In order for you to receive the market value for your company or a portion of it in any new ownership transaction, a business appraisal must be completed. It has been the experience of The Pathway Companies that, when business owners have their business appraised, they find more suitable prospects and consummate their transaction more quickly.

The Pathway Companies can affiliate with any business appraisal company and Business Evaluation Systems has been selected. Research has demonstrated that they are the best in the United States. They have appraised companies of all types for many years and have a very large, national database. They use industry-tested valuation techniques, including ratios and historical data of similar businesses.

During the past 30 years, they have appraised more than 8,000 companies of all kinds worldwide, ranging in value from $50,000 to $600,000,000. They provide business appraisals for all needs, including capital investment, growth and estate planning, sale, merger or acquisition, trusts or portfolio holdings, family succession and determining the adequacy of life insurance and probate or estate tax issues.

They have completed more than 3,000 appraisals for divorce, litigation and partnership buy-outs and their appraisals have been unquestionably defensible. In 30 years of courtroom testimony throughout the United States, as an expert witness, George Abraham, President of Business Evaluation Systems, has never lost a case in court.