Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) and Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA)

Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) and Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA)

In 2008, NACVA acquired the assets of the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) and continued to support and promulgate the CBA/MCBA credential to the valuation community.

The CBA/MCBA is a very prestigious credential in the eyes of all who are familiar with it and it earned the reputation of being the industry’s most difficult credential to obtain. But due to lack of interest in the certification with the valuation community, in part due to the difficulty in obtaining it, continued efforts to further develop and promote the credential made little economic sense. Thus, in 2016, NACVA suspended its activities relating to the proliferation and further development of the CBA/ MCBA, and thereby the credential is no longer available to interested candidates. We have also dissolved the non-profit IBA.

NACVA will continue to acknowledge, promote, and support the many seasoned professionals who hold the CBA/MCBA because their influence, contributions, and prestige in the valuation industry is not, nor has ever been, in question. And, this goes back to the early beginnings of the industry when the CBA/MCBA was alone, the sole credential, when no other valuation credentials existed.

NACVA is proud to have the CBA/MCBA under our umbrella. To continue carrying the CBA/MCBA, designees must comply with the same recertification requirements imposed on NACVA’s CVA/MAFF/ABAR designees.