Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices: Sale Price, Multiples and Time to Sell

Updated October 13, 2026

Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices sold for a median of $500,000 in 2025, at an average of 2.33 times cash flow, after a median of 169 days on the market. The figures cover 194 sales reported to the BizBuySell marketplace in the Financial Services category.

$500,000Median sale price, 2025
2.33xAverage cash flow multiple, 2025
169Median days on market, 2025
194Reported closed sales, 2025

Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices: closed-sale metrics, full-year 2025

National figures from transactions reported to BizBuySell during 2025.

MetricAccounting Businesses and Tax Practices, full-year 2025
Reported closed sales194
Median sale price$500,000
Median asking price$500,000
Sale price to asking (average)0.99
Median revenue$440,000
Revenue multiple (average)1.11
Median cash flow$246,797
Cash flow multiple (average)2.33
Median days on market169

Source: BizBuySell Insight Report data tables, Full Year 2025 Data by Sector.

How Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices compare within Financial Services

  • Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices ranks 1st of the 5 sub-sectors in the Financial Services category by reported sales: 194 of the category's 270.

Rankings are computed from the source table. See the limits section for the method.

The table lists the most frequently reported Financial Services sub-sectors that have at least 20 reported sales, including this one.

Sub-sectorReported salesMedian sale priceMedian cash flowCash flow multipleMedian days on market
Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices194$500,000$246,7972.33169
Insurance Agencies50$650,000$180,0002.68184

Source: BizBuySell Insight Report data tables, Full Year 2025 Data by Sector.

About this data and its limits

  • All figures come from one provider, the BizBuySell marketplace. Sales made by brokers who do not report there, and private sales, are not included.
  • These are national figures for full-year 2025, not broken out by state or metro area. For place-based figures, see our small business sales data by state.
  • Medians and averages describe the group of reported sales, not any one business. Price depends on a business's own cash flow, growth, owner dependence, and terms.
  • Computed here, not quoted: the rankings above and the share of the category, found by comparing this sub-sector's figures with the other sub-sectors in the same table (5 in the Financial Services category).
  • Sector and sub-sector grouping follows BizBuySell's classification. Other BizBuySell reports may group businesses differently or cover other periods.

To see what drives these numbers for your own business, read our valuation guides or browse industries. Back to Financial Services.

Frequently asked questions

What did Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices sell for in 2025?

The median sale price was $500,000 across 194 reported sales in full-year 2025, according to the BizBuySell Insight Report data tables. The median asking price for the same sales was $500,000.

What multiple of cash flow do Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices sell for?

Reported sales averaged 2.33 times cash flow in full-year 2025, with a median cash flow of $246,797, according to BizBuySell. Revenue multiples averaged 1.11. What any one business is worth depends on its own financials.

How long does it take to sell Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices?

The median time on the market for reported sales was 169 days in full-year 2025, according to BizBuySell.

Do Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices sell for less than the asking price?

BizBuySell reports an average sale price of 0.99 of asking for these sales in full-year 2025 (1.00 would mean sales closed at asking). The median asking price was $500,000 and the median sale price was $500,000.

How many Accounting Businesses and Tax Practices were sold in 2025?

BizBuySell's data tables show 194 reported sales in full-year 2025. That counts only sales reported to that marketplace, not every sale in the country.

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