Martin Navarro is a Culver City business broker who helps owners across Downtown Culver City, the Hayden Tract, and the Ince Boulevard studio corridor confidentially sell and buy businesses of every type, from a post production firm to a restaurant. Every engagement is handled personally, with no upfront fees.
Culver City is one of the fastest growing business markets on the Westside, an incorporated city that has become a major media and technology hub. Home to Sony Pictures and a growing roster of Amazon, Apple, HBO, and TikTok operations, its studios and the Hayden Tract creative district anchor a base of production, tech, and creative firms, alongside a thriving Downtown Culver City dining scene, professional services, and wellness and retail businesses.
As your Culver City business broker, Martin handles businesses of every type, from media, tech, and creative firms to restaurants, professional practices, and retail. 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.
Production, tech, and studio adjacent companies in the Sony and Hayden Tract ecosystem.
Post production, design, and creative service firms tied to the Culver City studio corridor.
Established and destination restaurants in the Downtown Culver City dining scene.
Advisory, legal, and consulting firms serving a growing corporate base.
Studios, med spas, and wellness businesses with loyal recurring clients.
Upscale retail and specialty shops in and around Downtown Culver City.
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 Culver City, media and tech firms with recurring revenue and restaurants with strong brands and prime Downtown Culver City locations tend to value at the higher end of their range, helped by a growing corporate presence and steady daytime foot traffic. Transferable client relationships, clean financials, and low owner dependence are what buyers pay a premium for. An online calculator cannot price your business. Martin gives you a realistic figure built on your actual numbers and recent comparable Culver City 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 Culver City business sale involves city and county steps that owners often overlook until they slow down a closing. Culver City is its own incorporated city, so its requirements differ from those in the City of Los Angeles. Handling them early keeps the deal on schedule.
Martin coordinates these steps with your escrow officer, your attorney, the city, and the relevant agencies so nothing becomes a surprise at the closing table.
Example: a Culver City post production firm with about 700,000 dollars in Seller's Discretionary Earnings, long term studio clients, and a lead producer running daily operations attracted multiple qualified buyers once its financials were prepared and it was marketed confidentially. This example is anonymized and illustrative.
Martin Navarro is a Culver City 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 Culver City businesses sell for roughly 2x to 4x Seller's Discretionary Earnings, and larger firms are valued on a multiple of EBITDA.
Media and tech firms with recurring revenue and restaurants with a prime Downtown Culver City location often value at the top of the range. A 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 Culver City 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, customers, and competitors from learning of the sale before it closes.
A sale usually involves a new City of Culver City business license, a reissued Los Angeles County health permit for food and wellness businesses, and transfer of any ABC alcohol license.
Culver City is its own city, so its process differs from the City of Los Angeles. Martin coordinates each step with your escrow and attorney.
Yes. Martin handles businesses of every type, from media and tech firms to restaurants, professional services, retail, and franchises.
He works from main street through the lower middle market.
Martin serves Culver City and the studio corridor, plus Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, Century City, and West Los Angeles 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.