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Catering Companies

The 3 anchors. Don't leave the meeting without them.

1THE PRICE
2.0x–3.0x
Typical deal: $332K
2THE LEVER
Long-term corporate or institutional catering contracts
Push this up, multiple goes up
3THE LANDMINE
Key corporate contracts personally tied to the owner with no…
Surface this in the first 15 min
SDE multiple
2.0x–3.0x
EBITDA multiple
3.0x–4.5x
Deal size range
$150K – $2M+
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Three things to nail in the first 10 minutes.

  1. 1

    Catering businesses trade at 2.0x–3.0x SDE — recurring corporate and institutional contracts drive the premium.

  2. 2

    EBITDA multiples of 3.0x–4.5x; revenue multiples of 0.42x–0.92x for well-documented operations.

  3. 3

    Venue exclusivity agreements and preferred vendor relationships are real incremental value drivers.

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