--- title: "Business Valuation Guides for Melbourne | Business Valuations Melbourne" url: https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/ description: "Plain-English guides to business valuation in Melbourne and Victoria: what your business is worth, methods, documents, landholder duty, disputes and selling." updated: 2026-11-11 --- # Business valuation guides for Melbourne owners and advisers. How a business is valued, what the valuer needs from you, and how Victorian rules on duty, leases, licences and disputes affect a valuation. Each guide cites the primary sources it relies on. - [Guide · What your business is worth How Much Is My Business Worth? How Melbourne Businesses Are Actually Valued How a Melbourne business is valued: maintainable earnings, a market wage for the owner, capitalisation, working capital and debt. Why calculators mislead.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/how-much-is-my-business-worth-melbourne/) - [Guide · Choosing a valuer How to Choose a Business Valuer in Melbourne: What to Check Before You Engage What to check before engaging a business valuer in Melbourne: independence, a fixed fee, who signs, the method, the purpose, turnaround and conflicts.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/how-to-choose-a-business-valuer-melbourne/) - [Guide · Valuation or appraisal Business Valuation vs Broker Appraisal: What Each Is For and When You Need Which An independent business valuation and a broker's appraisal compared: who pays, purpose, independence, evidence, and which one tax, duty and courts accept.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/business-valuation-vs-broker-appraisal/) - [Guide · Victorian landholder duty Landholder Duty and Business Sales in Victoria: Why the Business and the Land Are Valued Separately When buying shares or units in a Victorian company or trust that holds land triggers landholder duty, why land and business are valued apart, and CIPT.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/landholder-duty-business-sales-victoria/) - [Guide · Shareholder disputes Shareholder Disputes in the Supreme Court of Victoria: Oppression, Buyouts and the Valuation Oppression claims under ss 232 and 233 of the Corporations Act, buyout orders, the valuation date, minority discounts and expert evidence in Victoria.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/shareholder-disputes-supreme-court-victoria/) - [Guide · Selling a business Selling a Business in Victoria: A Step-by-Step Checklist for Owners A Victorian checklist for selling a business: price and valuation, retail lease transfer, liquor licence, staff entitlements, payroll tax, GST and CGT.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/selling-a-business-in-victoria/) - [Guide · Valuation methods Business Valuation Methods Explained: Which One Fits Your Business Capitalisation of future maintainable earnings, discounted cash flow, net assets, market comparables and rules of thumb: when each fits and why.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/business-valuation-methods/) - [Guide · Getting ready Documents Needed for a Business Valuation: The Practical Checklist What to send for a business valuation: financials, management accounts, tax returns, BAS, lease, staff, assets and add-backs, and why each matters.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/guides/documents-needed-for-a-business-valuation/) Talk to a valuer ## Tell us what you need valued. A fifteen-minute call confirms the package, the fixed fee and the delivery date, before you commit to anything. 03 8375 4177 Mon to Fri, 9am to 5:30pm Melbourne time Send the form and we reply within one business day. No documents needed to start. Small Business Valuation $1,495 + GST For a business with annual turnover under $2 million. Signed report in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received. The fee is fixed in writing before we start and never tied to the outcome. Larger business? Tell us in the form and we recommend the right package. [All fees](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/fees/) --- Business Valuations Melbourne · Level 7, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 · 03 8375 4177 · https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/start/