Shamoun Business Brokers
Shamoun Business Brokers identifies itself as Shamoun Business Brokers of California and “The Small Business Broker.” Its public services include business-sale guidance, valuation, exit strategies, buyer representation, acquisition support, due diligence, financial underwriting and transaction processing.
What stands out about Shamoun Business Brokers
Shamoun Business Brokers publicly supports business sales and acquisitions through valuation, exit-strategy guidance, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, deal structure, due diligence, financial underwriting and transaction processing. Its public materials reference Southern California, Greater Los Angeles and selected California markets, but do not establish a universal revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value or transaction-size mandate.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
What does Shamoun Business Brokers do?
Shamoun Business Brokers identifies itself as Shamoun Business Brokers of California and presents itself as “The Small Business Broker.” The firm states that it assists people considering buying or selling a business, including with pricing, valuation, exit strategies, financing and business purchases or sales.
The firm also describes itself as a full-service M&A Advisory firm dedicated to helping business owners confidentially sell their businesses. Its public materials reference both business brokerage and commercial real-estate-related services.[1][3]
Publicly stated services include pricing and valuation, exit-strategy guidance, business financing, confidential business sales, buyer representation and acquisition support. The firm states that acquisition support can include deal structure, due diligence, financial underwriting and transactional processing.
Its public service descriptions also reference office brokerage, industrial, retail, multifamily, land, commercial investment, leasing, corporate advisory, development and consulting services.[1][3]
Owners comparing intermediaries can also review Auxo’s business broker, M&A advisor and investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and M&A advisor fee guide.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Shamoun Business Brokers?
For an owner considering a sale, the firm publicly emphasizes confidential marketing, valuation and pricing guidance, exit strategies, buyer qualification, financing, due diligence and transaction support. Its seller FAQ also describes an average selling period of five to eight months and screening for unqualified buyers.
An owner evaluating an engagement should confirm the applicable contracting entity and California license relationship, the fee and engagement terms, the valuation methodology, buyer-qualification and confidentiality procedures, and the firm’s recent completed transactions in the relevant sector and geography. The public Recent Transactions page does not provide an identifiable completed transaction example, and the mattress listing contains two different price presentations that should be reconciled.[1][3][4][7][10]
What is the current legal contracting entity and applicable California license relationship
What are the success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, exclusivity, termination and tail provisions
What valuation methodology and financial-normalization adjustments are used
What size transactions does Shamoun Business Brokers handle?
The public listing archive identifies an established mattress warehouse in Thousand Oaks, a textile-manufacturing opportunity in Sacramento County, and a Beverly Hills personal-injury law practice. These examples demonstrate publicly marketed opportunities across retail, manufacturing and professional-practice categories; they are presented as listings rather than confirmed completed transactions.[4][5][6]
Shamoun Business Brokers states that it works with independent buyers and Buyer Mandate Clients to facilitate business acquisitions. Its described transaction support includes deal structure, due diligence, financial underwriting and transactional processing, alongside pricing, valuation, financing and confidential business-sale guidance.[1][3]
The firm publicly identifies transportation, third-party logistics, warehousing and storage, wholesale, professional practices, main-street businesses, service businesses, e-commerce and IT businesses as areas it serves.
Public listing examples include a mattress business, a textile and performance-apparel manufacturing company, and a Beverly Hills personal-injury law practice.[1][3]
What does Shamoun Business Brokers publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The official About page does not publish a universal revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value or transaction-size mandate. That page also does not publish a universal brokerage fee or commission schedule, minimum fee, tail period, termination provision or standard engagement-letter terms.
The official Recent Transactions page currently states “No items found” and does not publish an identifiable completed transaction example on that page. Separately, the mattress listing page presents $99,000 in its title but states “$125,000 + inventory” in its description, so the current asking-price basis requires confirmation.[1][4][7]
The firm’s official website displays California Department of Real Estate identifier DRE#01058649. The California Department of Real Estate states that it grants licenses to and regulates real-estate brokers and salespersons.
These sources support a California real-estate-brokerage regulatory connection, but they do not establish the firm’s exact legal entity or a current organization-level license record.[8][9]
The firm’s seller FAQ states that selling a business generally takes, on average, between five to eight months. The same FAQ emphasizes confidentiality and screening out unqualified buyers. The firm also states that listings are prepared to be market ready before being marketed to buyers.[3][10]
Questions to ask before hiring Shamoun Business Brokers
What is the current legal contracting entity and applicable California license relationship?
What are the success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, exclusivity, termination and tail provisions?
What valuation methodology and financial-normalization adjustments are used?
Which recent transactions have closed in the owner’s sector and geography, and can references be provided?
How are buyers qualified and confidential information controlled?
What Buyer Mandate Clients are currently active?
Why does the mattress listing title show $99,000 while its description states $125,000 plus inventory?
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