Released on: June 20, 2008, 4:13 am

Press Release Author: Bizben

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: San Ramon, CA (June 16, 2008)-- Some 2,465 small businesses
sold in California in May 2008, the strongest selling activity of any month this
year, according to BizBen - Businesses for Sale in California (www.BizBen.com), the
state\'s leading online marketplace for business buyers and sellers of small and
mid-market companies.

Press Release Body: \"Balancing out declines in the largest markets--Los Angeles and
the Bay Area reported fewer sales compared to the same month last year--there was an
increase over May 2007 figures in some mid-sized markets, such as Monterey and
Sacramento Counties, as well as in the southernmost parts of the state,\" said Peter
Siegel, MBA - BizBen founder and CEO. He noted that Orange County, for example, saw
288 closed business escrows last month, compared to 245 in the same period last
year. He also said that the 301 small business sales chalked up in San Diego for May
2008, nearly doubled the 157 business sales recorded in the same month in 2007. The
information on California small business sales by month, year and county is
available at: http://www.bizben.com/stats/stats-total.php

BizBen has been California\'s exclusive source of small business sales statistics for
more than 10 years, and since 1994, has provided one-stop Internet shopping for
thousands of small and mid-market California businesses for sale. The site also
provides business buyers looking to buy a business, sellers seeking to sell a business, and business brokers with one of
the Internet\'s most robust resources for information, ideas, and services needed by
entrepreneurs involved in business transactions.

BizBen currently offers over 9000 California small businesses for sale, with more
than 200 new listings added to the site daily by small business owners, business
brokers, and agents. BizBen also includes resources, articles, news & tips, and a
small business blog focusing on all issues related to buying and selling small business. Mr. Siegel is
a national consultant and author of three books on the topic of selling and buying
small businesses.

The number of small business sales completed in May, 2008, shown by California
county, are as follows: Alameda: 103, Amador: 2, Calaveras: 1, Contra Costa: 49,
El Dorado: 15, Fresno: 81, Glenn: 3, Imperial: 3, Kern: 39, Los Angeles: 659,
Madera: 6, Marin: 22, Mendocino: 2, Merced: 7, Monterey: 33, Napa: 13, Orange:
288, Placer: 25, Plumas: 1, Riverside: 93, Sacramento: 84, San Bernardino: 155,
San Diego: 301, San Francisco: 69, San Joaquin: 31, San Luis Obispo: 35, San
Mateo: 29, Santa Barbara: 30, Santa Clara: 103, Santa Cruz: 13, Solano: 14,
Sonoma: 17, Stanislaus: 23, Sutter: 10, Tulare: 23, Tuolumne: 1, Ventura: 71,
Yolo: 8, Yuba: 3

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

Contact Details: Peter Siegel, MBA is the
Founder/President of BizBen.com - California
Businesses For Sale an online specialty business opportunity website. BizBen.com
also includes: resources, articles, news & tips, stats of businesses sold, and a
niche small business blog focusing on all things relating to buying and selling
small businesses. Mr. Siegel is a national consultant and author who has written
three books on the top of selling and buying small businesses.