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Liquor Store

Santa Clara County, CA

A great opportunity to own an established large, 3000 sf, thriving, high gross, 34 years established liquor store, located in prime, high traffic, busy location in Santa Clara County. Floor space:...

$900,000

$900,000

Spa & Massage

Contra Costa County, CA

Well-established and independently owned spa with over 20 years of success. Located in a high-traffic area, this spa generates consistent monthly revenue of $20,000 and provides a steady net profit of...

$95,000

$95,000

Auto Repair Shop – Real Estate Available

Orange County, CA

For over 40 years, this auto repair shop has served the Orange County community, providing reliable and comprehensive automotive services. They are a full-service auto repair shop offering general...

$195,000

$195,000

Cash Flow: $128,000

Ramen Franchise Restaurant

San Diego County, CA

A high-profile, well-established ramen franchise restaurant located in a prominent shopping mall, surrounded by numerous national brand tenants. Opened in 2021, this restaurant has been fully upgraded...

$950,000

$950,000

Cash Flow: $290,000

Revolutionary CAE SaaS Company with Growth Potential

Alameda County, CA

This unique, bootstrapped engineering software company offers a revolutionary solution in the rapidly growing Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) market. With proprietary technology enabling rapid,...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $155,000

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Cash Flow: $155,000

The Counter - Located in the heart of Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

The Counter is a high-end casual dining restaurant chain offering custom topped gourmet burgers with over a million possible burger and burgers-in-a-bowl combinations through a checklist-style menu....

$1,180,000

$1,180,000

Cash Flow: $177,416

BOBA / NEWLY BUILT / LOW RENT &LONG LEASE /CONVERT

San Bernardino County, CA

For sale is a newly built boba shop located in San Bernardino County, CA. This thriving business boasts strong financial performance, with a monthly gross revenue of $24,000. The shop employs seven...

$199,000

$199,000

Cash Flow: $48,000

Award-Winning Napa Valley Winery

California

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS The Company is a premier boutique winery located in California’s Napa Valley wine region. The Company operates a winery and a distinctive tasting room, and produces a range of...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $572,000

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Cash Flow: $572,000

Prime Location - Busy Restaurant & Bar in the Heart of Old Town

Temecula, CA

Step into the captivating charm of historic Old Town Temecula and where you will discover Old Town Pub, a captivating restaurant and bar that seamlessly blends the rich heritage of the area with an...

$4,295,000

$4,295,000

Boba / Newly Remodel / Low Rent &Long Lease /Convert

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

For sale is a newly built boba shop located in San Bernardino County, CA. This thriving business boasts strong financial performance, with a monthly gross revenue of $24,000. The shop employs seven...

$199,000

$199,000

Cash Flow: $48,000

Liquor store($430k)+Taco($30k)Rent$3500 size 4500sf lease 9+5yr

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

* Neighborhood liquor store +Taco Place *Taco place is being rented month to month (paying $1500/mo) * $3500/ monthly rent for whole space--liquor (200sf), pizza place (1500sf),storage (1500sf) * biz...

$500,000

$500,000

Legal Cannabis Retail Dispensary (Real Estate Included)

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Bishop, CA

This prime commercial building offers an exceptional opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs in the fast-growing cannabis industry. The property includes a fully operational cannabis business,...

$1,800,000

$1,800,000

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Beer and Wine Garden with Food (Richmond)

Richmond, CA

Description: This popular outdoor community space that serves as a casual gathering spot for locals and visitors. Located in the coastal neighborhood, it offers a laid-back atmosphere with a focus on...

$299,000

$299,000

Jersey Mike's - Established Franchise

Sacramento County, CA

It started back in 1956, in this actual storefront location and was originally called Mike's Subs. Mike opened the small shop in the sea-side town of Point Pleasant, New Jersey. You have to remember...

$900,000

$900,000

Cash Flow: $36,052

Take And Bake Pizza-Seller Financing with $50K-$60K Down

Contra Costa County, CA

This is a very well-established Papa Murphy's. Seller financing is available for a qualified buyer....the owner will finance with only $50-$60K down! This Papa Murphy's is located in a busy,...

$220,000

$220,000

Cash Flow: $105,000

Home-Based Property Management Firm For Sale

San Jose, CA

The local office provides top of the line management services for our clients that lack the time and the expertise needed for the day-to-day management of their real estate properties and investments....

