A readiness score is a structured, quantified assessment of how prepared a business is for an ownership transition, across the business, financial, and personal dimensions that determine whether a sale achieves its intended outcome.
A readiness score converts the qualitative judgements of exit readiness into a specific, comparable number. It assesses the business across dimensions including owner dependence, management depth, financial reporting quality, customer concentration, recurring revenue, systems documentation, and legal and structural preparedness, scoring each and producing an overall rating that identifies the highest-priority gaps.
The score is most valuable not as a static rating but as a baseline that changes over time. A business that scores 54 out of 100 today and 71 eighteen months later has made measurable, documented progress on the characteristics that buyers value. That progress is something the owner can point to, something an advisor can verify, and something that supports a higher valuation claim because the underlying reality has improved, not just the narrative.
See also: Exit Readiness · Attractiveness vs Readiness · Value Acceleration MethodologyA readiness score gives the exit planning process a measurable baseline and a clear direction. See how Wefinx approaches value growth.