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A optometry practice in Gurnee is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Waukegan — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide optometry practices playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Gurnee file. Confidential sale. No upfront listing fee.

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Selling a optometry practice in Gurnee

A optometry practice in Gurnee is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Waukegan — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide optometry practices playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Gurnee file.

Gurnee is the Lake County tourism interchange: Gurnee Mills, Six Flags Great America, and I-94 outlets — visitor traffic on top of a residential village.

Outlet and theme-park seasonality belongs in the recast. Franchise and mall landlords control more leases here than in Libertyville’s downtown. Great Lakes Naval Station is nearby payroll, not this village’s identity. A household HVAC book and a Mills-adjacent restaurant are two sales.

Gurnee has about 31,295 residents in Lake County, inside the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area. Nearby markets buyers already compare this book to include Waukegan, Libertyville, Round Lake. That comparison changes who shows up: a buyer who will drive from Waukegan is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.

Planning facts

Typical multiple
55%–75% of Annual Collections
Typical timeline
6–15 months
SBA eligible
Often — confirm
County
Lake County
Population
31,295
Metro
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Nearby comps
Waukegan, Libertyville, Round Lake
Closing clock
Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago
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Lake County demand

Collar-county demand

DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will, McHenry, Kendall, and neighboring collar shops sell on household density and the I-88, I-90, I-94, and I-55 corridors.

There is no Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. Buyers still compare this suburb to the next one on the same highway.

Gurnee demand for optometry practices is the customer list and the license path — not the Census population figure. About 31,295 residents is context for who already lives in the trade area. It is not a sale price.

Optometry Practice in Gurnee

What a Gurnee buyer will underwrite on this optometry practice

A optometry practice in Gurnee is a personal license plus a panel that will still drive here after the seller leaves. Parking, payer mix, and who can own the clinical entity are Illinois rules; the trade area is Gurnee versus Waukegan, Libertyville, Round Lake. We will not invent a ZIP premium.

Optometry Practices statewide typically plan around 55%–75% of Annual Collections and a 6–15 months process when books and the lease are ready. That is a planning range, not a price for this Gurnee shop. Buyers here usually argue optical dispensary revenue, active patient count, equipment age, vision plan contracts.

Closing clock for this Gurnee file: Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. License path: The IDFPR optometrist license is personal and does not transfer. The industry hub teaches the statewide rule. This URL is the Gurnee application of it.

In a suburb like Gurnee, new ods, optometry chains, pe-backed vision platforms are the names that usually appear on the NDA list. A buyer who will drive from Waukegan is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.

Buyer pool

Who buys a optometry practice in Gurnee

Split buyer pool: North Shore and Libertyville businesses attract SBA and strategics who want household income; Waukegan and industrial I-94 businesses attract operator and logistics buyers. Great Lakes Naval Station and tourism along the lake change seasonality for some retail and hospitality books.

Illustration: a one-OD practice in Glen Ellyn with a full dispensary, VSP-heavy book, and a retinal camera still on a lease. Not a closed sale.

A optometry practice whose customers already sit in Waukegan, Libertyville, Round Lake is a larger business than one that stops at the Gurnee city limit. Tell the truth about the route. Buyers will map it.

SDE recast

How a buyer will read the books on this Gurnee optometry practice

Optometry businesses are often talked as 55–75 percent of collections, with optical dispensary gross called out separately from professional fees. adjust the selling OD’s chair time; an employed OD or a buyer-OD has to replace it. Frame inventory is working capital, not earnings. Vision-plan write-downs are not add-backs.

Illustration only — not a quote for any Gurnee shop. A optometry practice whose tax return shows $205,000 of net profit is not worth $205,000 × a rumor multiple.

Add back the owner’s $82,000 W-2 and payroll tax, $12,500 of discretionary benefits, $4,500 of accepted one-time cost, and $5,000 of personal expenses that a buyer will not run. Then subtract $29,000 of replacement labor if the owner still diagnoses, sells, or closes the books.

Adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings are $280,000. At the planning range 0.6x–0.8x, enterprise value is $154,000 to $210,000. Mid-range 0.75x is $210,000 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. A Gurnee buyer will argue the multiple after they ride with the staff and read the lease.

