What’s your roofing business worth? Value it in 90 seconds.
Roofing businesses are typically priced on one of two earnings figures depending on size: Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) below roughly $1M, and EBITDA above. Applied to roofing specifically, the base multiple ranges are 2x–3.25x SDE and 3.5x–5.5x EBITDA. Where inside that range your business trades is decided by a handful of specific, buyer-visible factors.
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Roofing M&A activity has picked up meaningfully, driven by hurricane and hail-storm cycle demand in the Southeast and Sun Belt. Multiples trend lower than HVAC or pest control (project-based revenue is harder to underwrite), but well-run operators with insurance-carrier relationships and non-retail-only revenue mix command premiums.
What’s your roofing business worth?
Enter the numbers that actually drive roofing valuations. We benchmark each against real Main Street peers and show you where you land.
What moves the multiple
The metrics buyers actually diligence in roofing.
Category baseline is 2x–3.25x SDE (below ~$1M SDE) transitioning to 3.5x–5.5x EBITDA above. Where inside that range a specific roofing business trades is decided by these operating metrics — the same ones a professional QoE surfaces on day one of diligence.
Insurance-work revenue percentage
Percent of revenue from insurance-driven repairs and replacements. Steady insurance work is more predictable than pure retail.
Backlog / signed-contract pipeline
Signed but not-yet-completed contracts. A 3-6 month backlog is a strong signal.
Warranty liability exposure
Historical warranty costs as a percentage of revenue. Buyers will size a warranty reserve as a deal adjustment.
Deal structure norms
How roofing deals actually close.
Roofing deals typically include warranty reserves, insurance-claim-pipeline adjustments, and often earnouts tied to storm-season revenue. Pure-retail books trade lower and faster; insurance-heavy books command higher multiples but longer diligence processes.
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How is my roofing business valued?
Roofing businesses trade at SDE multiples of 2.0–3.25x for owner-operator businesses below $1M SDE. Above $1M EBITDA, expect 3.5–5.5x — lower than most other home-services categories because project revenue is harder to underwrite than recurring service work.Are insurance-work roofers valued differently than retail roofers?
Yes. Insurance-driven roofing revenue is more predictable (weather cycles are known) but has more diligence complexity around carrier relationships and claim-cycle risk. Retail-only books trade at lower multiples on average but often close faster.What kills a roofing deal in diligence?
Warranty exposure. A history of paying out warranty claims — or of aggressive labor practices creating future exposure — will meaningfully reduce a buyer's offer or produce a warranty reserve holdback.How accurate is this roofing valuation estimate?
It's an initial diagnostic, not a formal appraisal. The engine uses baseline 2x–3.25x SDE / 3.5x–5.5x EBITDA multiples from published Main Street M&A data, then layers per-KPI adjustments using P25–P90 industry benchmarks. What it can't see is qualitative signal — customer-relationship durability, management-team quality, regulatory risk in your niche. Use it to see where your business lands against peers, then let a specialist broker validate against your actual books before you go to market.
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