Some 1,779 small California businesses were sold in July 2008, an increase of 8.7% compared to the 1,637 completed transactions in June 2008.
The boost in the number of completed deals is an encouraging sign that the underlying strength of the demand for small California businesses is starting to prevail over the uncertainty that has affected this market for the past year or so.
But we’re not out of the woods yet, not as long as money is harder to get and some buyers and sellers remain hesitant to move forward. In the month-to-month comparison, there was only one additional business day in July.
Leading the increase were populous counties including Los Angeles, with 407 small businesses sold compared to 347 in June; San Francisco, recording 108 completed deals--more than twice the number (46) for the month before; Orange, with 194 closed escrows in July and 184 in June; and Sacramento, with 57 sold business vs. 51 recorded in June.
Among the populous counties showing declines in sold businesses in July compared with the prior month, were San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino and Santa Clara.
The number of small business sales completed in July 2008, shown by California county, as follows:
Alameda 99; Contra Costa 27, El Dorado 12, Fresno 51, Imperial 4, Kern 105, Kings 3, Los Angeles 407, Madera 4, Marin 4, Merced 10, Monterey 33, Napa 18, Nevada 1, Orange 194, Placer 12, Riverside 59, Sacramento 57, San Bernardino 81, San Diego 179, San Francisco 108, San Joaquin 23, San Luis Obispo 12, San Mateo 37, Santa Barbara 18, Santa Clara 74, Santa Cruz 12, Solano 12, Sonoma 9, Stanislaus 27, Sutter 16, Tulare 17, Tuolumne 1, Ventura 44, Yolo 8, Yuba 1.
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Posted on August 14, 2008 | 
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