Provided is an electric brake device capable of early detection of the presence/absence of an abnormality of the electric brake device when a brake operation means is not being operated while a vehicle is traveling. A control device (9) of this electric brake device is equipped with: a basic control means (36a) that imparts a braking force by causing an electric motor (2) to operate in response to an operation performed on a brake operation means (4) by the driver; and an abnormality detection operation control means (36b) that causes the electric motor (2) to operate in accordance with a preset condition when the brake operation means is not being operated while the vehicle is traveling. Furthermore, the control device is equipped with an abnormality detection unit (37) that obtains a measurement value of a predetermined item pertaining to the vehicle when the electric motor (2) is caused to operate by the abnormality detection operation control means (36b) and compares the measurement value with an estimated value or a preset value in order to detect the presence/absence of an abnormality of the electric brake device.
