• Business Values Increased in 2017

    According to data published by BV Resources, business valuations as expressed as a multiple of ebitda were at their highest in since 2007. While median valuations have been increasing somewhat since a low in 2010, 2017 saw a larger than usual increase in ebitda multiples.  This cooresponds to BMI’s experience where we see more buyers…

  • BMI Sells Medical Records Storage Business

    (Philadelphia, PA) – BMI Mergers & Acquisitions, a merger and acquisition advisory firm, announces the sale of it’s clients medical records division to a national strategic buyer.   BMI’s client a medical records, consulting and coding business based in New Jersey selected the final buyer from several options due to their demonstrated expertise and success…

  • BMI Sells Wilmington Area Dental Lab

    (Philadelphia, PA) – BMI Mergers & Acquisitions, a merger and acquisition advisory firm, announces the sale of a Wilmington Delaware based dental lab to a group of investors. BMI located and negotiated with the buyer group and was instrumental in identifying a tax savings strategy for our client.  The lab, founded in 1986 has developed…

  • BMI Sells Florida & New York based Transportation Company

    (Philadelphia, PA) – BMI Mergers & Acquisitions, a merger, and acquisition advisory firm announces the sale of a food transportation and logistics company to a New York based trucking firm.  BMI’s client is a 30-year-old refrigerated truckload carrier with a primary focus on produce, dairy, and juice manufacturers and distributors.  With established routes up and…

  • Business Sales – Market Pulse Survey Q1 2017 – Full Report

    M&A Source Market Pulse Survey was created to gain an accurate understanding of the market conditions for small businesses being sold with values $0-$2MM and the lower middle market (values $2MM -$50MM). The national survey was conducted with the intent of providing a valuable resource to business owners and their advisors. The IBBA and M&A…

  • Business Sales Survey Q1 2017

    Business Sales Survey

    Taking Care of Employees is Owners Top Priority After Price When Selling Their Business (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) May 20, 2017 – Concern for their employees topped the list of priorities, after price, for business owners looking to sell their business, according to the quarterly Market Pulse Report published by the International Business Brokers Association(IBBA), M&A Source,…

  • BMI and Walton Consulting Present Maximizing Value Seminar

    In May of 2017, Dave Clark and Tom Kerchner of BMI and David Olson of Walton Consulting jointly presented a program for business owners detailing how to maximize business value. Held at the Lehigh Country Club, the seminar addressed the long term and short term actions that business owners and their advisors should be taking…

  • BMI Presents at CFO Forum

    On April 25, BMI presented a seminar, “Preparing to sell or buy a business” to the CFO Forum at the Manufacturers Resource Center in Allentown Pennsylvania. The CFO Forum was created to share best practices and best processes among private company financial executives in eastern Pennsylvania. The forum is lead by Gary Bender, CFO, business…

  • BMI Sells Steel Fabricator Rose Corporation

    BMI Mergers & Acquisitions announces the sale of The Rose Corporation to a strategic buyer based in Philadelphia, PA. The Rose Corporation, 401 North Eighth Street, Reading, PA, a privately owned contract manufacturing steel fabrication company, has become a sister company to Abbott Furnace, St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania.  Having been purchased by the same owner, Edmund…

  • Managing Director Receives M&A Master Intermediary Designation

    BMI Managing Director, Tom Kerchner has been named a Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary(M&AMI) by the M&A Source.  According to the M&A Source, the M&AMI designation “distinguishes its holders as seasoned intermediary professionals who have a solid educational background (and) proven accomplishments in completing deals…the M&AMI is the only designation to require both educational credits…

  • Business Sales Survey Report Q3 2016

    Recapitalization Emerges as a Top Reason for Sale of Small Businesses According To Market Pulse Quarterly Report (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) November 30, 2016 – For the first time in nearly three years, recapitalization has replaced burnout as one of the top reasons that businesses valued at $5-50MM go to market, according to the quarterly Market Pulse…

  • BMI Assists in Combination of Architecture and Interior Design Firms

    BMI Mergers & Acquisitions announces the acquisition of Diversified Design, a Harrisburg area interior design firm established in 1983 by Beers + Hoffman Architecture with offices in the Lancaster and Lebanon area. Beers Hoffman is an architectural firm extensively experienced in the design of senior living, schools, healthcare & medical facilities, churches, institutional & libraries,…