What is the difference between enterprise value, branded business value, brand contribution and brand value?
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What is the difference between enterprise value, branded business value, brand contribution and brand value?

Enterprise value is the value of the entire enterprise, made up of multiple branded businesses. Where a company has a purely monobranded architecture, the ‘enterprise value’ is the same as ‘branded business value’.

Branded business value is the value of a single branded business operating under the subject brand. A brand should be viewed in the context of the business in which it operates. Brand Finance always conducts a branded business valuation as part of any brand valuation. We evaluate the full brand value chain in order to understand the links between marketing investment, brand tracking data, and stakeholder behaviour.

Brand contribution is the overall uplift in shareholder value that the business derives from owning the brand rather than operating a generic brand. The brand values contained in our league tables are those of the potentially transferable brand assets only, making ‘brand contribution’ a wider concept. An assessment of overall ‘brand contribution’ to a business provides additional insights to help optimise performance.

Brand value is the value of the trademark and associated marketing IP within the branded business. Brand Finance helped to craft the internationally recognised standard on Brand Valuation – ISO 10668. It defines brand as a marketing-related intangible asset including, but not limited to, names, terms, signs, symbols, logos, and designs, intended to identify goods, services or entities, creating distinctive images and associations in the minds of stakeholders, thereby generating economic benefits.

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