Trust and coverage
What the Upswitch Index is, how it differs from listed-company datasets and gated terminals, and why versioned published vintages make it citable in professional work.
The business-type directory is the best way to cite the public benchmark for a specific sector or company profile.
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The Upswitch Index is a freely accessible, publicly published benchmark layer for valuation multiples by business type. Benelux is the native-local launch scope; wider European market views are published only with explicit basis labels, sample-size disclosure, published vintages, and citable URLs. Damodaran covers global listed companies. Bloomberg and CapIQ are gated. Sector reports are static and expensive. Upswitch Index is built for SME and mid-market deal work where provenance matters as much as the multiple.
What the Upswitch Index is for
The Upswitch Index is a public benchmark reference for private-company valuation multiples — organized by business type, versioned, and weighted toward SME private-market evidence where the underlying contract supports it. It is used by M&A advisors, business brokers, founders, VCs, and analysts to anchor deal discussions and valuation reports in a published, auditable reference.
Coverage
The public Upswitch Index covers 183 published business types across 16 country-scoped market views: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway. Benelux can be native-local where row evidence supports it; other markets are staged as beta, borrowed, aggregate, or compatibility coverage until local evidence depth catches up. Each country page shows the current basis.
Why versioning matters
A benchmark is only as trustworthy as its citeability. Every Upswitch Index publication is locked as a permanent vintage — a dated, stable snapshot that advisors can cite in client reports, present in board decks, and reference in due diligence without the number silently changing underneath them. This is the standard the industry has been missing.
Free vs authenticated access
Free accounts unlock every business type, every country, and every metric in the current snapshot — no credit card required. Historical vintages, audit-grade exports, and team API access are on paid plans. The public teaser (no account) shows a preview of each market table.
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