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Market Stats

Aggregated from 1489 documented exits. Updated in real time.

As of November 14, 2026, the median profit multiple across the 105 sales with a disclosed multiple is 2.5×.

2.5×
Median Profit Multiple
1,489
Total Exits
$71,443,648
Total Volume
29 months
Avg Time to Exit

Median Profit Multiple by Year

2004
0.0×
3 exits
2005
0.0×
5 exits
2006
0.0×
7 exits
2007
0.0×
12 exits
2008
0.0×
9 exits
2009
0.0×
11 exits
2010
0.0×
13 exits
2011
1.7×
25 exits
2012
1.5×
16 exits
2013
0.0×
29 exits
2014
0.0×
19 exits
2015
1.3×
21 exits
2016
3.5×
20 exits
2017
20.0×
24 exits
2018
2.8×
22 exits
2019
2.0×
34 exits
2020
2.8×
54 exits
2021
2.0×
90 exits
2022
3.0×
121 exits
2023
2.8×
189 exits
2024
2.7×
135 exits
2025
1.2×
160 exits
2026
1.9×
140 exits

Exits by Category

SaaS
362 (24%)
Content/Media
234 (16%)
Developer Tools
211 (14%)
AI/ML
142 (10%)
E-commerce
117 (8%)
Mobile App
81 (5%)

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