The most common methods used to value a private company in Ireland are: (1) Earnings multiples — applying a sector-appropriate multiple to EBITDA or net profit; (2) Net asset value — the value of assets minus liabilities, more common for asset-heavy or property businesses; (3) Discounted cash flow — projecting future earnings and discounting to present value, useful for growth businesses; and (4) Revenue multiples — used in sectors like SaaS or technology where EBITDA is not the primary metric. In practice, most valuations triangulate across two or more methods and consider comparable transactions in the sector. Qualitative factors — customer concentration, management quality, IP — also influence the final figure significantly.
