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The BizBen Index - Statistics Of California Small Businesses Sold

The BizBen Index has provided a long time California economic indicator of small business statistics of small businesses that have been sold by County and City within California. These business sales were recorded by small business owners, business brokers, and agents throughout the state of California. Annual County Stats. Annual City Stats.

Also see stats by month: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

2022: 0   Jan: 0   Feb: 0   Mar: 0   Apr: 0   May: 0   Jun: 0   Jul: N/A   Aug: N/A   Sep: N/A   Oct: N/A   Nov: N/A   Dec: N/A  

2021: 0   Jan: 0   Feb: 0   Mar: 0   Apr: 0   May: 0   Jun: 0   Jul: 0   Aug: 0   Sep: 0   Oct: 0   Nov: 0   Dec: 0  

2020: 9,048   Jan: 1178   Feb: 1364   Mar: 701   Apr: 308   May: 426   Jun: 558   Jul: 828   Aug: 927   Sep: 670   Oct: 727   Nov: 843   Dec: 518  

Alameda: 463, Amador: 27, Butte: 57, Calaveras: 1, Contra Costa: 194, El Dorado: 58, Fresno: 251, Glenn: 1, Humboldt: 30, Imperial: 40, Kern: 233, Kings: 8, Lake: 4, Lassen: 5, Los Angeles: 1464, Madera: 11, Marin: 85, Mendocino: 1, Merced: 54, Mono: 2, Monterey: 127, Napa: 33, Nevada: 40, Orange: 1035, Placer: 122, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 535, Sacramento: 398, San Bernardino: 489, San Diego: 892, San Francisco: 386, San Joaquin: 232, San Luis Obispo: 106, San Mateo: 194, Santa Barbara: 118, Santa Clara: 448, Santa Cruz: 78, Shasta: 49, Siskiyou: 1, Solano: 116, Sonoma: 181, Stanislaus: 176, Sutter: 21, Tehama: 31, Tulare: 119, Tuolumne: 18, Ventura: 81, Yolo: 30

2019: 15,358   Jan: 1290   Feb: 1302   Mar: 1534   Apr: 1217   May: 1580   Jun: 1357   Jul: 1146   Aug: 1121   Sep: 1022   Oct: 1494   Nov: 1224   Dec: 1071  

Alameda: 792, Amador: 26, Butte: 80, Calaveras: 8, Contra Costa: 241, El Dorado: 99, Fresno: 437, Humboldt: 13, Imperial: 21, Kern: 311, Kings: 3, Lake: 1, Lassen: 13, Los Angeles: 4293, Madera: 20, Marin: 148, Mendocino: 6, Merced: 75, Mono: 8, Monterey: 199, Napa: 36, Nevada: 26, Orange: 1511, Placer: 168, Plumas: 1, Riverside: 768, Sacramento: 525, San Benito: 1, San Bernardino: 665, San Diego: 1231, San Francisco: 573, San Joaquin: 283, San Luis Obispo: 145, San Mateo: 302, Santa Barbara: 199, Santa Clara: 749, Santa Cruz: 136, Shasta: 86, Siskiyou: 5, Solano: 158, Sonoma: 285, Stanislaus: 167, Sutter: 43, Tehama: 17, Trinity: 1, Tulare: 162, Tuolumne: 31, Ventura: 222, Yolo: 67, Yuba: 1

2018: 15,685   Jan: 1363   Feb: 1337   Mar: 1196   Apr: 1311   May: 1386   Jun: 1468   Jul: 1340   Aug: 1118   Sep: 1099   Oct: 1455   Nov: 1530   Dec: 1082  

Alameda: 830, Amador: 20, Boone: 1, Butte: 97, Calaveras: 8, Contra Costa: 190, Dauphin: 3, El Dorado: 113, Fresno: 402, Glenn: 2, Humboldt: 12, Imperial: 44, Kern: 313, Kings: 1, Lassen: 12, Los Angeles: 4148, Madera: 15, Marin: 164, Mariposa: 1, Mendocino: 4, Merced: 71, Modoc: 1, Mono: 3, Monterey: 189, Napa: 54, Nevada: 43, Orange: 1712, Placer: 178, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 735, Sacramento: 453, San Bernardino: 730, San Diego: 1263, San Francisco: 629, San Joaquin: 246, San Luis Obispo: 150, San Mateo: 365, Santa Barbara: 188, Santa Clara: 819, Santa Cruz: 119, Shasta: 103, Siskiyou: 4, Solano: 148, Sonoma: 290, Stanislaus: 151, Sutter: 47, Tehama: 28, Trinity: 3, Tulare: 133, Tuolumne: 44, Ventura: 260, Yolo: 81, Yuba: 5

2017: 16,956   Jan: 1378   Feb: 1373   Mar: 1553   Apr: 1290   May: 1439   Jun: 1394   Jul: 1354   Aug: 1442   Sep: 1400   Oct: 1421   Nov: 1420   Dec: 1492  

Alameda: 759, Amador: 26, Butte: 126, Calaveras: 14, Contra Costa: 219, El Dorado: 132, Erie: 5, Fresno: 387, Glenn: 4, Humboldt: 27, Imperial: 56, Inyo: 4, Kern: 395, Kitsap: 1, Lassen: 17, Los Angeles: 4693, Madera: 10, Marin: 137, Mariposa: 3, Mendocino: 10, Merced: 47, Mono: 9, Monterey: 168, Napa: 71, Nevada: 87, Orange: 1696, Placer: 212, Plumas: 8, Riverside: 812, Sacramento: 631, San Benito: 1, San Bernardino: 812, San Diego: 1388, San Francisco: 708, San Joaquin: 319, San Luis Obispo: 182, San Mateo: 297, Santa Barbara: 162, Santa Clara: 690, Santa Cruz: 116, Shasta: 78, Siskiyou: 9, Solano: 191, Sonoma: 342, Stanislaus: 153, Sutter: 25, Tehama: 36, Trinity: 1, Tulare: 151, Tuolumne: 31, Ventura: 319, Yolo: 114

