Most small businesses sell for $100,000 to $500,000. But the sales price of a small business depends on lots of factors, including the industry, years in business, profits, and liabilities.  You can take your rolling annual earnings over the past three years and multiply that number by two or three to get a ballpark estimate of your company’s value. A small business averaging $150,000 per year in earnings will typically sell for $300,000 to $450,000.