Notes for UAE owners and acquirers

Plain writing on what UAE SMEs actually trade for, how a confidential process runs, and what buyers verify before they will fund a transaction.

28 August 2026

What UAE SMEs actually sell for in 2026

Owner-operated businesses in the AED 2 to 10 million range are trading at 2.0 to 3.5x SDE. Here is why most owner expectations sit above that, what the buyer-yield test actually checks, and what moves a business to the top of the range rather than the bottom of it.

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New notes publish regularly as mandates and market conditions give us something worth writing down. There is no promotional content here, only what we would tell a client directly.

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See where your business would sit before you commit to anything.

A written valuation range, with the reasoning behind it, in 48 to 72 hours.

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