Business Valuation Fee Structure & CBV Comparison

Business Valuation Fee Structure — Eric Jordan, CPPA

All fees listed in USD. Equivalent $3,500 CAD package shown below.

Why USD?

Because we now serve a growing international client base, our hourly fee structure is published in USD for consistency across borders and professional standards.

Valuation Roles & Hourly Rates (USD)

International Business Valuation Specialist — $1,250/hr

Delivers top-tier expert analysis and final certification. Ensures the valuation meets international standards and produces a defensible fair market value suitable for CRA/IRS review, audits, disputes, preparation hours, and court proceedings.

Eric Jordan, CPPA — $500/hr

Provides full Canadian business valuation services, including financial normalization, ROI analysis, industry benchmarking, and the 25 Factors of Business Valuation. Oversees the entire valuation process and verifies accuracy before completion.

Assistant / Administrative Support — $25/hr

Handles research, data preparation, formatting, and document assembly under strict supervision. This allows us to produce a comprehensive valuation while keeping the overall valuation cost efficient.

Typical Time Allocation — $3,500 CAD Business Valuation

Approximate USD equivalent: $2,550 USD

What’s Included in a $3,500 CAD Business Valuation

Professional Valuation Report Package

• Full business valuation report in professional format (PDF or Word).
• Valuation summary, scope, conditions, and limitations.
• Detailed analysis of the 25 Factors Affecting Business Value.
• Asset valuation and final fair market value conclusion.
• Signed certification page + appraiser CV (International Specialist).
• Supporting documents: graphs, schedules, adjustments, and appendices.
• One-on-one valuation explanation session (up to 30 minutes) with Eric Jordan, CPPA.

Summary: What You Receive

Every valuation is carefully structured to ensure it is:

• CRA-compliant and aligned with Fair Market Value standards
  Using recognized methodologies and valuation principles.
• Legally defensible and supported by case law
  Prepared to withstand scrutiny in audits, disputes, negotiations, and legal reviews.
• Cost-efficient through supervised assistant work
  Ensuring high-quality analysis without unnecessary expense.
• Backed by senior-level valuation expertise
  With contributions from both a CPPA appraiser and an International Business Valuation Specialist.

Definitive Comparison: Top CBV vs. Eric Jordan, CPPA

Eric Jordan, CPPA, International Business Valuation Specialist, is a recognized authority in the valuation and appraisal of both tangible and intangible assets. He is the creator of the Eric Jordan “25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation” methodology—an advanced framework that defines fair market value in accordance with Canadian and international case law standards. With nearly three decades of experience, Eric specializes in identifying, measuring, and valuing the intangible assets that often represent up to 90% of a business’s true worth.

What distinguishes Eric is the depth of his 28 years and thousands of hours of SEO analysis, which have given him a rare ability to understand and anticipate digital market behavior. This expertise enables him to strategically leverage the world’s largest AI platforms—including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Grok—not simply for efficiency, but as precision instruments for research, validation, and legal defensibility.

Through deep AI-assisted analysis, Eric uncovers real-world proof and case law precedents that strengthen and substantiate each client’s valuation position. This unique combination of experiential judgment, data-driven reasoning, and legal grounding allows him to produce valuation reports that are both market-smart and tribunal-ready—setting a new standard for accuracy and credibility.

This advanced, AI-integrated approach places Eric Jordan, CPPA, well ahead of what even the most experienced Chartered Business Valuators (CBVs) and lawyers can typically achieve in the business valuation field. By combining decades of valuation expertise with digital intelligence and case-law-backed validation, Eric transforms business valuation from an opinion into a defensible, evidence-based conclusion that resonates well anywhere in the world.

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2. Educational and Experiential Basis

3. Methodological Distinction

CBV Approach

CBVs primarily rely on three conventional models:

• Income Approach (DCF / Capitalization of Earnings)
• Asset-Based Approach
• Market Approach (Comparable Transactions)

Each assumes that financial statements tell the complete story of value — a premise that’s increasingly false in the modern, intangible-driven economy.

Eric Jordan Methodology

Eric Jordan’s process extends valuation beyond the spreadsheet by incorporating:

• The 25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation, which quantify performance in purpose, process, scalability, R&D, marketing, management, risk, and opportunity.
• The 5 Senses Inspection Report, capturing sensory and environmental cues — sight, sound, smell, feel, and atmosphere — that reveal operational integrity.
• AI-Integrated Analysis, merging digital footprint data with behavioral and brand metrics.
• Empirical Owner-Operator Insight, grounded in 25+ years of practical exposure across industries.

This hybrid system measures value as experienced, not just value as recorded.

4. Outcome: Depth and Reliability of Valuation

5. Professional Rate Comparison

6. Conclusion

In the valuation world, CBVs quantify what they can see; Eric Jordan, CPPA quantifies what others overlook.

• CBVs provide compliance.
• Eric provides conviction.

His valuations don’t just inform—they empower owners, buyers, lenders, and legal professionals to make decisions grounded in the full spectrum of value, both tangible and intangible.

That’s why, hour for hour, Eric Jordan’s work doesn’t just cost more — it’s worth exponentially more, because it captures the 70–90% of business value the standard models miss.