So-Cal Business Brokers
So-Cal Business Brokers is a seller-side business intermediary based in San Marcos, California. Its stated process includes valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, offer analysis, due diligence coordination, escrow, closing, and transition arrangements.
What stands out about So-Cal Business Brokers
The firm states that it represents sellers rather than buyers and is compensated through a success fee paid when a transaction closes. Its stated focus includes manufacturing, distribution, service, hi-tech, and e-commerce businesses, with primary coverage in Southern California and historical transactions ranging from under $300,000 to $27 million in market value.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
What does So-Cal Business Brokers do?
So-Cal Business Brokers identifies itself as a seller-side business intermediary operating from San Marcos, California. Its official website states that it represents sellers rather than buyers. Barry G. Evans is identified as founder and Tyler B. Evans as co-founder, with both described as directly involved in transactions.[1][2][3]
Published services include fair-market valuation, confidential sale preparation and marketing, financial-statement recasting, tax-strategy coordination, buyer identification and qualification, Confidential Business Review preparation, offer and LOI analysis, due-diligence coordination, legal-document coordination, escrow opening, closing support, and transition arrangements.
The firm states that valuation is provided without cost or obligation and that it is not paid until the business is sold. Its stated compensation model is a success fee paid when a transaction closes.[3][4][5]
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.
Published criteria: The firm states that its largest historical transaction was $27 million, its smallest was under $300,000, and about 70% of transactions were between $1 million and $5 million in market value. These are historical transaction metrics; confirm current engagement criteria directly with the firm.[7]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring So-Cal Business Brokers?
Owners should compare their business against the firm’s stated sector exclusions and historical transaction profile before pursuing an engagement. The published materials describe a seller-only model, a Southern California concentration, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, and success-fee compensation tied to closing.
Before signing, an owner should obtain the applicable fee percentage and other engagement terms, request recent comparable completed transactions, clarify buyer-screening standards, and confirm the legal entity and any licenses or registrations relevant to the services provided.[1][3][6][7]
What exact success-fee percentage, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail period, exclusivity period, and termination rights apply
Can the firm provide three recent comparable completed transactions, including sector, approximate size, date, and seller-side role
What size transactions does So-Cal Business Brokers handle?
The firm reports more than 400 closed transactions and states that more than 20 clients later engaged it to sell businesses after previously buying a business through the firm. It also reports historical transaction metrics ranging from a largest transaction of $27 million to a smallest transaction under $300,000, with about 70% between $1 million and $5 million in market value.[7]
So-Cal Business Brokers states that it represents sellers in business-sale transactions. Its published transaction process covers valuation, confidentiality, financial preparation, buyer qualification, marketing, LOIs and offers, due diligence, legal documentation, escrow, closing, and transition arrangements. The firm states that its sole compensation is a success fee paid when a transaction closes.[3][4]
The firm states that manufacturing, distribution, service, hi-tech, and e-commerce businesses represent about 95% of its 400+ closed transactions. Examples given for service businesses include medical and dental practices, engineering, testing, investment advisory firms, spas, molding, and assembly businesses.
It states that it does not accept restaurants, hotels, gaming sites, marijuana dispensaries, single retail stores, taverns, startups, turnarounds, or companies seeking financing.[7]
What does So-Cal Business Brokers publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The official types-and-sizes page reports aggregate historical transaction metrics but does not identify named businesses, closing dates, buyers, consideration amounts, or transaction-specific terms for those transactions.
The official homepage does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, or termination schedule. The official contact page does not state a legal entity name, state business-registration number, or firm-level regulatory license or registration identifier.[1][3][7]
The official website identifies Barry G. Evans and Tyler B. Evans as principals described on the firm’s about page and lists an office at 147 Buena Creek Road, San Marcos, California. A California Association of Business Brokers directory identifies Tyler Evans as the owner of So-Cal Business Brokers and lists the same San Marcos address and official domain.
The official contact page publishes an office address and phone number but does not state a legal entity name, state business-registration number, or firm-level regulatory license or registration identifier.[1][2][8]
The firm’s published process begins with valuation and confidential preparation, followed by financial recasting, buyer identification and qualification, confidential marketing, offer and LOI analysis, due diligence, legal-document coordination, escrow, closing, and transition arrangements. Its buyer-search materials describe the use of buyer databases, larger corporate and private-equity databases, targeted searches, blind advertising, industry consultants, and direct outreach.[4][6]
Questions to ask before hiring So-Cal Business Brokers
Which current team members will handle the engagement from valuation through closing?
What exact success-fee percentage, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail period, exclusivity period, and termination rights apply?
Can the firm provide three recent comparable completed transactions, including sector, approximate size, date, and seller-side role?
How are buyer financial capacity, experience, credit, and financing qualification verified?
Which legal entity signs the engagement agreement, and what professional licenses, registrations, or association credentials apply to the specific services provided?
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