Methodology
How Fairbeez Estimates work
What a Fairbeez Estimate is, what goes into it, and how far to trust it.
Fairbeez is in beta. Estimates and features keep improving as more owners add their real numbers.
What a Fairbeez Estimate is
Our computer-generated opinion of what a small business might reasonably sell for to an owner-operator buying it with a typical SBA loan. You see one number with a range around it.
What goes into it
- Public business recordsTexas sales-tax permits, alcohol-tax filings, childcare licenses and county property records.
- Area and industry dataCensus and IRS figures for the industry and the neighborhood.
- Nearby SBA-financed salesPublic SBA loans used to buy DFW businesses. Loan amounts, not sale prices, so they only nudge the estimate.
- Owner updatesNumbers an owner adds after claiming their business, or a seller states on a listing.
Fairbeez Estimate a value and a range
- 11DFW counties covered
- About 1,450SBA-financed DFW purchases, Dec 2017–Jun 2026
For businesses that haven't shared numbers, everything is modeled from public data, not their own financial records.
How confident is it?
A wider range means less certainty. Typical ranges for businesses that haven't shared numbers:
On your own estimate, the more you tell us, the narrower the range. Your numbers are a better starting point than our model, but Fairbeez hasn't verified them.
What it isn't
- Not an appraisal or a valuation under any professional standard.
- Not investment, tax, legal or accounting advice.
- Not a loan offer, pre-approval or lending decision. Lenders make their own credit decisions.
- Not a statement about any off-market business's actual sales, profits, health or performance.
- Not a sign that a business is for sale. Off-market businesses are not for sale unless their owners say so.
For-sale listings appear only when the business's broker or owner lists it on Fairbeez; we never copy listings from other websites. Their figures are the seller's own, not verified by Fairbeez. Fairbeez listing standards
About Fairbeez Estimates
An estimate, not a fact. A Fairbeez Estimate is a computer-generated opinion of what a business might sell for. It is calculated automatically from limited information and can be wrong, sometimes by a lot.
Off-market businesses. We do not have these businesses' financial records. Their estimated sales, earnings and value are modeled from public records (such as Texas alcohol-tax filings and childcare licenses), IRS industry averages and market data. They are not reported by the business, and they do not describe its actual finances, health or performance. A business shown here is not for sale unless its owner says so.
Not professional advice. Estimates are not appraisals, valuations under any professional standard, investment, tax or legal advice, or loan offers or approvals. Do your own due diligence and consult a qualified appraiser, accountant, attorney and lender before buying or selling.
Owners. If you own a business shown on Fairbeez, you can correct its information or ask us to remove it. Claim or remove a business
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