$245,000

$245,000

Cash Flow: $142,000

Umit & Business Broker - Ister & Associates Real Estate Group

Ister & Associates Real Estate Group

Serving Kern County, CA

At Ister & Associates Commercial & Business Brokerage, we offer a full range of business services, such as business valuations, business consultation, full services for business buyers and sellers, and commercial real estate sales and purchases with the highest standard of personal and professional integrity. Both buyers and sellers will have access to a business and commercial expert and specialist to get the deal done with the least amount of hassle. We serve all of Central California, where we currently have lots of commercial and business listings throughout the area. In addition, we also have a large network of qualified business buyers, which helps us to market and sell your business faster. Our clients include small and large business owners in different business sectors, such as gas stations, convenience stores, grocery stores, liquor stores, Mexican meat markets, hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, and other types of retail stores. We also help investors purchase and sell commercial properties, industrial properties, shopping centers, strip centers, multi-unit apartment complexes, etc. Each transaction is handled with complete confidentiality and integrity. Additionally, we also offer co-ops to other commercial and business brokers with most of our commercial and business listings.

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Coming Soon-Transforming Homes with Expert Remodeling

San Francisco County, CA

This established home remodeling company specializes in delivering high-quality renovation services, from kitchen and bathroom upgrades to full-home transformations. Known for superior craftsmanship...

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Cash Flow: $273,442

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Cash Flow: $273,442

Gas Station, C Store with Real Estate

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Kern County, CA

Commercial Investment Opportunity Gas Station with Convenience Store and Type 20 ABC License We are pleased to present an exclusive listing for a confidential sale of a gas station with a...

$3,500,000

$3,500,000

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Franchise Burger Restaurant with Full Bar, Patio and Profitable

Norco, CA

Business Summary: Franchise Burger Restaurant with Full Bar and Patio **Business Overview:** This successful franchise burger restaurant combines a passion for gourmet burgers with a vibrant dining...

$699,000

$699,000

Cash Flow: $200,000

Liquor & Grocery Store (Richmond District - San Francisco)

San Francisco, CA

Description: Specialty Grocery is a store located in San Francisco's Richmond District. It offers a wide variety of specialty items, including gourmet cheeses, artisanal pastas, and imported olive...

$170,009

$170,009

Residential/Commercial Pool Construction, Repair, and Maintenance

California

Sign NDA: https://generational.tfaforms.net/4660083?DealID=a1L2G000004zKyQ For nearly a decade, the Company has established itself as a premier pool contractor in its Northern California tri-county...

Not Disclosed

EBITDA: $596,000

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EBITDA: $596,000

General Contractor - Remodeling, Additions & Repairs

California

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS This outstanding acquisition opportunity is for a licensed general contractor, specializing in remodeling, additions, and repairs for single family homes. The Company has a...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $277,000

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Cash Flow: $277,000

Market with $3,000,000 Annual Gross Income and Low Rent

Contra Costa County, CA

Great opportunity to own an established, thriving grocery store with restaurant, in a prime, high traffic location with no competition. Located in Contra Costa County with tremendous potential for...

$2,200,000

$2,200,000

Established Profitable Thai Restaurant with Two Locations

San Diego County, CA

A Thai dining experience in San Diego County. Known for its authentic flavors, the restaurant carefully crafts each dish using the finest ingredients, both locally sourced and imported from Thailand....

$1,200,000

$1,200,000

Cash Flow: $514,307

Great Money Making Mini Grocery Store With 21 Full Liquor License

South El Monte, CA

DO NOT GO DIRECT AN NDA needs to be signed with Proof of Funds. Great established Grocery Store with a FULL LIQUOR LICENSE 21. Approximately 4000 sqft of space that is a leased at $9500 a month. This...

$1,600,000

$1,600,000

GREAT TV and APPLIANCES Sales Establishment

El Monte, CA

Great Location Business for Sale!! Global Buy, a well established, family owned TV and appliance store located in El Monte, CA. Proudly serving the community of El Monte and surrounding cities since...

$950,000

$950,000

Desert Dive Bar in Twentynine Palms for Sale & Lease + Business Assets

Twentynine Palms, CA

CityStreet Commercial is pleased to present 73839 29 Palms Hwy. This 2nd gen bar sits along the popular stretch of 29 Palms Hwy. The area is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike with...

$125,000

$125,000

Auto Repair Shop

Santa Clara County, CA

This auto repair shop, located in South Santa Clara County, was established in 1987. It is located at one of the busiest intersections in the city not far from the freeway. This 5-star rated shop...

$499,000

$499,000

Cash Flow: $177,547

Seasonal Inflatable Kids Park Business In California

Riverside County, CA

Listing ID-63035 - 60% of sales are online. - Growth opportunity with adding in concessions. - Experienced marketing team in place. - Original owner from its opening day. - Seasonal business only open...

