A signed business valuation for firms across North Sydney and the North Shore.
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.
North of the harbour the mix changes by suburb, from office firms in North Sydney to shops in Chatswood. A valuer looks at what drives the profit in yours.
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.
A business in North Sydney, St Leonards, Chatswood, Macquarie Park or Hornsby is worth what it can go on earning, weighed against the risk to those earnings. On the North Shore the risk tends to sit in three places: the people who hold the client relationships, the lease, and the registrations a professional practice needs to trade. Business Valuations Sydney prepares a signed report from your records, and no report goes out until a second valuer has reviewed it.
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 North Sydney and the North Shore.
North Sydney office firms depend on a few key people.
North Sydney has its own CBD of office towers on the north side of the harbour, and many of the firms in them sell time and knowledge. A valuer asks who holds the client relationships, what the employment contracts say if someone leaves, and how much of the fee income repeats each year. Buyers are commonly larger firms, or senior employees buying in.
In Chatswood, a shop or restaurant is valued through its lease.
Willoughby City Council describes Chatswood as the north shore's economic hub, known for its retail and commercial activity. For a retailer or restaurant, profit belongs to a site, so the lease is read closely: years remaining, options, rent reviews, and whether the shop is in a centre or on the street. The same questions apply to shops further north around Hornsby.
Macquarie Park and St Leonards: when one customer is most of the business.
The City of Ryde describes Macquarie Park as home to Macquarie University and a range of businesses, including global technology companies. Royal North Shore Hospital is in St Leonards. A smaller business that supplies a hospital, a university or a multinational may rely on one or two contracts. A valuer checks how long each contract runs and whether it can pass to a new owner.
Who holds the registration matters when a practice is valued.
Law practices in NSW are regulated under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), and the Council of the Law Society of NSW issues practising certificates to solicitors. A law practice run through a company (an incorporated legal practice) needs an authorised principal: at least one solicitor who is also a director of the company. Tax agents need registration with the Tax Practitioners Board before they can charge for tax agent services.
Each of these tells a valuer who the income depends on, and what a buyer would need in place to keep earning it.
Businesses we are asked to value here.
- ·Accounting, legal and financial planning practices
- ·Engineering, consulting and IT services firms
- ·Software and technology companies
- ·Retailers and restaurants
- ·Suppliers to hospitals and universities
- ·Childcare centres
North Sydney and the North Shore: questions owners ask.
Is a North Shore business worth more than the same one elsewhere in Sydney?
Not because of the address. Value follows the profit a buyer can expect and how safe that profit looks. Location counts through what it changes: the rent, the customers within reach, the staff you can hire and the number of likely buyers. A valuer starts from your own figures.
I am selling a shop in Chatswood. Does the lease change the value?
Yes. A buyer pays for profit earned from that site, so the years left, the options and the rent reviews all count. Retail shop leases in NSW come under the Retail Leases Act 1994, and the NSW Small Business Commissioner says a tenant who sells must ask the landlord in writing for consent to assign the lease.
Our financial planning practice operates under another firm's licence. Can it still be valued?
Yes. ASIC says a business that gives financial product advice generally needs an Australian financial services licence, or can act as an authorised representative of a licensee. A valuer looks at the recurring income, how long clients have stayed, and whether both would follow the practice to another licensee.
How do I get a fee, and do I have to come into the city?
Send the form on this page. A valuer replies within one business day with the fee for your turnover, fixed in writing. Asking costs nothing, and neither does a first conversation of about fifteen minutes. Nobody has to cross the harbour: meetings at our Sydney CBD office are by appointment.
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.
- ·Central Business District History Walk, North Sydney Council
- ·Business: Chatswood and the Willoughby area, Willoughby City Council
- ·Macquarie Park Investment Opportunities, City of Ryde
- ·Herbert Street Precinct, St Leonards, NSW Government
- ·About us: regulation of the legal profession in NSW, Office of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner
- ·Your Practising Certificate, Law Society of NSW
- ·Practice Structures, Law Society of NSW
- ·Incorporated Legal Practice Toolkit, October 2021, Law Society of NSW
- ·Tax agent registration, Tax Practitioners Board
- ·Is my shop covered by the Retail Leases Act?, NSW Small Business Commissioner
- ·Transferring your lease, NSW Small Business Commissioner
- ·Check if you need an AFS licence, ASIC
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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.
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