Business valuations for makers, importers and venues in the Inner West and South Sydney.
Your fixed fee
- Your fee is put in writing first and does not move with the value.
- A second valuer checks each report before signing.
- The working file stays on record for ten years.
- The report carries the name of the valuer who signs it.
Between Leichhardt and Botany, cafes and small bars sit a few suburbs from warehouses and industrial units. A valuer looks at what each one depends on.
Fee guide
Under $2 million of turnover: $1,495 + GST, signed report in 2 business days. $2 million to $3 million of turnover: $2,495 + GST, signed report in 3 business days. $3 million to $10 million of turnover: $3,495 + GST, signed report in 3 business days. Above $10 million we quote the fee in writing and agree the delivery date with you first. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.
- $1,495 + GSTThe fixed fee where turnover is below $2 million, put in writing before we begin
- 2 business daysFrom payment and complete information to a signed small-business report
- 32 York StOur Sydney office, in the CBD. Most of the work is done from your documents and a call
- 10 yearsHow long the working file behind each report is kept
Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.
The Inner West and South Sydney put two kinds of business side by side. Leichhardt and Marrickville have main streets of cafes, restaurants and shops. Alexandria, Mascot and Botany have industrial land used by wholesalers, importers, transport operators and small manufacturers. Business Valuations Sydney values each on the profit a buyer could keep, adjusted for what that profit depends on. You receive a signed report, at a fee agreed in writing first.
A note on property: our reports value businesses, shares and units. Land and buildings are valued by a property valuer in New South Wales. Where a job needs both, the two valuations can be prepared to the same date.
What tends to matter in Inner West and South Sydney.
Near the port and the airport, contracts count for more than the address.
The City of Sydney's southern enterprise area, mostly in Alexandria and Rosebery, is industrial and business land close to Sydney Airport and Port Botany. NSW Ports describes Port Botany as the largest container port in New South Wales. For a freight forwarder, importer or wholesaler here, a valuer looks past the location to the customer contracts, the stock and debtors, and the warehouse lease.
In Marrickville, a workshop is valued on skill, plant and a lease that fits.
Inner West Council's Employment and Retail Lands Strategy identifies Marrickville-Sydenham as an employment precinct serving the wider regional economy. Small manufacturers and workshops are often built around one owner's skill and a fitted-out industrial unit. A valuer asks how much of the output needs the owner, what the plant would cost to move, and how long the lease runs. A business whose methods can be handed over is worth more.
On the main streets, wages, rent and the owner's hours decide the profit.
Leichhardt and Marrickville both have shopping and dining strips with cafes, restaurants, small bars and food shops. Profit in these businesses is sensitive to wages, rent and the hours an owner works without pay. A valuer adds a fair wage for the owner and reads the lease. Buyers are usually people who intend to work in the business themselves, so they look hard at what is left after that wage.
Two regulators a buyer here may meet.
A liquor licence in NSW does not pass to a buyer automatically. An application to transfer it has to be made, and the transfer is approved by the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority or by Liquor & Gaming NSW staff acting under its delegation. The licence types listed by the regulator include small bar, on-premises and packaged licences.
Heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass are regulated by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, which applies in NSW. For a freight or transport business, a valuer looks at the age of the fleet and the finance owing on it.
Businesses we are asked to value here.
- ·Freight forwarders and customs brokers
- ·Importers, wholesalers and distributors
- ·Transport and warehousing operators
- ·Small manufacturers and workshops
- ·Cafes, restaurants and small bars
- ·Independent retailers and online sellers
Inner West and South Sydney: questions owners ask.
Does being close to Port Botany or the airport make my freight business worth more?
Not by itself. Many freight, customs and wholesale businesses share that advantage, so a buyer pays for what is particular to yours: contracts that run for a set term, customers who have stayed, margins that hold and systems that work without you.
When a cafe is sold in NSW, what happens to its food business notification?
The new owner has to notify in their own details. Cafes, restaurants and other retail food businesses in NSW notify their local council of the business and its food activities before they start trading, and the NSW Food Authority says a buyer of an existing business must notify again.
We trade through two companies and a trust. Is that one valuation?
It depends on how the entities fit together. The fixed fee assumes one trading entity, at least three years of financial statements prepared by an accountant, a clear purpose and no dispute already running about the value. Otherwise a revised fixed fee is put in writing first, before any work begins.
How is an import or wholesale business valued?
Mostly on maintainable profit, with close attention to working capital. A valuer first takes owner wages and one-off items out of the accounts, then studies slow or obsolete stock, how quickly customers pay, exposure to exchange rates and reliance on any single supplier or customer.
Where the rules on this page come from
This page describes the rules in general terms. It is not legal, tax or duty advice: your lawyer or accountant advises on how a rule applies to you.
- ·Enterprise Area Review planning proposal, July 2021, City of Sydney
- ·Port Botany, NSW Ports
- ·NSW port network, Transport for NSW
- ·Employment and Retail Lands Strategy, adopted 8 September 2020, Inner West Council
- ·Transfer a liquor licence, NSW Government
- ·Regulatory Delegations Manual, September 2026, Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority
- ·Liquor licence by business type, NSW Government
- ·Heavy Vehicle National Law and Regulations, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
- ·Starting a food business, NSW Food Authority
- ·Licensing and notifying, NSW Food Authority
Ask a valuer
Tell us about the business.
A few lines is enough. A valuer replies within one business day with the package that fits, your fixed fee in writing and a delivery date.
Small Business Valuation
$1,495 + GST
The package for turnover below $2 million: a signed report in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.
Larger than that? The fee steps up with turnover. See every fee
Page last reviewed on 15 November 2026. Business Valuations Sydney, 32 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
Signed reports from $1,495 + GST. One fixed fee, in writing, before work starts.