Glendale, CA
$77,000
Glendale, CA
$77,000
Hermosa Beach, CA
$249,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$75,000
West Covina, CA
$179,000
Valencia, CA
$275,000
Rowland Heights, CA
$389,000
West Covina, CA
$160,000
Santa Monica, CA
$250,000
Gardena, CA
$700,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$395,000
Gardena, CA
$175,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Hawthorne, CA
$1,100,000
Manhattan Beach, CA
$600,000
West Hollywood, CA
$50,000
Pasadena, CA
$625,000
Los Angeles, CA
$1,200,000
Julieanna Wakileh
Liberty Business Advisors
Serving Los Angeles County, CA
"At Liberty Business Advisors we provide expert advisory and brokerage services to business owners and buyers. With offices conveniently located throughout California we have successfully represented over 2,000 business owners and completed more than $1.5 Billion of sales transactions since our founding in 2003. Liberty Business Advisors is a multi-cultural company with 15 different languages spoken among our team of Brokers and Associates. Most importantly, we all speak one common language, the language of business. Our recent merger with Century 21 Real Estate Alliance has greatly expanded our market reach by creating an expansive referral network that now includes over 40 residential resale offices and 1,800 active agents. This vast experience and expansive market presence enables us to provide invaluable information and insight to business owners, buyers and investors while assisting them with every aspect of selling or buying a business or Income Property. If you are contemplating selling or buying a business, we will help you make it happen. Our company philosophy at Liberty Business Advisors is to always place the needs of our clients first. Not only do we emphasize honesty and integrity in all our dealings, we make them absolutely imperative."
Rosemead, CA
$68,000
Redondo Beach, CA
$200,000
Los Angeles, CA
$350,000
South El Monte, CA
$375,000
Compton, CA
$168,000
Lancaster, CA
$350,000
Woodland Hills, CA
$69,000
Tarzana, CA
$500,000
La Verne, CA
$120,000
Redondo Beach, CA
$139,000
Long Beach, CA
$395,000
Long Beach, CA
$995,000
Sylmar, CA
$265,000
Baldwin Park, CA
$100,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$625,000
Santa Clarita, CA
$700,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$259,000
San Gabriel, CA
$198,000
Los Angeles, CA
$225,000
Santa Fe Springs, CA
$180,000
Eagle Rock, CA
$300,000
Long Beach, CA
$199,000
North Hollywood, CA
$149,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$300,000
Los Angeles, CA
$95,000
Van Nuys, CA
$169,000
Belmont Shore, CA
$199,000
Monrovia, CA
$400,000
Lara Trepanier
West Coast Commercial LLC
Serving Los Angeles County, CA
For nearly forty years, West Coast Commercial Realty has offered market-leading real estate consulting, brokerage and transaction services designed to meet our client's goals, including investment value, location intelligence, tenant mix, property and market positioning, and landlord, agency and principal representation.
Los Angeles County, CA
$949,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$120,000
Los Angeles County, CA
$1,345,000
Hermosa Beach, CA
$325,000
Pasadena, CA
$210,000
Redondo Beach, CA
$150,000
Food and restaurant businesses are among the most common businesses bought and sold on BizBuySell. Whether you are a buyer or a seller, it is helpful to have some context on the local market. To provide that context, we have analyzed restaurant for sale listings in Los Angeles County and aggregated financial data to surface average pricing, financial metrics, and valuation multiples. This will help you compare and evaluate individual restaurant businesses relative to others in the local market.
Market Snapshot
Number of Businesses Analyzed |
508 |
Median Asking Price |
$294,500 |
Median Reported Revenue |
$652,000 |
Median Reported Earnings |
$130,592 |
Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
Los Angeles County Restaurant Valuation Multiples
Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
Lower Quartile |
0.32 |
1.94 |
Median |
0.44 |
2.55 |
Upper Quartile |
0.64 |
3.47 |
Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
Read the Report:
Restaurant Business Valuation Multiples and Financial Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a restaurant in Los Angeles?
The median asking price for restaurants in Los Angeles County is $294,500. However, prices can range significantly higher or lower depending on location, size, type, and the financial health of the business.
How much do restaurant owners earn?
Median revenue of restaurant businesses listed for sale in Los Angeles County is $652,000, while the median reported owner’s discretionary earnings is $130,592. Earnings can vary greatly depending on the type of restaurant, location, management efficiency, and market demand.
How are restaurants in Los Angeles valued?
Most business owners (and buyers) will start by applying earnings and revenue multiples to the businesses reported financials. This way buyers and sellers can gauge the value of a restaurant business relative to its peers in the market.
Based on our most recent analysis of Los Angeles restaurant business listings, revenue multiples range from 0.32 to 0.64, with the median at 0.44. Earnings multiples range from 1.94 to 3.47, with the median at 2.55. This means restaurants in Los Angeles County are valued, on average, around 0.44 times annual revenue, and/or 2.55 times annual owner earnings.
On average, businesses sell for about 80-90% of asking price, so valuation multiples based on active listings tend to be higher than closed sale multiples.
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