$530,000

$530,000

Cash Flow: $148,000

Established High Volume Baskin Robbins

Santa Clara County, CA

This is a rare opportunity for a new owner-operator to take over this long-established ice cream store. The sellers are a restaurant group with other interests and looking to exit. This high-volume...

$650,000

$650,000

Cash Flow: $187,000

Physical Therapy Clinic — Three Locations

California

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS This outstanding acquisition opportunity is for three regional physical therapy clinic locations. The Company offers physical therapy, functional capacity evaluations (FCE),...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $693,000

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $693,000

High End Automotive Electronics Detailer in San Francisco

San Francisco County, CA

Transworld Business Advisors San Francisco Ryan Drake-Lee DRE # 02229462 High end Automotive Electronics Detailer and installer available for sale in San Francisco. This shop focuses exclusively on...

$60,000

$60,000

Cash Flow: $80,295

Elegant & Beautiful Downtown Saratoga Restaurant W/Beer & Wine

Saratoga, CA

Downtown Saratoga is a charming area known for its historic small-town feel, with tree-lined streets, boutique shops, art galleries, and a variety of restaurants and cafés. Located along Big Basin...

$375,888

$375,888

Cash Flow: $150,000

Franchise Japanese Restaurant for Sale | $400,000

California

A rare opportunity to acquire a fully equipped, long-established Japanese teppanyaki restaurant located on of the most popular tourist destinations in Monterey County. Type 47 Hard liquor license is...

$400,000

$400,000

Global Tour Operator

Los Angeles County, CA

The business is a leading global travel services company in the high-end personalized leisure travel market with a luxury brand packaging tours to exotic global destinations. Most business is...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $263,957

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $263,957

Take Out Pizza Franchise $50K Down! Established Since 1998! 1 Owner!

Contra Costa County, CA

Owner is nearing Retirement! $526,354.52 in gross sales for 2024! This take and bake franchise has been absentee run and offers an opportunity to make additional money, especially for an...

$200,000

$200,000

Cash Flow: $55,699

Money making branded gas station for sale in Modesto

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Modesto, CA

Fully upgraded and branded station is up for sale in Modesto. Store does about 60k/m at 35%. Store has ABC license. Gas sales are about 65-70k gallon/m at 55c. Buyer needs about 1.5M down and the rest...

$4,200,000

$4,200,000

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Chiropractic Practice for Sale in Riverside County, CA

Riverside County, CA

This business offers you a “best of ALL worlds” location where you will love to live AND work! The practice is conveniently located in Murietta (population of approximately 110,000) with all the...

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $618,531

Not Disclosed

Cash Flow: $618,531

5 FedEx Ground Routes, Fullerton CA

Fullerton, CA

5 well-established and highly profitable FedEx P&D (pickup and delivery) routes, HOME DELIVERY ONLY, based out of FULLERTON CALIFORNIA. Fullerton station does NOT require overlap is it is not a...

$550,000

$550,000

EBITDA: $160,000

Defense contractor located in South Bay of Los Angeles

Los Angeles County, CA

The primary business is in providing comprehensive engineering and product design and manufacturing to customer specifications, prototype development, and manufacturing for U.S. DoD and its prime...

$1,350,000

$1,350,000

Cash Flow: $528,202

Renowned Automotive Care Franchise - Proven Products!

Anaheim, CA

DISCLAIMER: DO NOT CONTACT SELLER DIRECTLY Strictly confidential. Unauthorized contact with the seller, their associates, or directly visiting the property to inquire about the sale is strictly...

$150,000

$150,000

20M Growing Lab, Full Service Lab with Major Insurance’s Contracts and

California

Manhattan Biz is presenting a big, old, real full menu laboratory: all tests, all specialties, contracted with major insurances. Adding accounts and growing business daily. Tests nicely spread across...

$42,000,000

$42,000,000

50's Style Diner, Money Maker, Manager Run

Oceanside, CA

Beautiful 50's Diner, with a tons of memorabilia included in the sales price. Service is fast food style where you order at the counter. Not a full service, table order restaurant. Business is manager...

$695,000

$695,000

Cash Flow: $200,000

Major brand in S Pasadena, Large land

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Pasadena, CA

Station pumps 110,000 gallons at minimum of 50 ct margin. Market does about $40,000/mo plus Lottery. Business hours: 6:00 am till 10:00 pm. $7500/mo. additional rental income. 14 years left on Supply...

$6,950,000

$6,950,000

REAL ESTATE INCLUDED

Rob Tade

SellingRestaurants.com.

