Enterprise value · same revenue
Buyers pay for the business, not the operator.
PE is buying restoration shops, but they pay for the business, not the operator. What actually sets your multiple, the four things a buyer checks, and why growing revenue can lower your sale price.
If the shop can't write an estimate or settle a carrier dispute without you, you built a job, not a business. How owners become the bottleneck, why 'delegate more' only half-works, and how to become owner-optional on purpose.