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What Is My Business Worth?

It is the first question every owner asks and the one most guess at. We help Johnstown-area owners replace the guess with an Enterprise Value Assessment, a clear starting point for planning a profitable, well-timed exit.

Value Your Business

30+ Years Of experience

CFP™ Certified professionals

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Local Johnstown-based advisors

Start With What a Buyer Would Pay

When owners first meet an exit planning advisor, they are often surprised that one of the earliest recommendations is to value the company. The two most common reactions are “I am not leaving for years” and “I know what it is worth, I built it.”

Both are understandable, and both can be costly. An owner who assumes the business is worth a certain amount may plan around that number, only to learn at sale time that a buyer values it far lower. By then it is often too late to close the gap. Knowing your value early is what makes the rest of the plan possible.

This page is a spoke of our exit and succession planning service. The valuation is where the process begins.

Why Knowing Your Value Matters

A valuation is more than a number. It is a roadmap. It tells you whether your exit will fund the life you want, where value is being lost, and how much time you have to fix it before you go to market.

Reality check

A professional estimate replaces a hopeful guess, so you plan around what a buyer would really pay.

Finds the gaps

It reveals the value, wealth, and profit gaps between today's number and the price you need.

Buys you time

Discovered early, a shortfall is a project you can work on. Discovered at sale, it is a loss you absorb.

Business value depends on many company-specific and market factors and can change over time. Any estimate is for planning purposes and is not a formal appraisal, an offer, or a guarantee of a future sale price.

The owners who exit well are almost always the ones who learned their number early and spent the intervening years closing the gap. That is the entire case for valuing the business before you think you need to.

How We Approach Your Valuation

We use the Enterprise Value Assessment from the Value Acceleration Methodology^® to establish a realistic range and, just as important, to show you what drives it.

Enterprise Value Assessment

A structured look at what a buyer might pay today, built on your earnings, industry, and company-specific factors.

Owner-dependence review

We assess how much the business relies on you, one of the biggest factors in whether value transfers to a buyer.

The three Gaps

We translate the number into the value, wealth, and profit gaps you can act on before you exit.

Related Exit Planning Resources

Business Exit & Succession PlanningReturn to the hub for the full three-stage exit process.Back to the hub → Work With a CEPA^® AdvisorSee how a Certified Exit Planning Advisor guides the process.Read more → Take the Exit Readiness SurveyA short assessment of how prepared your business is to transition.Start the survey →

Value Acceleration Methodology^® is a registered mark of the Exit Planning Institute.

Why Work With Us

A valuation is only as useful as the plan built on it. You want an advisor who can find your number and then help you grow it, all with an eye on your personal and financial goals.

Valuation to plan

We hold the CEPA^® designation, so your Enterprise Value Assessment feeds a real exit plan, not a filed-away report.

Fee-based and client-first

We are an independent, fee-based firm. Our advisory relationship is a fiduciary one, so your interests lead the plan.

An owner himself

Ethan runs his own ventures and understands what really drives value on the ground.

Rooted in Western PA

Based in Johnstown for three decades, serving the region's business community.

Ethan Stewart, CFP^®, CEPA

Managing Partner

A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Certified Exit Planning Advisor, Ethan joined the firm in 2014 and leads how the whole team serves clients. As a business owner, he helps Johnstown-area owners understand their number and build a plan to grow it before they exit.

Areas We Serve

Our office is in downtown Johnstown. We help business owners across Western Pennsylvania in person and nationwide by video. Stop by, or start with a call.

Centennial Financial Group, LLC
227 Franklin Street, Suite 302
Johnstown, PA 15901

(814) 536-4200

Johnstown
Greensburg
Washington
Greater Pittsburgh
Westmont
Southmont
Ebensburg
Somerset
Indiana, PA
Cambria County

Find Out What Your Business Is Worth

Replace the guess with a clear starting point. An Enterprise Value Assessment shows you your number and the gaps to close before you exit. Let's begin the conversation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find out what my business is worth?

You start with a professional Enterprise Value Assessment rather than a rule of thumb. It looks at your earnings, industry, growth, customer concentration, and how much the business depends on you, then produces a realistic value range. At Centennial Financial Group, we can facilitate that assessment as the first step in an exit plan.

Why value my business if I'm not selling soon?

Because value takes years to build. Knowing your number early tells you whether the business can fund the retirement you want and where the gaps are, while you still have time to close them. Owners who wait until they are ready to sell often discover a shortfall too late to fix. Early valuation is what keeps your options open.

What factors affect the value of my business?

Buyers look at earnings and cash flow, growth prospects, industry, customer concentration, recurring revenue, and, critically, how dependent the business is on the owner. A company that runs without you is more transferable and typically worth more. An Enterprise Value Assessment identifies which of these factors is helping or hurting your value.

Is an Enterprise Value Assessment the same as a formal appraisal?

No. An Enterprise Value Assessment is a planning tool that gives you a realistic value range and pinpoints where to focus to increase value. A formal, certified appraisal is a separate, more detailed document sometimes required for a transaction, financing, or tax purposes. For most owners, the assessment is the right first step, and we can advise if a formal appraisal is later needed.

Do you help business owners in the Johnstown area?

Yes. Our office is at 227 Franklin Street, Suite 302 in Johnstown, PA, and we work with owners across Western Pennsylvania in person and nationwide by video. You can reach us at (814) 536-4200 to start with an Enterprise Value Assessment.