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California · San Francisco · Restaurants & cafés

Restaurants & cafés in San Francisco

1,060
licensed
2020
median year licensed
114
licensed 20+ years
—
median value range

1,060 licensed restaurants in San Francisco, every one holding an ABC on-sale license. The median one has been licensed since 2020.

Restaurants are the most-sold business in America and the least loyal: owners decide at the kitchen table and list within weeks. They trade around 2.18x owner earnings, median sale about $220K, and most sell in six to nine months. In quota-full California counties the liquor license itself can be worth more than the kitchen, and that floor is built into every range here.

Ranges appear where the public record gives a real revenue signal; the rest of the pages ask the owner for two numbers.

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Questions owners ask

What is a restaurant worth in San Francisco?
It depends on owner earnings: this trade trades around 2.18x seller's discretionary earnings. Enter your revenue and take-home on any page here for a range in under a minute.
How do I sell my restaurant in San Francisco?
Start with a confidential valuation from the agent for your state, listed on every page. Then a recast of your numbers, a listing that doesn't tip off staff or customers, and a buyer pool that already includes 1,060 licensed competitors in this metro.
Where does this data come from?
State license and permit files, refreshed on each agency's schedule, plus published five-year sale multiples by trade. Nothing is scraped from review sites.