At 0.75 times $280,000 of seller’s discretionary earnings, enterprise value is $210,000 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. That is the planning conversation. It is not a listing-site guess.

SDE line items

  1. Reported net profit (tax return, not the marketing P&L)
  2. + Interest expense
  3. + Income taxes (not payroll, sales, or property tax)
  4. + Depreciation and amortization
  5. + Owner W-2, bonuses, and payroll taxes on the owner
  6. + Discretionary owner benefits that a buyer will not keep (auto, personal travel, family on payroll with no role)
  7. + Accepted one-time or non-recurring expenses
  8. − Market-rate replacement labor for owner work that will not transfer
  9. = Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE)
Illustration recast for a Gurnee optometry practice — not a quote
Net profit$205,000
Owner W-2$82,000
Benefits$12,500
One-time$4,500
Personal$5,000
Replacement labor (subtract)−$29,000
Recast SDE$280,000
Planning EV at 0.75x$210,000

Recast Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, then apply a planning multiple for optometry practices. Replacement labor is subtracted. This is a planning tool, not an appraisal.

Recast SDE—
Planning enterprise value—

Before debt, working-capital peg, holdback, and tax. Educational only.

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This is an estimate for planning purposes only. Actual value depends on lease terms, asset quality, customer concentration, and current market conditions. Request a professional valuation for a precise number.

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Lake County closing

Licenses and closing steps for a Gurnee sale

Lake County closings use state CBS-1 plus municipal licenses (Waukegan, Gurnee, Libertyville, and North Shore villages each differ). No Chicago 45-day notice unless you also have a Chicago location. Lake County health and contractor registrations are common diligence items for food and trades.

The IDFPR optometrist license is personal and does not transfer. Therapeutic and controlled-substance authorities sit with the named OD. Optical-dispensary and, if they dilute, related facility rules are premises issues. Vision-plan panels (VSP, EyeMed, Spectera) require credentialing of the new OD — they are not asset assignments.

Labor and lease

What has to keep working on Monday after close in Gurnee

For a optometry practice in Gurnee, the first labor question is: Optical capture and managed-care mix a buyer can hold.

I-94 is the spine. Route density is real between Buffalo Grove and Gurnee and thinner toward the Wisconsin line. Leases in outlet and tourism corridors can be franchise- or landlord-controlled. Winter lake-effect operations matter for home services.

Lake mixes Fortune-campus remnants, naval payroll, and bedroom suburbs. Do not price a Waukegan industrial book like a Libertyville professional practice.

Diligence

What a serious optometry practice buyer will open

Levers that move the multiple in this vertical: Optical capture and managed-care mix a buyer can hold; A staying OD or a true owner-OD succession; Current diagnostic equipment; Frame inventory that turns; Lease without a chain radius bomb.

Have these ready before anyone hears the name of the Gurnee business: Exam volume versus optical capture rate; Vision-plan mix and professional-fee write-downs; Inventory turns on frames and contact-lens supply agreements; Equipment (pre-test, retinal camera, phoropter) age; Whether an employed OD stays or the seller is the only chair; Lease inside a medical or retail center and any optical-chain radius clause.

Buyer tool

SBA payment sketch for a Gurnee optometry practice buyer

Most Illinois owner-operator acquisitions use SBA 7(a). This is a payment sketch, not an approval.

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Sale steps

How to prepare a Gurnee optometry practice for sale

  1. Recast this Gurnee optometry practice. Start with the tax return. Add owner pay. Subtract replacement labor if the seller still does the work a Gurnee buyer must hire. Do not treat a spike year as the new normal.
  2. Name who can operate on Monday. List every credential that lets this optometry practice pull a permit or see a patient in Gurnee, and whether that person stays. Personal licenses do not transfer with the assets.
  3. Tell the truth about the Gurnee trade area. Map customers against neighboring towns. Buyers will. A book that already covers those towns is larger than a book that stops at the Gurnee limit.
  4. Open the lease and the labor file. Remaining term and assignment in Lake County. Whether the crew can run without the seller living eight minutes away.
  5. Calendar the notices that apply here. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. Start them at letter of intent, not the week of funding.
  6. Read the statewide playbook, then talk. The Illinois optometry practices hub is the statute and recast teaching. This page is the Gurnee file. Confidential consult — no upfront listing fee.
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