate Tax Valuations

Assess the value of business interests for gift tax reporting purposes.
Support wealth transfer and estate planning strategies.
Used for family and non-family transactions involving direct transfers, trust and other transfer transactions.

Acquisition/Sale Valuations

Estimate business enterprise value in potential acquisition or sale transactions.
Analyze financial statements, financial performance, normalized earnings, asset and working capital transaction considerations.
Support buyer or seller during negotiations.

Shareholder and Member
Dissolution Valuations

Provide independent valuation or normalized earnings assessments during ownership dissolutions.
Work with stakeholders on consistent approaches for resolution.
Recommend objective findings and analysis that can facilitate resolution of ownership interests.

Strategic Planning Valuations

Evaluate how business decisions or planning scenarios impact company value.
Identify key value drivers, mitigation of risks and improvement opportunities.
Help management align strategies with long-term goals.

Benchmarking and Value Enhancement Consulting

Compare company performance against industry peers and/or industry classification data.
Identify operational and financial improvements that can enhance value.
Develop actionable recommendations to strengthen market position.

What Business Valuation Services Come Down To

Business owners are faced with many important decisions throughout the life of their company. Whether determining what a business is worth, planning for a partner buyout, structuring a succession plan, transferring ownership to family members, evaluating a potential sale or acquisition, or identifying opportunities to enhance company value, the Business Valuation Team at Corrigan Krause provides independent valuations and practical consulting guidance to help owners move forward with confidence.