ORIGINAL RESEARCH · REFRESHED 2026-08-14

Private business transactions, from Main Street to $1B+.

Name: businessvaluation.fyi Private Business Transaction Index by Deal Size
Creator: businessvaluation.fyi

See how 4,359 sanitized records in the independent businessvaluation.fyi index are distributed across six deal-size bands. The public dataset shows coverage—not confidential deal details.

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Indexed records4,359

Across all six deal-size bands

Benchmark eligible392

Recent records with usable valuation-multiple evidence

Middle market records1,179

Reported deal value from $10M to $250M

Index refreshedAugust 14, 2026

Current aggregate snapshot

DEAL-SIZE COVERAGE

One index. Six distinct markets.

Transaction count shows evidence depth. “Benchmark eligible” means a recent record contains usable valuation-multiple evidence; it is not a claim that every record represents the entire US market.

Reported deal valueIndexedBenchmark eligibleShare of index

Under $1M342172 50.3% of band

$1M–$10M20613 6.3% of band

$10M–$50M2245 2.2% of band

$50M–$250M95517 1.8% of band

$250M–$1B1,01519 1.9% of band

$1B+1,617166 10.3% of band

Cite this snapshot: businessvaluation.fyi. “Private Business Transaction Index by Deal Size.” 4,359 sanitized transaction records, including 1,179 in the $10M–$250M band. Snapshot 2026-08-14. https://businessvaluation.fyi/research/private-business-transaction-index

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businessvaluation.fyi. “Private Business Transaction Index by Deal Size.” 4,359 sanitized transaction records, including 1,179 in the $10M–$250M band. Snapshot 2026-08-14. https://businessvaluation.fyi/research/private-business-transaction-index

WHAT THE COUNTS TELL YOU

Evidence depth before valuation precision.

Not just micro businesses

The public index explicitly separates under-$1M records from lower-middle-market, middle-market, upper-middle-market, and $1B+ evidence.

No blended “universal” multiple

A $500K owner-operated business and a $100M enterprise do not share one defensible valuation method, buyer universe, or multiple.

Coverage is not valuation

Company earnings, size, industry, growth, transferability, concentration, assets, and deal terms still determine which evidence is relevant.

PUBLIC DATA, PROTECTED DEALS

Useful enough to cite. Coarse enough to protect a transaction.

The index accepts only approved research records, sanitizes and deduplicates them in separate infrastructure, and publishes this six-band aggregate. Names, URLs, source-system identifiers, exact values, exact dates, individual rows, and proprietary percentile ranges stay out of the public dataset.

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Downloadable public aggregateThe CSV contains the six rows shown above, their counts, shares, rates, and snapshot date.

Fail-closed publishingIf any band is missing or aggregate totals disagree, both the page and CSV stop publishing.

Protected valuation evidenceIndividual transactions, valuation multiples, and cohort percentiles are never included in this public report.

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