Martin Navarro represents buyers acquiring businesses of every type in Los Angeles, from a first main street purchase to a lower middle market platform. He helps you define what to buy, find on and off market opportunities, value them, arrange financing, and get to a clean closing.
Los Angeles has more small businesses for sale than anywhere else in the country, which sounds like an advantage until you start looking. Many listings are overpriced, some of the best businesses never hit a public marketplace, and sorting the real opportunities from the noise takes time and judgment. As your Los Angeles business broker, Martin helps you buy the right business at the right price rather than the first one you find.
Martin represents buyers acquiring businesses of every type across the city, from Downtown and the Arts District to Hollywood, Koreatown, the Westside, and the harbor area. He works with buyers acquiring companies up to 50 million dollars, handles every engagement personally, and serves Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange County, and throughout Southern California.
A Los Angeles acquisition follows a clear path. Working the steps in order protects your money and keeps the deal on schedule.
We start by mapping what you actually want: industry, size, cash flow, location within Los Angeles, and how much you can invest. A focused search beats a scattered one.
Most Los Angeles acquisitions use an SBA 7(a) loan, which can fund up to 90 percent of the purchase price for a qualified buyer and business. Getting pre qualified early tells sellers you are serious and sets your real budget.
Martin surfaces listed businesses and quietly checks his network for owners open to selling who are not yet on the market, which is where some of the best Los Angeles deals come from.
We analyze the seller's financials, lease, and customer base, set a defensible value, and structure a letter of intent with price and terms that protect you.
Under a signed letter of intent, we verify the numbers, contracts, permits, and operations. This is where a disciplined buyer avoids a bad purchase, and it usually runs 30 to 60 days.
The deal moves through a California bulk sale escrow. We coordinate the City of Los Angeles Business Tax Registration Certificate, any state ABC alcohol license, Los Angeles County health permits, and lender funding through to the close.
Financing is where many first time buyers get stuck, so it is worth understanding early. The SBA 7(a) loan is the workhorse of Los Angeles business acquisitions because it lets a qualified buyer purchase an established, cash flowing business with a manageable down payment.
Martin helps buyers across every sector of the Los Angeles economy, from main street to the lower middle market.
Independent restaurants, bars, cafes, and specialty retail across the city.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and B2B service companies with recurring revenue.
Light manufacturers, food producers, and distribution firms near the ports and industrial belt.
Medical, dental, and professional service firms with established, transferable clients.
Online brands and creative studios that reach customers beyond Los Angeles.
Established franchise locations with brand support and a proven operating model.
Example: a buyer acquired a Los Angeles home services business with about 600,000 dollars in Seller's Discretionary Earnings using an SBA 7(a) loan, a modest down payment, and a small seller note. Because the business had recurring customers and a working manager, the lender approved it and the buyer stepped into cash flow from day one. This example is anonymized and illustrative.
The pattern that makes a Los Angeles acquisition work is consistent: verifiable earnings, recurring revenue, a transferable team, and a lease that carries to the new owner.
Martin Navarro is a Los Angeles business broker and M&A advisor who represents both buyers and sellers in the confidential purchase and sale of businesses of every type, from main street through the lower middle market. He works every engagement personally.
New to buying? Read how to buy a business in Los Angeles for the full step by step guide, or explore selling a business in Los Angeles if you also own a company.
For most main street Los Angeles acquisitions with SBA financing, buyers put down about 10 to 20 percent of the purchase price plus working capital and closing costs.
On a 1 million dollar business that is roughly 100,000 to 200,000 dollars down, though the exact figure depends on the lender, the deal structure, and how much seller financing is involved.
Yes. The SBA 7(a) program is the most common way to finance a Los Angeles business acquisition, typically funding up to 90 percent of the purchase price for a qualified buyer and business.
Martin helps you target businesses that are financeable and connects you with SBA lenders who fund California deals.
True no money down deals are rare, but you can lower your cash outlay by combining an SBA loan with seller financing and a seller note.
Most lenders still require the buyer to contribute some equity, so plan for a down payment even in a heavily financed deal.
Most Los Angeles acquisitions take 3 to 6 months from serious search to closing, and longer if SBA financing is involved.
Finding the right business is the variable part, while due diligence and escrow usually run 60 to 90 days once you are under a signed letter of intent.
You are not required to, but a broker helps you define criteria, source on and off market businesses, value targets, structure the offer, and manage due diligence and escrow.
Buyer representation is especially useful in a market as large and competitive as Los Angeles, where sorting real opportunities from overpriced listings takes experience.
Focus on clean, verifiable financials, recurring revenue, a transferable customer base, an assignable lease at a fair rent, and a business that does not depend entirely on the current owner.
In a high rent market like Los Angeles, the lease terms alone can make or break an otherwise good deal.
Martin helps buyers acquire businesses of every type across Los Angeles, from restaurants, retail, and home services to manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, professional practices, and franchises.
He works from main street through the lower middle market.
Tell Martin what you are looking for. The first conversation is confidential and comes with no obligation, and it will save you months of looking in the wrong places.