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Towing Companies

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

1THE PRICE
2.3x–3.5x (typical independent); up to 4.5x–6.0x (impound-heavy with police contracts)
Typical deal: $1.35M
2THE LEVER
Municipal/police towing contract
Push this up, multiple goes up
3THE LANDMINE
Municipal contract up for renewal/re-bid immediately post-clo…
Surface this in the first 15 min
SDE multiple
2.3x–3.5x (typical independent); up to 4.5x–6.0x (impound-heavy with police contracts)
EBITDA multiple
3.0x–4.5x
Deal size range
$250K – $5M+
OPEN

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Three things to nail in the first 10 minutes.

  1. 1

    Independent towing companies trade at 2.3x–3.5x SDE — impound contracts and police relationships push it to 4.5x–6.0x.

  2. 2

    Revenue multiples of 0.83x–1.09x make this one of the higher revenue-multiple trades businesses.

  3. 3

    Impound storage fees are high-margin recurring revenue — document them separately as a key value driver.

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