Business Valuation: Representative Industries

Accounting firm

Advertising media buyer - television and radio

Architecture firm

Automobile dealership, new and used

Bank

Bank - mortgage banker

Bank (local) - stock options

Bed and breakfast inn

Beer distribution franchise

Brewery

Cemetery

Cigarette manufacturer

Cleaning chemicals wholesaler

Construction contractor, electrical and mechanical

Construction contractor, general commercial

Construction contractor, highway

Construction contractor, pipelines including water, sewer, gas

Construction contractor, residential

Construction insulation distribution and installation, commercial

Construction products distributor, commercial

Convenience food store

Dealer/buying group for health care products

Direct marketing firm

Elevator service company

Engineering firm

Environmental services company

Equipment rental and sales dealer

Farm

Flooring (hardwood, ceramic, vinyl, carpet) company

Food distribution company

Food processing equipment manufacturer and distributor

Freight transportation broker

Funeral home

Furniture – retail sale, design, installation

Gold and diamond mining venture

Grocery store

Hand tool assembler and distributor

Headware manufacturer

Health care - not-for-profit providing health insurance premium assistance (trade secrets and computer software)

Hobby and craft company

Home heating oil distributor

Hotel - maintenance and plumbing services

Ice distributor

Information technology - application and systems development, implementation, and integration

Information technology - business continuity planning

Information technology - internet e-commerce - information retrieval service, retail card program, ticket sales, and museum information portal

Information technology - software distribution

Insurance agency - property and casualty

Interactive entertainment - hardware and software distributor

Investment banking firm

Janitorial service

Jewelry and promotional products manufacturer and distributor

Law firm

Limited partnerships and limited liability companies with portfolios consisting of interests in closely-held companies, marketable securities, notes receivable, real estate, airplanes, and other assets

Machine shop - jobbing and repairs

Machine tools distributor

Mail order catalog company specializing in country living products

Maritime shipping brokerage

Medical practices - multi-specialty, nephrology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and podiatry

Medical - imaging center

Medical - Management Services Organization (MSO) operating health care and ambulatory surgery centers

Money management firm

Motor vehicle parts and equipment sales

Office furniture design, sales, and installation

Optometry practice

Packaging equipment manufacturer

Paint retailer (residential and auto)

Petroleum products distributor

Pharmacy

Photography company

Pool construction and outdoor furniture

Printed circuit board manufacturer

Printer, commercial

Promotional products

Propane distributor

Public relations firm

Railroad construction contractor

Real estate (residential) appraisal firm

Real estate (commercial) brokerage and property management firm

Real estate - realtor

Real estate - undivided fractional interests

Rental car franchisee

Restaurant (franchisees of national chains)

Roofing and sheet metal contractor, commercial

Roofing products company

Securities broker/dealer

Security and fire alarm systems contractor

Sewing equipment manufacturer for jeans apparel industry

Sign designer and manufacturer

Sports promoter – management and marketing of individual athletes

Steel fabricator

Telecommunications

Trenching equipment franchise dealer

Trust company

Video/audio transmission device manufacturer

Wellness and fitness center

Wood preserver