Business valuations for firms in the Sydney CBD, from our office on York Street.
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.
Law firms, software companies, restaurants and bars: a city business is valued on what a buyer could keep earning from it, and on the people, lease and contracts behind that profit.
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.
Business Valuations Sydney values businesses, shares and units for owners in the Sydney CBD and the suburbs around it, including Barangaroo, Haymarket, Pyrmont and Surry Hills. Many city businesses are professional firms, technology companies or hospitality venues, where value sits in people, contracts and leases more than in equipment. A valuer works from your accounts, tax returns, lease and key agreements. The fee is set in writing at the outset, whatever the value turns out to be.
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 Sydney CBD.
A professional firm is worth what stays when a partner leaves.
From the office towers at Barangaroo, on the western edge of the CBD, to the blocks around Martin Place, the pedestrian mall in the centre of the city, many firms here sell expertise. A valuer tests how much fee income would stay if a principal left, and allows a market salary for each working owner. The buyer is often another firm, or younger partners inside it.
For a bar or restaurant, the lease and the licence carry the value.
City hospitality, from Pyrmont to Surry Hills, lives on foot traffic it does not control: office workers on working days, visitors and events at other times. A valuer looks at takings by day of the week, wage costs against sales, and the years left on the lease. Where alcohol is served, the licence has to be transferred to the buyer by application.
A technology company near Central Station is valued on revenue that repeats.
Surry Hills and Haymarket fall inside Tech Central, the NSW Government's name for an innovation district close to Central Station. A software company there may own little that can be touched. A buyer pays for revenue that repeats, customers who stay and code the company clearly owns. A valuer reads the customer contracts and asks whether the people who built the product still work there.
Where disputes between owners are heard.
The Supreme Court of NSW has its registry in the Law Courts Building at Queens Square, and the Federal Court of Australia's NSW registry is in the same building. A claim that a company's affairs are being run in a way that is oppressive to a member can be brought in either court. The orders a court can make include the purchase of shares by a member, and that needs a price for the shares.
Other civil claims may go to the District Court, whose Sydney civil registry is in John Maddison Tower on Goulburn Street. NCAT, the NSW tribunal, has its principal registry in the same tower. Court evidence is a separate engagement from our fixed-fee report.
Businesses we are asked to value here.
- ·Law, accounting and advisory firms
- ·Consulting and recruitment firms
- ·Software and technology companies
- ·Restaurants, bars and cafes
- ·Financial planning and mortgage broking practices
- ·Design and marketing agencies
Sydney CBD: questions owners ask.
Do I need to visit your York Street office?
No. Most valuations are done from records and a conversation, so there is no need to come in. If you would like to meet, we do so by appointment at our York Street office.
Is the fixed-fee report an expert report for the Supreme Court of NSW?
No. That report is for advice, negotiating and settling, not for the witness box. The Supreme Court’s practice notes on expert evidence refer to an expert witness code of conduct in the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). Evidence for a court is different work, so it is quoted separately in writing.
How is a professional practice in the CBD valued?
Usually on the earnings an incoming owner could count on. A valuer replaces partners' drawings with market salaries, takes out one-off items, then weighs how secure the fees are: how long clients have stayed, who they deal with, and what happens if that person leaves.
Does the liquor licence come with a city venue I am buying?
Not automatically. A transfer has to be applied for, and the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority decides it, with routine decisions made by Liquor & Gaming NSW staff under delegation. A valuer records which type of licence the venue holds, because the licence shapes what the business can earn.
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.
- ·Law Courts Building: the court's registry, Supreme Court of NSW
- ·Contact NSW Registry: Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Federal Court of Australia
- ·Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Part 2F.1: oppressive conduct of affairs, Federal Register of Legislation
- ·Court Locations S: Sydney registries, District Court of NSW
- ·Jurisdiction, District Court of NSW
- ·Contact us: registry addresses, NCAT
- ·Practice Note SC Eq 5: expert evidence in the Equity Division, Supreme Court of NSW
- ·Practice Note SC Gen 11: joint conferences of expert witnesses, Supreme Court of NSW
- ·Transfer a liquor licence, NSW Government
- ·Who we are, Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority
- ·Liquor licence by business type, NSW Government
- ·Barangaroo, NSW Government
- ·Martin Place, City of Sydney
- ·Tech Central, NSW Government
Ask a valuer
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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.
Signed reports from $1,495 + GST. One fixed fee, in writing, before work starts.