About 909 Brokers

About 909 Brokers

909 Brokers helps buyers and sellers of small businesses. Business brokers form the fabric of smaller communities and towns. We help owners realize dreams of opening coffee shops, spas, hair salons, wine shops, restaurants, retail stores, lawn & garden shops, and other “Main Street Businesses.” Transaction sizes range from $100,000 to $5,000,000 with $500,000 as the average. Commissions are a 2-10%, with $20,000-$50,000 the average.

We have 435 USA territories/markets with plans to scale to all 192 global markets/countries. Using technology and innovative AI-powered web/mobile apps, 909Brokers is disrupting the small business brokerage industry in the same way Zillow or Trulia disrupted the residential brokerage industry.

Every American now has a “broker” in his or her hand via a smartphone. Information moves instantly by web and email, however the value of a local knowledgeable human broker is critical to smooth and efficient business transactions. There are 22,000,000 businesses in the USA and about 18% of these change hands every year, however there are only 3,500 business brokers in the USA. Most experienced business brokers make $150-400k per year, and this high-touch human business process that can often take years is unlikely to ever be replaced by AI.

We have over 20,000 businesses listed for sale to and over 100,000 unique visitors to our website, and an industry-leading team of brokers. Our Founding Broker Eric Melin has 25 years experience in dealmaking and previously built a SEO-lead generation business with a Fortune 500 client list.

Eric has been employed by the USA Government’s Small Business Administration, three PE/VC backed high-tech ventures, and a FINRA/SIPC member broker-dealer on Wall Street with a career dedicated to helping small business owners compete against big corporates. Eric offers management consulting specific to small business owners via 909 Consultants LLC and growth capital via 909 Capital LLC.