Business For Sale Statistics

The total of 13,948 small and mid-sized businesses sold in California during 20ll represents an increase from the 13,329 deals completed the prior year. But a comparison shows a decline in activity during the last quarter of 2011 vs. the final three months of 2010.

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Rate of sale for small business in California grew slightly last month compared to sales activity in May 2010. Large counties showed the best gains. Peter Siegel, MBA with BizBen releases the BizBen Index for May 2011.

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Fewer small businesses were sold in California last month compared to April 2010 figures. Sales for the year, however, are up nearly 12.5% for 2011.

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The BizBen.com Index reports that the volume of California small businesses sold last month hit a 22-month high. Improvements in access to financing and buyer confidence are major factors.

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Pent-up demand helped to push the number of sales of small and mid-sized California businesses sold by business brokers, agents, and business owners last month ahead of the February 2010 figures. The growth was aided also by an increase in SBA loan approvals statewide.

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The robust rate at which small businesses have been selling in California this month has declined somewhat in recent days with the recent extended 3 day holiday. But a few counties show substantially increased activity this month compared to February of 2010.

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The number of Sacramento County small and mid-sized businesses sold in 2010 declined from the 2009 figure according to the BizBen.com Index Of California Small Business Sales.

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Fewer small and mid-sized businesses were sold in California last year compared with 2009, but the last three months of 2010 showed improvement. Resourcefulness of the state's entrepreneurs can be credited with the late boost in activity.

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Small business sales in California inched up last month compared to the same period last year. November 2010 figures were down from year-high sales volume recorded the month before.

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With a total of 1,298 small and mid-sized businesses sold, July was the most active month yet this year. By contrast, there were 1,075 completed deals in July 2009. The prime reason for the volume of transactions last month was the delay in a number of sales scheduled for June closing.

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While the number of small and mid-sized business opportunity sales in California last month (1,163) lagged behind the March 2009 total (1356), it's encouraging to notice that this year's figure is ahead of the count for the first quarter of last year. Month to date sales in the state currently stand at 3,239 vs. 3,180 deals closed through March of 2009.

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An increase in the number of California buyers who managed to purchase a business last month, compared to the sales statistics posted in February of 2009, confirms that market activity is on a growth pattern, though it is slow. The hurdles haven't disappeared, but California's resourceful entrepreneurs are finding more ways to complete deals.

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A 24% increase in the number of small business opportunity sales last month compared to January of 2009 is a hopeful sign of improvement in the California market. There were 1,024 completed transactions in January.

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The 14,277 small and mid-sized businesses that changed hands in the state last year represent a 34% decline from 21,689 sales recorded in 2008, and a count of last month's deals, 1,193, also shows a 34% drop when compared to the 1,804 closed escrows in December 2008.

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This year’s trend, showing an increase in each month’s number of sales of small and mid-market businesses in California, continues with more completed transactions in May 2009.

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