APPRAISAL 101 TOPICS
An equipment appraisal is an unbiased opinion of value that is accurate, defensible, and completed by an accredited, qualified professional equipment appraiser. Sencer Appraisal’s equipment valuations are completed by accredited equipment appraisers of the American Society of Appraisers and certified as compliant with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Since we were founded in 1955, Sencer Appraisal Associates’ equipment appraisers have completed thousands of machinery and equipment appraisal reports, earning the trust of a range of clients, including banks, charitable organizations, business brokers, legal and accounting firms, private individuals, and business clients from single-proprietorships to Fortune 5 corporations.
Our machinery valuations are used for financing, insurance, equipment and business sales, financial reporting, divorce and litigation, estate planning and settlements, and a variety of other purposes. Our reports meet necessary IRS requirements, GAAP guidelines or International Financial Reporting Standards, or U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations, and we certify our equipment appraisals as compliant with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and International Valuation Standards (IVS) when appropriate.
Our equipment appraisers can value your equipment and machinery at all value levels, including fair market value, liquidation values, fair value, and virtually any other value definitions you may need. For USPAP-compliant equipment valuation—either for a few pieces of equipment, for an entire fleet. or a whole factory—contact our experienced appraisers today to get started.
We can provide uninspected desktop appraisals of many types of equipment. Here’s just a sampling of some the many types of equipment from the many industries that we regularly appraise through various approaches:
We appraise the machinery that plants, harvests, processes, and moves what farms produce, including growing operations of every kind. Our farm equipment appraisals page covers the full range, along with our work with cannabis cultivation equipment and coffee cultivation and harvesting equipment.
We appraise the machines that build and move: earthmoving, lifting, paving, drilling, and the fleets behind them. See our heavy and construction equipment appraisals page for the equipment we cover and how these assignments work.
Hospitals, surgery centers, imaging suites, and private practices all rely on equipment with complex specialized equipment. See our hospital and medical equipment appraisals page, along with our related pages for dental equipment appraisals and clinical and diagnostic laboratory equipment appraisals.
Front of house or back, we value what keeps a food business running, from the cooking line to the dining room. Start with our restaurant equipment appraisals page, which also connects to our work with coffee brewing and espresso equipment.
From single production lines to entire plants, we value the equipment that processes, packages, and moves food and beverages. Learn more on our food processing equipment appraisals page, including our related work with cannabis processing equipment and coffee roasting and packaging equipment.
From a single CNC machine to a complete machine shop, we value the equipment that cuts, forms, and finishes metal. Visit our machine shop and metalworking equipment appraisals page to learn more.
We also appraise woodworking equipment, from cabinet shops to full millwork operations, manual tools to CNC equipment. Contact us to discuss your equipment.
We appraise laboratory and scientific equipment in research, testing, and production settings, and our clinical and diagnostic laboratory equipment appraisals page covers our medical laboratory work in depth. Contact us about any lab.
We appraise dry cleaning plants, commercial laundries, and coin-operated operations of every size. Contact us to discuss your equipment.
Retail fixtures, professional office furnishings, and the equipment behind them are all within our practice. Contact us for a proposal.
We value the equipment in repair shops, body shops, and dealership sales and service departments. Contact us to get started.
We regularly value the equipment that moves, lifts, and stores product in warehouses and plants. Contact us to discuss yours.
We appraise computer and networking equipment, from office IT equipment to server rooms and data operations. Contact us for a proposal.
General industrial and manufacturing equipment is the core of our practice: production machinery, plant support equipment, and everything between. See our industrial and manufacturing equipment appraisals page.
We value processing equipment across the chemical, plastic, and rubber industries. Contact us to discuss your operation.
We appraise high-tech manufacturing equipment, from electronics assembly to precision production lines. Contact us to discuss your equipment.
Where does Sencer Appraisal value equipment?
Projects are managed from our offices in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and Oakland, California, supported by our network of expert associates.
We serve industry and offices across the Northeast, including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, along with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
We appraise equipment throughout the Southeast, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Our Southwestern work covers Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado, with appraisals performed on site or on an uninspected desktop basis.
Western projects are managed from our Oakland office, serving the Northern California's East Bay, San Francisco, Southern California, and Oregon, along with clients in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.