Mesa Business Broker

Mesa is the third-most-populous city in Arizona at 524,892 residents (Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity July 2024 estimate; the 2024 American Community Survey reports 517,142). Median household income is $85,580, with a workforce of approximately 252,000 employed residents that grew 0.8 percent from 2023 to 2024. Mesa's economy is more goods-and-services-balanced than nearby Scottsdale or Phoenix: the largest resident employment sectors are Retail Trade (32,456 employees), Health Care and Social Assistance (30,108), and Manufacturing (22,599), reflecting the city's mix of east Valley residential growth, established industrial bases, and a long-running trade-school and aerospace presence at Falcon Field and Mesa Gateway Airport. The city covers approximately 142 square miles across ten primary ZIP codes from 85201 in central Mesa to 85213 in the northeast and 85207, 85208, and 85215 east toward the Salt River. This geographic spread produces highly differentiated submarkets for business sales: downtown Mesa and Fiesta District trade restaurants and service businesses at smaller-format multiples, while east Mesa toward Power Road and Riverview supports larger retail, automotive, and specialty service concepts. Manufacturing employment, anchored historically by Boeing and now bolstered by recent aerospace and electric-vehicle investments at Mesa Gateway, supports a steady flow of B2B services, contractor businesses, and supply-chain operations that move through brokerage channels. Mesa's 2024 median property value of $408,000 and 64.4 percent homeownership rate signal a stable middle-market buyer base, and the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler MSA's ongoing population growth means the inbound buyer pipeline remains active for both first-time owner-operators and existing operators expanding into multi-unit holdings. The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses regulates Series 6 (Bar) and Series 12 (Restaurant) licenses across Mesa, with notable concentration along Main Street, Riverview, and the Fiesta District. BizSalesGuy lists and sells businesses across all of Mesa, applying SDE-based valuation with industry-specific multipliers: 2x SDE for restaurants and bars (with asset-sale fallback when liquor license value exceeds capitalized earnings), 2.5–4x for service businesses, and 2.5–3x for contractors. Sunbelt Network distribution plus Arizona-targeted marketing produces broad buyer exposure for every listing.