Anaheim tops in O.C. small business sales

October 7th, 2008, 12:00 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn

Anaheim leads Orange County in sales of small- and medium-sized businesses with 202 transactions through September, reports BizBen.com.

Although the city’s sales are way ahead of second place Garden Grove (139 sales) and third place Santa Ana (137), Anaheim will be hard-pressed to hit its five-year high of 363 business transactions reached in 2005.

Peter Siegel, president of BizBen.com, blames the current tight credit markets and the slowing economy for dragging business sales down across the state. In September, 152 businesses were sold countywide, a two-year low.

Here’s O.C. city-by-city business sales year to date…

2008	Businesses sold
Anaheim	202
Garden Grove	139
Santa Ana	137
Huntington Beach	105
Fullerton	94
Westminster	93
Irvine	81
Orange:	75
Tustin	75
La Habra	67
Mission Viejo	67
Costa Mesa	65
San Clemente	55
Buena Park	54
Fountain Valley	48
Newport Beach	44
Brea	42
Laguna Beach	42
Stanton	41
El Toro	31
Cypress	29
Dana Point	24
Lake Forest	24
Laguna Hills	24
Yorba Linda	21
San Juan Capistrano	19
Rancho Santa Margarita	17
Laguna Niguel	12
Placentia	12
Foothill Ranch	12
Ladera Ranch	10
Aliso Viejo	8
La Palma	8
Los Alamitos	7
Seal Beach	7
Capistrano Beach	6
Anaheim Hills	4
Corona Del Mar	3
Laguna Woods	3
Monarch Beach	1
TOTAL YTD	1808

BizBen.com lists California businesses under $10 million for sale and reports total sales each month.

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