Released on = December 19, 2005, 8:59 am

Press Release Author = Peter Siegel / Biz Ben

Industry = Financial

Press Release Summary = 396 California businesses and franchises were sold last
week, signifying a continued trend of increasing small business transactions fueled
by aggressive lending and the quickly approaching holiday season.

Press Release Body = USABizMart Weblog -- 396 California businesses were sold by
business owners, business brokers, & real estate agents for the week of December 5,
2005 thru December 11, 2005. In Northern California Santa Clara County led business
sales with a total of 23 transactions. In Southern California Los Angeles County led
with 109 transactions.

Sales of California businesses during this time period by County include: County:
3, Alameda County: 22, Contra Costa County: 19, Fresno County: 13, Imperial County:
1, Kern County: 3, Los Angeles County: 109, Marin County: 1, Orange County: 53,
Placer County: 4, Riverside County: 25, Sacramento County: 16, San Bernardino
County: 8, San Diego County: 20, San Francisco County: 18, San Joaquin County: 18,
San Luis Obispo County: 2, San Mateo County: 9, Santa Barbara County: 7, Santa Clara
County: 23, Santa Cruz County: 4, Shasta County: 2, Siskiyou County: 1, Solano
County: 3, Sonoma County: 4, Stanislaus County: 6, Yolo County: 2.

According to Peter Siegel, founder of BizBen.com \"Sales of small businesses
throughout California continue to increase as the fourth quarter comes to a close.
This is normal for this time of year since most parties in transactions of small
business sales want to wrap up loose ends before the end of the year, especially
before the Holiday season gets into full swing.\" Sales of gas stations, restaurants,
and service based businesses tend to be trending higher right now. \"Also SBA loans
for financing small business purchases is seeing an unusually high level of activity
right now, possible due to lenders more aggressive underwriting before year end.\"

For current and past small business sold statistics throughout California go to
http://www.BizBen.com/stats.php?pr

Web Site = http://www.bizben.com

Contact Details = Peter Siegel, MBA
BizBen.com
800-572-7260
info@bizben.com