Sencer Appraisal Associates has provided nationwide independent equipment and machinery appraisal services for over 65 years. Our equipment appraisals meet the highest industry standards and are written in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Our Philadelphia associate appraises industrial, institutional, and commercial equipment throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, including:
- Center City
- Lower and Upper North Philadelphia
- Germantown
- Near & Far Northeast Philly
- Kensington
- West Philadelphia
- Olney/Oak Lane
Our Philadelphia Equipment Appraisal Customers
Businesses and individuals seeking equipment appraisals in the greater Philadelphia area need look no further than Sencer Appraisal Associates. Our qualified team provides trusted, USPAP compliant equipment appraisal for Pennsylvania’s leading industries, including
- Medical and biotechnology
- Construction
- Food processing
- Manufacturing
Our equipment appraisals are used for
- Financial reporting
- Bank loans
- Purchase price allocations
- Litigation
- Insurance
- Equipment donations
- Business property taxes
- Estate taxes
- and a variety of other purposes
Our team has specific experience providing equipment appraisals within Philadelphia’s most profitable sectors, which include biotechnology, manufacturing, and food processing. Whether you need an appraisal for a single piece of machinery or an entire factory, our Philadelphia office can provide fair market value, orderly or forced liquidation value, fair value, or other definitions of value for your equipment.
Who We Are
Founded in 1955, Sencer Appraisal Associates has performed accredited, defensible equipment appraisals across myriad industries, from Fortune 5 companies to non-profit groups. Each appraisal has an assigned Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers, and our equipment appraisals meet any applicable IRS, GAAP / FASB, IVS / IFRS, and SBA guidelines, and we certified them as compliant with USPAP standards.
Just a few of the many industries and types of machinery & equipment that we regularly appraise:
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.
We provide professional equipment appraisals across the Greater Philadelphia area, including:
- Wilmington, DE
- Baltimore, MD
- Columbia, MD
- Germantown, MD
- Silver Spring, MD
- Brick, NJ
- Jersey City, NJ
- Newark, NJ
- Allentown, PA
- Erie, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Reading, PA
- Scranton, PA
- West Chester, PA
- Washington, D.C.
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- and just about everywhere in between.