What is your machinery worth today?

The question we get most is always the same: “I have this machine sitting idle, what is it worth?”. And it almost always comes with a deadline attached: a plant closing, a line being replaced, an insolvency, a partner leaving. In those situations the risk is not selling cheap, it is not knowing what cheap means.

MAKINTER values industrial equipment and lots based on what is genuinely being paid today for comparable machines, not on what they cost new or on what a depreciation schedule says.

Who it is for

• Companies closing a plant or a line who have to put a price on the whole asset base.
• Finance teams who need a realistic figure before deciding between selling, scrapping or storing.
• Insolvency practitioners and law firms handling a liquidation who need a defensible value.
• Buyers who want to check whether the price they are being asked holds up.
• Anyone replacing machinery who wants to know what they can recover from the old equipment.

What a valuation actually looks at

A machine's book value and its market value need not resemble each other at all. Fully depreciated equipment can be worth tens of thousands if there is demand, and recent equipment can be worth little if its technology has fallen out of use or if nobody buys it in your region.

What actually drives the price:

• Make and model, and whether service and spare parts are still available.
• Real hours or cycles, cross-checked against visible condition and the maintenance history.
• Documentation: manuals, diagrams, declaration of conformity, parts invoices. Missing paperwork lowers the price measurably.
• Accessories, tooling and change parts included in the sale.
• Whether it is still installed and can be seen running, or already dismantled.
• Where it is: access and the cost of getting it out of the building are part of the price.
• Market depth for that specific machine: how many people are looking for it and how many units are on offer.

That last point is the most underestimated. Two machines in identical condition can be worth very different amounts simply because one has ten buyers waiting and the other has none.

How we work

• You tell us what you have. Make, model, year, hours, location and a few photos. That is enough for us to point you in the right direction.
• We cross-check it against the market. Comparable transactions, current supply and the real demand we see across our buyer network.
• We give you a range, not a magic number. A realistic asking price and a floor below which it is not worth going, with an explanation of what moves the figure either way.
• And we tell you when it is not worth it. If the equipment is worth less than it costs to dismantle and move, we say so. Wasting your time costs us ours.

What it is and what it is not

What we produce is a commercial market valuation: how much to ask, how much to accept, and whether selling is worth it at all. It is the figure you negotiate with.

It is not a certified appraisal for accounting, tax or court purposes. If that specific document is what you need, it has to be signed by an accredited appraiser, and we will tell you so openly rather than sell you something else.

What we need from you

The nameplate, the hour meter reading if it has one, general and close-up photos, whatever you know about the maintenance, and the location. The more you provide, the tighter the range we can give you. We can also value on little information, but the range widens, and that works against you in a negotiation.

What it costs

An indicative valuation is free and does not commit you to selling through us. If you then decide we should market the equipment, commission is charged only when the deal closes. The terms are in our FAQ.

Getting started

Send us the machine's details through sell an asset, or write to us directly from contact. If you are still deciding, our buying guide sets out the criteria we use, and the transport guide gives you the other number you need.

This valuation is indicative and commercial in nature. It does not constitute a certified appraisal or accounting, tax or legal advice, and it does not guarantee a sale price.