Martin Navarro is a West Hollywood business broker who helps owners along the Sunset Strip, Santa Monica Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, and the West Hollywood Design District confidentially sell and buy businesses of every type, from a nightlife venue to a beauty and wellness company. Every engagement is handled personally, with no upfront fees.
West Hollywood is one of the most concentrated business markets on the Westside, an incorporated city of just 1.9 square miles that punches far above its size. It is a national capital of hospitality and nightlife along the Sunset Strip, a beauty and wellness hub, and home to the West Hollywood Design District and the Pacific Design Center, which anchor an upscale base of restaurants, salons and med spas, showrooms, boutique retail, and creative and professional firms serving a global clientele.
As your West Hollywood business broker, Martin handles businesses of every type, from restaurants and nightlife venues to salons, med spas, design showrooms, 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.
Destination restaurants, bars, and venues along the Sunset Strip and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hair, aesthetic, and wellness businesses in one of the country's densest beauty markets.
Interior design, furniture, and showroom businesses in the West Hollywood Design District.
Fashion and specialty retail along Melrose Avenue and Robertson Boulevard.
Studios, gyms, and personal service businesses with loyal recurring members.
Media, marketing, and professional firms serving the entertainment and design industries.
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 West Hollywood, restaurants and nightlife venues with strong brands and prime Sunset Strip locations, along with established beauty and med spa businesses with recurring clients, tend to value at the higher end of their range, helped by an affluent and global customer base. 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 West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood business sale involves city and county steps that owners often overlook until they slow down a closing. West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood restaurant with a full liquor license near the Sunset Strip, about 800,000 dollars in Seller's Discretionary Earnings, 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 West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood businesses sell for roughly 2x to 4x Seller's Discretionary Earnings, and larger firms are valued on a multiple of EBITDA.
Nightlife venues with a liquor license and beauty businesses with recurring clients and a prime 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 West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood business license, a reissued Los Angeles County health permit for food and wellness businesses, and transfer of any ABC alcohol license.
Nightlife venues may also need entertainment permits reconfirmed. Martin coordinates each step with your escrow and attorney.
Yes. Martin handles businesses of every type, from restaurants and nightlife to salons, med spas, design showrooms, retail, and franchises.
He works from main street through the lower middle market.
Martin serves West Hollywood and the Sunset Strip, plus Beverly Hills, Century City, Culver City, and Hollywood 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.