Martin Navarro is a Studio City business broker who helps owners along the Ventura Boulevard corridor and across this affluent community confidentially sell and buy businesses of every type, from a restaurant to a lower middle market company. Every engagement is handled personally, with no upfront fees.
Studio City is one of the most desirable business communities in the San Fernando Valley, a City of Los Angeles district built along a thriving stretch of Ventura Boulevard and anchored by CBS Studio Center on Radford. The entertainment industry presence has shaped an upscale base of restaurants, wellness and med spa businesses, boutique retail, and professional and creative service firms that serve a well off local and industry clientele.
As your Studio City business broker, Martin handles businesses of every type, from restaurants and med spas to media, marketing, and professional service firms. 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.
Established and destination restaurants along the Ventura Boulevard dining corridor.
Post production, marketing, and creative firms tied to the CBS Radford and entertainment ecosystem.
Medical, dental, aesthetic, and wellness practices with recurring patient and membership revenue.
Advisory, legal, and consulting firms serving an affluent local and industry client base.
Upscale retail and specialty shops serving the Ventura Boulevard market.
Studios, salons, and personal service businesses with loyal recurring clients.
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 Studio City, restaurants and professional practices with strong brands, recurring revenue, and prime Ventura Boulevard locations tend to value at the higher end of their range, helped by an affluent buyer pool. 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 Studio 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 Studio City 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: a Studio City restaurant on Ventura Boulevard with about 700,000 dollars in Seller's Discretionary Earnings, a strong local following, and a general manager 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 Studio 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 Studio City businesses sell for roughly 2x to 4x Seller's Discretionary Earnings, and larger firms are valued on a multiple of EBITDA.
Restaurants and practices with recurring revenue and a prime Ventura Boulevard 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 Studio 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 Los Angeles Business Tax Registration Certificate, a reissued Los Angeles County health permit for food and wellness 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 restaurants and med spas to media, professional services, retail, and franchises.
He works from main street through the lower middle market.
Martin serves Studio City and the Ventura Boulevard corridor, plus Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, Encino, and Burbank 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.