Serving San Diego County, CA

SellingRestaurants.com is a professional business brokerage firm specializing in restaurant and bar brokerage. Servicing all food and beverage businesses through out California. Our restaurant brokerage firm is known for adding value to our clients through great customer service, intelligent analysis and valuation, and marketing system that is years ahead of its competition. We attribute our success to not only to our aggressive internet marketing tactics, but to the amount of homework we do before we value and place a business for sale on the market. We look at each business with a fresh-eye; looking deep into the financials; studying the strengths and weaknesses of the business; looking for opportunities and envisioning who the best buyer for the space could be and then designing a marketing strategy around this vision. You'll immediately see the difference we can make to your transaction. Our brokers and agents anwser their their phones and emails! We are ready to help sell your restaurant today. Give us a call at 619-892-2765

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900sf Space w/Type 1 Hood on BUSY Columbus Ave. in North Beach SF

San Francisco, CA

900sf +/- Space w/Type 1 Hood on BUSY Columbus Ave. in North Beach SF for Sale. Newly Built in Recent Years, Fully Equipped w/Modern Diner Vibes RRC# 5083 Location: San Francisco Description: Totally...

$149,000

$149,000

Staffing Agency for sale in Northern California

Sacramento County, CA

Staffing and recruiting agency for sale for $1,200,000. It is a turnkey operation serving Northern California. The agency specializes in providing tailored staffing solutions that meet the unique...

$1,200,000

$1,200,000

Cash Flow: $367,384

Grocery Store

Contra Costa County, CA

Great Opportunity to own an established, thriving grocery store with restaurant, in a prime, high traffic location with no competition, in Contra Costa County with tremendous potential for growth....

$2,200,000

$2,200,000

Mechanic Shop

Sonoma County, CA

Well established owner operated mechanic shop This listing is for all auto mechanic industry entrepreneurs. I have a seller who has been doing business in Sonoma County for the last 20 years, and is...

$300,000

$300,000

Cash Flow: $192,000

Davis, CA CPA Practice for Sale

Yolo County, CA

Seller prefers a local buyer as clients are not serviced remotely • The owner is a CPA • This practice was established in 2005 • Software in use includes Lacerte, QuickBooks, MS Office, CFS Tax Tools...

$860,000

$860,000

Cash Flow: $356,000

The Global Standard in Channel Sales Training

California

The Global Standard in Channel Business Certification Industry accredited training for channel business professionals Channel Institute offers a premier sales training experience designed to empower...

$750,000

$750,000

Cash Flow: $86,824

Buy or Sell a Business in California

California is a huge state with a lot of money, so it's naturally a popular destination for businesses. The major industries in California include technology, agriculture, and entertainment, but the private business for sale market spans the gamut of sectors.

If you're looking to buy (or sell) a business in California, it helps to have some context on the market. We have aggregated and summarized the most current listings data to provide a basic overview of the business for sale market in California.

Market Overview

Number of Businesses for Sale  

  ~5,500

Median Asking Price  

  $360,000

Median Reported Revenue  

  $630,000

Median Reported Earnings  

  $150,000

Profit Margin  

  23%

Earnings Multiple  

  2.5

Revenue Multiple  

  0.6

Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings.

Major Metro Areas

More than 80% of all businesses for sale in the state are in the following six metro areas:

How many businesses are listed for sale in California?

There are around 5,400 businesses for sale in California, with listings across various metro areas and statewide.

What types of businesses are for sale?

The marketplace in California is diverse, with all types of businesses in play.

What is the average asking price for these businesses?

The median asking price for businesses listed for sale in California is $360,000.

What is the average revenue of these businesses?

The median reported revenue for these businesses is $630,000.

What is the average seller discretionary earnings?

The median reported earnings, often referred to as Seller Discretionary Earnings (SDE), is $150,000.

What are the average valuation multiples?

Typically, businesses are being listed with an earnings multiple of 2.5 and a revenue multiple of 0.6 when referring to the asking price.

Which cities in California have the most businesses listed for sale?

The cities with the highest number of listings are Los Angeles (approx. 480), San Diego (approx. 250), San Francisco (approx. 220), Sacramento (approx. 140), San Jose (approx. 120), Oakland (approx. 80), Long Beach (approx. 80), Anaheim (approx. 60), and Riverside (approx. 60).

How can California business owners sell their own businesses?

Most business owners will retain an experienced business broker, who will typically charge a 10-15% success fee. Some business owners choose to list their business for sale directly and take on the entire process on their own. This can be a complex and challenging task, requiring an understanding of the market, great marketing skills, and even better negotiating skills.