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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.

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2020	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
3,551	1178	1364	701	308	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alameda: 179, Amador: 5, Butte: 22, Calaveras: 1, Contra Costa: 66, El Dorado: 26, Fresno: 109, Humboldt: 5, Imperial: 19, Kern: 85, Los Angeles: 830, Madera: 3, Marin: 19, Mendocino: 1, Merced: 20, Mono: 1, Monterey: 33, Napa: 10, Nevada: 9, Orange: 381, Placer: 51, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 168, Sacramento: 126, San Bernardino: 183, San Diego: 323, San Francisco: 154, San Joaquin: 62, San Luis Obispo: 36, San Mateo: 75, Santa Barbara: 54, Santa Clara: 160, Santa Cruz: 25, Shasta: 7, Solano: 64, Sonoma: 73, Stanislaus: 41, Sutter: 9, Tehama: 6, Tulare: 44, Tuolumne: 11, Ventura: 43, Yolo: 9

2019	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
15,358	1290	1302	1534	1217	1580	1357	1146	1121	1022	1494	1224	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
15,685	1363	1337	1196	1311	1386	1468	1340	1118	1099	1455	1530	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
16,956	1378	1373	1553	1290	1439	1394	1354	1442	1400	1421	1420	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
16,858	1460	1406	1537	1363	1458	1360	1381	1615	1308	1448	1125	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
15,660	1268	1331	1328	1193	1417	1178	1493	1216	1149	1366	1282	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
15,513	1301	1156	1480	1014	1221	1274	1306	1530	1297	1591	1017	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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
14,764	1179	1241	1586	905	1279	1176	1327	1137	1336	1143	1052	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

2012	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
14,368	1223	992	1437	1091	1145	1371	1206	932	1232	1395	1022	1322

Alameda: 615, Alpine: 2, Amador: 37, Baldwin: 4, Butte: 53, Calaveras: 13, Caribou: 1, Contra Costa: 360, El Dorado: 72, Fresno: 377, Humboldt: 7, Imperial: 56, Inyo: 1, Kern: 320, Kings: 2, Lake: 5, Lassen: 5, Los Angeles: 3758, Madera: 7, Marin: 28, Marion: 1, Mariposa: 1, Mendocino: 15, Merced: 84, Monterey: 182, Napa: 26, Nevada: 52, Orange: 1534, Placer: 147, Plumas: 3, Riverside: 672, Sacramento: 481, San Bernardino: 692, San Diego: 1225, San Francisco: 497, San Joaquin: 245, San Luis Obispo: 131, San Mateo: 311, Santa Barbara: 205, Santa Clara: 732, Santa Cruz: 159, Shasta: 71, Siskiyou: 1, Solano: 83, Sonoma: 258, Stanislaus: 235, Sutter: 22, Tehama: 18, Tulare: 166, Tuolumne: 26, Ventura: 284, Yolo: 77, Yuba: 3

2011	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
13,948	1248	1193	1444	986	1068	978	1403	1151	1004	1307	952	1214

Alameda: 550, Alpine: 2, Amador: 23, Butte: 53, Calaveras: 1, Contra Costa: 307, El Dorado: 80, Fresno: 384, Humboldt: 12, Imperial: 33, Inyo: 2, Kern: 337, Kings: 15, Lake: 4, Lassen: 17, Los Angeles: 3763, Madera: 26, Marin: 89, Mariposa: 1, Mendocino: 23, Merced: 83, Mono: 1, Monterey: 151, Napa: 58, Nevada: 20, Orange: 1308, Placer: 123, Plumas: 4, Riverside: 681, Sacramento: 452, San Benito: 4, San Bernardino: 528, San Diego: 1206, San Francisco: 629, San Joaquin: 236, San Luis Obispo: 161, San Mateo: 264, Santa Barbara: 175, Santa Clara: 775, Santa Cruz: 107, Shasta: 84, Solano: 133, Sonoma: 251, Stanislaus: 187, Sutter: 51, Tehama: 12, Trinity: 4, Tulare: 200, Tuolumne: 21, Ventura: 248, Yolo: 64, Yuba: 5

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Helpful Resources To Assist In Selling And Buying California Businesses

Elizabeth McGovern: Escrow Services - San Francisco Bay Area

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Diane Boudreau-Tschetter: Escrow & Bulk Sale Services - CA

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Shalonda Chappel: Escrow & Bulk Sale Services - Southern California

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William F. Ziprick, Attorney: Legal Services For Buyers And Sellers

Through creative problem solving, attention to detail, accessibility, & understanding that unnecessary delay is often a deal killer, I work closely with my clients and other professionals to consistently achieve a high rate of closings. Office: 909-255-8353, Cell: 509-951-7230.

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