Inventory & Stock in Trade Appraisals
Retail stock, pharmacy inventory, parts, raw materials, and work in progress.
Equipment assignments supported by strong documentation — data plates, service records, photographs — can be completed as desk appraisals anywhere in the world. Where physical inspection materially affects the conclusion, on-site work is performed throughout Arizona.
What drives the number
Inventory is valued on a stated premise, and the premise is the whole answer. Stock sold as a going concern over a normal selling season, stock sold in bulk to a liquidator, and stock sold piecemeal at forced sale produce three materially different numbers from the same shelves. A schedule that does not say which premise was used is not answering the question the trustee, the lender, or the court actually asked.
Commonly appraised
- Retail and wholesale stock
- Pharmacy inventory and controlled-substance stock
- Parts, components, and consumables
- Raw materials and work in progress
- Finished goods and seasonal stock
- Full facility inventories for Chapter 7 and 11
What we'll need from you
- A stock listing or point-of-sale export, at whatever detail exists
- Cost basis and, where held, recent purchase invoices
- Age and turn rate, or an honest statement that neither is tracked
- Whether the business is trading, winding down, or already closed
- Photographs of the stock in place, including any deteriorated or obsolete lots
Quoted per engagement, not per item. Say up front which value premise the filing requires — orderly liquidation, forced liquidation, or fair market value in continued use — because it changes the work, not just the wording.
| Scope | Typical fee |
|---|---|
| Single unit | $150 – $275 |
| 2–10 units | $225 – $350 |
| 11–50 units | $300 – $450 |
| Full facility inventory | quoted per engagement |
Related machinery & equipment assets
Common questions
Which value standard will you use?
It depends entirely on intended use. Fair market value, orderly liquidation value, forced liquidation value, and fair value in continued use produce very different numbers from the same asset. Selecting the wrong one is the single most common defect we see in equipment appraisals prepared elsewhere.
Can this be done without an on-site visit?
Often, yes. Where documentation is strong — data plates, service records, clear photographs — equipment can be appraised as a desk assignment anywhere in the world. Where condition or installation materially drives value, on-site inspection is performed throughout Arizona.
Can you appraise an entire facility?
Yes. Full inventories are quoted per assignment rather than per unit, and prior experience includes manufacturing plants, medical facilities, and municipal fleets.
Do you have specific equipment experience?
Yes — including machinery and equipment valuation work with B. Riley Advisory Services, and hands-on inventory and valuation of medical imaging, farm, and construction assets.
Ready for a number you can defend?
Tell us what you have and what it's for. You get a fixed written quote — never an hourly meter, never a sales call.
What the work actually looks like
Real assignments, client details removed — what each engagement actually turned on, rather than how it felt.
A house, a workshop of machine tools, a forty-year firearms collection and a stake in the family company — four disciplines that three appraisers had only partly covered. One engagement, one effective date, one set of assumptions.
A donation the regulations would have aggregated past the appraisal threshold, which the donor had assessed item by item. One qualified appraisal covering the group, itemized, signed inside the window the regulations allow.
An opposing report whose number was not obviously wrong — which is what made it dangerous. It failed on its own certification, and was answered section by section with an independent valuation to the correct definition of value.