2016: 16,858   Jan: 1460   Feb: 1406   Mar: 1537   Apr: 1363   May: 1458   Jun: 1360   Jul: 1381   Aug: 1615   Sep: 1308   Oct: 1448   Nov: 1125   Dec: 1397  

Alameda: 892, Amador: 22, Butte: 111, Calaveras: 10, Contra Costa: 241, El Dorado: 120, Fresno: 489, Glenn: 9, Humboldt: 10, Imperial: 69, Kern: 438, Kings: 2, Lamar: 1, Lane: 1, Lassen: 5, Los Angeles: 4409, Madera: 9, Marin: 135, Mariposa: 2, Mendocino: 3, Merced: 92, Monterey: 195, Napa: 87, Nevada: 74, Orange: 1620, Placer: 157, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 847, Sacramento: 534, San Bernardino: 769, San Diego: 1440, San Francisco: 627, San Joaquin: 276, San Luis Obispo: 104, San Mateo: 341, Santa Barbara: 229, Santa Clara: 772, Santa Cruz: 181, Shasta: 137, Siskiyou: 2, Solano: 166, Sonoma: 301, Stanislaus: 159, Sutter: 31, Tehama: 26, Trinity: 3, Tulare: 164, Tuolumne: 43, Ventura: 336, Washington: 1, Yolo: 77, Yuba: 3

2015: 15,660   Jan: 1268   Feb: 1331   Mar: 1328   Apr: 1193   May: 1417   Jun: 1178   Jul: 1493   Aug: 1216   Sep: 1149   Oct: 1366   Nov: 1282   Dec: 1439  

Alameda: 693, Amador: 14, Butte: 115, Calaveras: 16, Contra Costa: 405, El Dorado: 106, Fresno: 354, Humboldt: 14, Imperial: 45, Kern: 341, Kings: 2, Lassen: 11, Los Angeles: 4153, Madera: 7, Marin: 88, Mariposa: 3, Mendocino: 17, Merced: 62, Monterey: 167, Napa: 65, Nevada: 34, Orange: 1561, Placer: 207, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 643, Sacramento: 501, San Bernardino: 770, San Diego: 1254, San Francisco: 652, San Joaquin: 277, San Luis Obispo: 167, San Mateo: 287, Santa Barbara: 197, Santa Clara: 814, Santa Cruz: 111, Shasta: 114, Siskiyou: 4, Solano: 147, Sonoma: 320, Spokane: 1, Stanislaus: 196, Sutter: 48, Tehama: 32, Trinity: 7, Tulare: 175, Tuolumne: 13, Ventura: 289, Washoe: 6, Yolo: 87, Yuba: 6

2014: 15,513   Jan: 1301   Feb: 1156   Mar: 1480   Apr: 1014   May: 1221   Jun: 1274   Jul: 1306   Aug: 1530   Sep: 1297   Oct: 1591   Nov: 1017   Dec: 1326  

Alameda: 649, Amador: 36, Benton: 2, Butte: 93, Calaveras: 11, Clark: 2, Contra Costa: 435, Deschutes: 4, El Dorado: 57, Fresno: 391, Glenn: 8, Humboldt: 7, Imperial: 40, Jefferson: 1, Kern: 346, King: 1, Kings: 3, Lassen: 12, Los Angeles: 4114, Madera: 10, Maricopa: 1, Marin: 7, Mariposa: 2, Mendocino: 11, Merced: 101, Mono: 3, Monterey: 169, Multnomah: 1, Napa: 54, Nevada: 53, Orange: 1585, Placer: 181, Plumas: 4, Riverside: 683, Sacramento: 574, San Bernardino: 695, San Diego: 1297, San Francisco: 500, San Joaquin: 306, San Luis Obispo: 152, San Mateo: 278, Santa Barbara: 160, Santa Clara: 774, Santa Cruz: 98, Shasta: 83, Solano: 169, Sonoma: 278, Stanislaus: 247, Sutter: 59, Tehama: 30, Tulare: 188, Tuolumne: 19, Ventura: 361, Yolo: 104, Yuba: 14

2013: 14,764   Jan: 1179   Feb: 1241   Mar: 1586   Apr: 905   May: 1279   Jun: 1176   Jul: 1327   Aug: 1137   Sep: 1336   Oct: 1143   Nov: 1052   Dec: 1403  

Alameda: 618, Amador: 16, Butte: 55, Calaveras: 13, Contra Costa: 347, El Dorado: 64, Fresno: 364, Glenn: 5, Humboldt: 13, Imperial: 27, Inyo: 13, Kern: 327, Kings: 3, Lake: 6, Lassen: 3, Los Angeles: 4053, Madera: 6, Marin: 70, Mariposa: 3, Mendocino: 18, Merced: 70, Mono: 4, Monterey: 151, Napa: 49, Nevada: 41, Orange: 1532, Philadelphia: 1, Placer: 116, Plumas: 2, Riverside: 708, Sacramento: 433, San Benito: 1, San Bernardino: 695, San Diego: 1336, San Francisco: 582, San Joaquin: 214, San Luis Obispo: 182, San Mateo: 278, Santa Barbara: 187, Santa Clara: 671, Santa Cruz: 76, Shasta: 59, Siskiyou: 1, Solano: 133, Sonoma: 277, Stanislaus: 197, Sutter: 54, Tehama: 23, Trinity: 2, Tulare: 159, Tuolumne: 29, Ventura: 325, Yolo: 73, Yuba: 6


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