Martin Navarro is an Agoura Hills business broker who helps owners along the Agoura Road corridor and across the city confidentially sell and buy businesses of every type, from a single storefront to a lower middle market company. Every engagement is handled personally, with no upfront fees.
Agoura Hills sits at the western edge of Los Angeles County along the US 101 Ventura Freeway, a compact and affluent city with a business base that punches well above its size. The Agoura Road corridor and the Kanan Road interchange concentrate a striking number of media, post production, technology, and professional service firms, while Old Agoura and Whizin Market Square anchor a base of specialty retail, restaurants, and personal service businesses.
As your Agoura Hills business broker, Martin handles businesses of every type, from creative studios and light manufacturers to fitness studios and home service companies. He works with owners selling companies up to 50 million dollars, handles every engagement himself, and serves Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange County, and throughout Southern California.
Martin is not limited to one niche. He represents owners across every sector, from main street to the lower middle market.
A deep cluster of production, post, and creative firms along Agoura Road that draws strategic and financial buyers.
Software, marketing, financial, and consulting firms serving an affluent local and regional client base.
Small manufacturers and product companies in the business parks off Agoura and Kanan Road.
Studios, med spas, dental and specialty practices with recurring membership or patient revenue.
Independent restaurants and boutique retail around Whizin Market Square and the Ladyface district.
HVAC, landscaping, cleaning, and B2B service firms with repeat customers across the Las Virgenes area.
Most small and mid sized businesses are valued on Seller's Discretionary Earnings, or SDE, which is your net profit with the owner's salary, benefits, and one time or personal expenses added back. A market multiple, commonly 2x to 4x SDE for main street businesses, is adjusted for your lease, assets, growth, and how dependent the business is on you. Larger companies are valued on a multiple of EBITDA.
In Agoura Hills, creative and professional firms with recurring revenue and a transferable client base tend to value at the higher end of their range, helped by an affluent local buyer pool. Owner independence and clean books move the number more than anything else. An online calculator cannot price your business. Martin gives you a realistic figure built on your actual numbers and recent comparable Agoura Hills sales.
Want a quick estimate first? Use the free business valuation tool, then read how to sell a business and the documents you need to sell a business.
A Agoura Hills business sale involves city and county steps that owners often overlook until they slow down a closing. Handling them early keeps the deal on schedule.
Martin coordinates these steps with your escrow officer, your attorney, and the relevant agencies so nothing becomes a surprise at the closing table.
Example: an Agoura Hills creative production business with about 900,000 dollars in Seller's Discretionary Earnings, recurring client contracts, and a team that ran delivery without the owner attracted multiple qualified buyers once its financials were prepared and it was marketed confidentially. This example is anonymized and illustrative.
Martin Navarro is a Agoura Hills business broker and M&A advisor who handles the confidential sale and acquisition of businesses of every type, from main street through the lower middle market. He works every engagement personally.
Most Agoura Hills businesses sell for roughly 2x to 4x Seller's Discretionary Earnings, and larger firms are valued on a multiple of EBITDA.
The right figure depends on your earnings, lease, industry, and how transferable the business is, so a professional valuation on your actual numbers is the only reliable answer.
There are no upfront fees to work with Martin Navarro.
He is paid a success fee only when your Agoura Hills business sells and the deal closes.
Most sales take 6 to 12 months from engagement to closing.
Preparation runs 1 to 3 months, confidential marketing 3 to 6 months, and due diligence plus escrow another 60 to 90 days.
Yes. Martin markets your business without naming it and screens every buyer under a nondisclosure agreement before sharing details.
That protects your staff, clients, and competitors from learning of the sale before it closes.
A sale usually involves a new City of Agoura Hills business license, a reissued Los Angeles County health permit for food businesses, and transfer of any ABC alcohol license.
Martin coordinates each step with your escrow and attorney.
Yes. Martin handles businesses of every type, from creative and professional firms to retail, manufacturing, and home services.
He works from main street through the lower middle market.
Martin serves Agoura Hills and the Agoura Road and Kanan Road corridors, plus Calabasas, Westlake Village, and Thousand Oaks nearby.
He also covers Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange County, and throughout Southern California.
Get a confidential, no obligation consultation. Martin will tell you what your business is worth and what a sale could look like. The first conversation is always free.