Why Choose Edison Business Advisors?
Our award-winning, highly credentialed team at Edison Business Advisors has participated in many forms of business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spinouts, and roll-ups. Our proven process for properly preparing a business for sale, maximizing marketing exposure, and expertise in guiding the sale to completion has resulted in a significantly higher percentage of our listings closing than the industry average.
RESULTS
Our team has completed 250+ transactions totaling over $325M. In 2020-2022, we sold 57 businesses totaling over $79M. We have earned an impressive 52 awards since 2010.
Our Business Brokers of Florida (BBF) Awards include BBF #1 Florida Top Dollar Producer among 853 BBF intermediaries; seven BBF Dealmaker Top 50 in Sales Volume, won every year since inception; four BBF #1 Southwest Florida Top Dollar Producer; and twenty-two BBF Million Dollar Plus.
Our International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) awards include two IBBA Platinum Chairman’s Circle $10M+; six IBBA Chairman's Circle $3M+; two IBBA Outstanding Producer $1M+; and four IBBA Deal Maker 10+ Transactions.
Our M&A Source awards include M&A Source Platinum Club $15M+; and three M&A Source Executive Club $5M+.
CREDENTIALS
Our team is highly credentialed having obtained a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) from IBBA; Certified Merger & Acquisition Professional (CM&AP) and Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) from M&A Source; Certified Business Broker (CBB) from ACI; Accredited Business Intermediary (ABI) from ABBA; and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) from NACVA.
Five team members hold MBA degrees from the University of Michigan, Arizona State University, University of Iowa, Concordia University, and Wayne State University. Three team members hold master's or undergraduate degrees from Indiana University, Rutgers University, and Drake University.
EXPERIENCE
Our intermediaries have walked in both buyers’ and sellers’ shoes having personally operated, bought, and/or sold automotive, transportation, logistics, IT, veterinary, retail, e-commerce, marine, business intelligence, medical staffing, medical clinics, business brokerage, and real estate development businesses.
Prior to focusing on main street and lower-middle-market clients, we worked in Corporate M&A at Ford Motor Company; as Executive General Manager for GE’s Global Business Services; as Valuation Analyst at RSM McGladrey, and Manager/Senior Valuation Analyst at predecessors to Clifton-Larson-Allen; as Vice President of Relationship Management, Sales, and Investor Relations Support at Deutsche Bank; as Business Development Officer at US Bank; as Estate Manager/Operations at an overseas family office; as Series 7 Stockbroker; as Tax Accountant; as Local Elected Official; as Administrative and Clinical Director positions at UnityPoint Health; and as Adjunct Faculty for undergrad and graduate-level college business courses. In total, we have over 225 years of combined business experience.
We remain highly involved in our profession as members of IBBA, M&A Source, BBF, NACVA, and NAA. Our broker, Eric Gall, is the leader of ABBA National Best Practices Forum, President of BBF Southwest Florida Region, and serves on M&A Source Deal Market Committee and BBF State Board. He is also a speaker and contributing author for numerous local, national, and international publications.
By investing time and money in education, certifications, and best practices, we have achieved a tremendous return for our clients by transacting businesses at a significantly higher rate than the industry average.