Market insights
Australian business-for-sale market
Figures come from listings now public and for sale: asking prices, not sale prices, and the sample is skewed by area, industry and how complete listings are. n beside each number is how many listings it uses; under 5 it shows "Too few".
Listings for sale49
Median asking priceA$90k（n=34）
Median weekly revenueA$10k（n=18）
Median rent ratio9%（n=8）
Price ÷ profit · owner-run, incl. owner's labourNo data
Price ÷ profit · owner-run, after owner's wageNo data
Price ÷ profit · managedNo data
By industry
| Industry | For sale | Median asking price | Median weekly revenue | Median rent ratio | Price ÷ profit · owner-run, incl. owner's labour | Price ÷ profit · owner-run, after owner's wage | Price ÷ profit · managed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & beverage | 28 | A$100k（n=18） | A$13.8k（n=11） | 8%（n=5） | No data | No data | No data |
| Beauty & health | 8 | A$25k（n=7） | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Retail | 5 | Too few (n=4) | Too few (n=4) | Too few (n=2) | No data | No data | No data |
| Services | 4 | Too few (n=2) | Too few (n=3) | Too few (n=1) | No data | No data | No data |
| Other business | 3 | Too few (n=3) | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Leisure & entertainment | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
By city
| City | For sale | Median asking price | Median weekly revenue | Median rent ratio | Price ÷ profit · owner-run, incl. owner's labour | Price ÷ profit · owner-run, after owner's wage | Price ÷ profit · managed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 43 | A$86.3k（n=30） | A$10k（n=15） | 8%（n=5） | No data | No data | No data |
| Gold Coast | 3 | Too few (n=3) | Too few (n=2) | Too few (n=2) | No data | No data | No data |
| Other areas | 2 | Too few (n=1) | Too few (n=1) | Too few (n=1) | No data | No data | No data |
| Adelaide | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
Sales
None yet: only sales where the seller reported a price are counted.
How to read these figures
- Price ÷ profit = asking price ÷ yearly profit on the same basis, from the seller's figures. It is not a forecast of your return; stock, deal costs and finance are not in it.
- Owner-run profit before the owner's wage includes the owner's own labour, so it is counted apart from managed profit and never compared with it.
- Rent share only counts listings that show both weekly revenue and weekly rent. Whether outgoings are included varies, so do not judge a business on the ratio alone.
- "Sale / asking price" only counts businesses whose sellers reported the sale price. Use it to gauge room for negotiation.
- Want to know what your business is worth? Try the valuation calculator.
Updated 29/10/2026, 10:25:52 pm (Sydney time)