Businesses for sale in California
Looking for a business for sale in California? This free page gathers California listings from public listing sites and brokers in one place. You'll find home services companies, restaurants and food businesses, healthcare practices, auto repair shops, salons, retail stores, and small manufacturers and wholesalers. Listings come from Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Orange County, including Walnut Creek, Laguna Hills, Santa Rosa, Glendale, Long Beach and San Jose, and some online businesses with a California base appear too, labeled so you can skip them. Commercial property sits in its own section. For a local search, open our Los Angeles page, which covers LA County, or our San Francisco page. California has buyer steps of its own. Some asset purchases, especially of restaurants and stores that carry inventory, fall under the state's bulk-sale law, which calls for notice before closing. Buyers also typically ask the seller for a tax clearance from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), so unpaid sales tax doesn't follow the business. Where a seller shares cash flow, we add a cash-on-cash estimate on our model.
Estimates only — not financial, tax, or legal advice. Modeled on seller-reported numbers with 30% down, a 7.5% rate and a 10-year loan. How we estimate
California · live counts
- 897operating businesses for sale
- 124clear 20% cash-on-cash on our model
- 129clear 1.5x debt coverage on our model
Where the listings are
- Los Angeles50
- Walnut Creek49
- Laguna Hills23
- Santa Rosa22
- Glendale15
- San Francisco15
- Garden Grove12
- Long Beach12
- San Jose11
- North Hollywood10
Top categories
- Restaurant / Food155
- Healthcare / Medical70
- Home Services53
- Auto / Car Wash28
- Online / Digital26
- Retail21
- Wholesale / Logistics20
- Salon / Beauty19
Top business listings in California
Showing 433–456 of 897. Listings that clear 20% cash-on-cash on our model come first, then the newest.