San Jose, CA
$1,250,000
San Jose, CA
$1,250,000
Alameda County, CA
$180,000
Union City, CA
$100,000
Alameda County, CA
$8,000,000
Contra Costa County, CA
$65,000
Alameda County, CA
$1,000,000
Hayward, CA
$99,000
Santa Rosa, CA
$249,000
Berkeley, CA
$299,000
San Francisco, CA
Cash Flow: $442,000
Available Nationwide
$50,000
Los Altos, CA
$75,000
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
San Francisco, CA
$53,000
Marin County, CA
$100,000
San Francisco, CA
$150,000
Antoinette Gonzales Norris, CBB, CBI
Zoom Business Brokers
Serving Alameda County, CA
Zoom Business Brokers is a highly accomplished team of dedicated and trustworthy professionals who are pioneering the process to skillfully guide, advise, and facilitate your seamless business transactions. Our team of industry veterans embodies over 230 years of collective real-world experience and will provide you with mindful expertise and resources to buy, sell, or merge your business with their decades of training and practice and an extensive relationship network. Regardless of your business size, industry or locale, our qualified brokers are relentless in our innovative approach to fully and efficiently service your needs – from expert guidance to transactions – that will ultimately save you valuable time and money and allow you to remain focused on what you do best in running your business. Our brokers embrace collaboration and are carefully selected for our team because of their integrity and professionalism. We are tenacious in our objective to provide exceptional service, and in doing so our team is uncompromising in protecting your confidential information and aligning the interests of all parties for mutual success. The rigorous, industry-leading training of our brokers results in sound, smart advice and the highest professional standards that we employ in providing you with support that is both reliable and creative as we facilitate your business transactions.
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Redwood City, CA
$175,000
Novato, CA
$800,000
Greenbrae, CA
$49,000
Available in California
$100,000
Pleasanton, CA
$275,000
Alameda County, CA
Cash Flow: $200,000
San Francisco County, CA
$1,400,000
San Francisco, CA
$170,000
San Francisco, CA
$249,000
Fremont, CA
$200,000
Berkeley, CA
$180,000
San Jose, CA
$149,999
Oakland, CA
$420,420
Available Nationwide
$100,000
Santa Rosa, CA
$120,000
San Jose, CA
$225,000
San Francisco, CA
$99,000
San Bruno, CA
$79,000
Available Nationwide
$100,000
San Mateo, CA
$97,000
Oakland, CA
$45,000
Berkeley, CA
$85,000
Solano County, CA
$120,000
San Francisco, CA
$399,000
Oakland, CA
$45,000
Marin County, CA
$220,000
Sonoma County, CA
$129,000
Deanna Dube
First Choice Business Brokers LA
Serving Contra Costa County, CA
First Choice Business Brokers is one of the largest business sales organizations in the U.S., listing over $12 Billion in businesses for sale since our foundation in 1994. First Choice Business Brokers specializes in business sales across all industries with transaction sizes from approximately $50,000 to $50 million. First Choice Business Brokers assists business owners in selling their businesses by locating and matching them with a buyer and managing the entire sales process. Additionally, we also work with business buyers to find the right business that meets their purchase criteria. With several offices located throughout the U.S., we have sold thousands of businesses, of all types, confidentially and efficiently through our vast buyer networks.
Contra Costa County, CA
$700,000
Available in California
$50,000
Oakland, CA
$79,000
Redwood City, CA
$100,000
Contra Costa County, CA
$120,000
San Jose, CA
$75,000
San Francisco, CA
$125,000
Redwood City, CA
$15,000
San Francisco, CA
$130,000
Oakland, CA
$399,000
Morgan Hill, CA
$130,000
Available Nationwide
$175,000
The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its vibrant business community and entrepreneurial spirit. As a result, there are always businesses for sale in the area for interested buyers. If you're considering buying (or selling) a business in the San Francisco Bay Area, it helps to become acquainted with the local business for sale market.
Market Snapshot
We have aggregated and analyzed data from business for sale listings throughout the bay in order to provide some context around the number and types of businesses that are selling, and the financials associated with these listings.
Number of Businesses for Sale |
~1,180 |
Median Asking Price |
$420,000 |
Median Reported Revenue |
$700,000 |
Median Reported Earnings |
$160,000 |
Profit Margin |
23% |
Earnings Multiple |
2.6 |
Revenue Multiple |
0.6 |
Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
How many businesses are currently for sale in the San Francisco Bay Area?
There are over 1,100 businesses listed for sale in the Bay Area. It's worth noting that some of these listings may be 'blindly' listed and might require broader state-based searches to uncover.
What types of businesses are most commonly for sale in the Bay Area?
The market is quite diverse; the majority of available businesses fall into the following categories:
In which counties are most of these businesses for sale located?
The majority of the businesses are distributed among the following counties:
Which cities in the Bay Area have the most businesses for sale?
The most active cities with businesses on the market are:
What is the median asking price for these businesses?
A: The median asking price for businesses in the SF Bay Area is currently around $420,000.
Can you provide information about the average financial metrics for these businesses?
Based on the listings, the median reported revenue is approximately $700,000, with median reported earnings around $160,000, yielding an average profit margin of 23%. The median earnings multiple for asking price is 2.6, and the revenue multiple is 0.6.
How do business owners typically proceed with selling their businesses in the Bay Area?
Most business owners opt to work with a business broker to facilitate the sale process. However, some business owners choose to list and manage the sale independently, navigating the process on their own.