Company Overview
Our award-winning, highly-credentialed, small, accessible team at Edison Business Advisors has well over 100 years of combined business transaction experience. We have participated in many forms of business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spinouts, and roll-ups totaling well over $200M. 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.
SELL A BUSINESS
EBA helps business owners successfully transfer their business by properly preparing it for sale, marketing it confidentially, and guiding them through the process. Our proven process, methods, and tools have produced a significantly higher percentage of successful sales than the industry average.
BUY A BUSINESS
EBA assists business buyers by successfully identifying and acquiring a business by matching their financial strength and business acumen to the appropriate business.
VALUE A BUSINESS
EBA helps business owners understand the value of a business to support their needs. Whether you want to sell to a third-party; sell to a partner, key employee, or family member; gift the business to charity; or liquidate, we will give you a data-driven analysis of your business value.
PLAN YOUR EXIT
EBA assists business owners who want to sell, but they have not achieved a valuation or system that maximizes the business's value. We help you create a plan to protect your most valuable asset, grow it to a value that supports your post-exit needs, and evaluate and select the best exit method to match your exit terms.
Services Offered
SERVICES OFFERED
Business Sales
Recaps, JVs, Spin-Offs, etc.
Acquisition Searches
Mergers & Acquisitions
Roll-Ups, ESOPs, etc.
Business Valuations
Equipment Appraisals
Commercial Properties
Exit Planning
Broker Profile
Eric J. Gall is the registered broker and founder of Edison Business Advisors. Over the past 20 years, he has participated in many forms of business transactions totaling over $175M.
CREDENTIALS + EXPERIENCE = RESULTS
RESULTS
Eric won the 2018, 2016, and 2014 Business Brokers of Florida (BBF) "#1 Top Dollar Producer Award" for Southwest Florida beating out 91 other BBF brokers. His 2018 and 2016 transaction volume ranked in the top 10 in the State of Florida out of 1,115 BBF brokers. He is the only broker in the top 10 not located in the larger Tampa, Orlando, or Miami/Fort Lauderdale markets. He also won the IBBA 2019 and 2018 Chairman's Circle and Deal Maker Awards. He has been a BBF Million Dollar Seller in 2010 and 2012 through 2019.
CREDENTIALS
Eric is highly credentialed having obtained his Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) from the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), his Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) from M&A Source, and his Accredited Business Intermediary (ABI) from the American Business Brokers Association (ABBA). He was the second broker to obtain a CBI and is the only CM&AP in Southwest Florida.
The CBI requires meeting stringent education and performance requirements as well as the high ethical standards of the IBBA. The CM&AP requires achieving in-depth knowledge of the specialized approach required to successfully prepare and execute lower-middle-market transactions (above $1M in EBITDA). The ABI requires meeting a specified number of years in the business and completed transactions. Eric holds BSE and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan.
EXPERIENCE
Prior to founding Edison Business Advisors, Eric bought, sold, and operated several businesses in the IT, automotive, and transportation sectors. He worked in corporate M&A at Ford Motor Company where he led the post-merger integration efforts for Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, and Mazda and helped establish an Asia-Pacific product development group. Eric was recognized as a corporate expert in multi-cultural negotiations.
He is an active member of BBF, IBBA, and M&A Source. He is the ABBA's Best Practices Forum Leader and Vice President of the BBF's Tampa Region.
By investing time and money in education, certifications, and best practices, Eric has achieved a tremendous return for Edison Business Advisors' clients who have successfully transacted businesses at a much higher rate than the industry average.
Areas Served
Florida and rest of US non-real estate states
Affiliations
IBBA, BBF, M&A Source, ABBA