Apparel & Fashion Businesses for Sale in California.

Fashion and apparel acquisitions can offer something genuinely rare: a brand with pricing power, proven bestsellers with strong margins, and customers who search for the brand by name rather than clicking whatever ranks first.

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Apparel Business

Patriotic apparel brand with over fifteen years of brand equity, 50,000+ social media followers, and revenue that grew from $940k in 2022 to $3.1M in 2025, serving military, law enforcement, and first responder communities worldwide.
Price$4.1M
Revenue$3.1M
SDE$1M

Mindful Graphic Apparel Studio

Apparel and accessories brand with hand-drawn, nature-inspired graphics sold through e-commerce and 300+ wholesale distributors, generating 60%+ SDE margins.
Price$590K
Revenue$303K
SDE$151.2K

Women's Lifestyle Footwear Brand

A footwear-focused lifestyle brand generating $5.7M in revenue across 120 active wholesale accounts, including major national retailers, with a growing direct-to-consumer channel and category expansion into accessories, bags, and apparel.
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Revenue$5.7M
EBITDA$654.8K

Specialty Sewing Services

Specialty sewing and manufacturing operation with domestic and offshore production, product design, prototyping, and distribution capabilities. 20% EBITDA margins on established client relationships.
Price$1M
Revenue$1M
EBITDA$200K

The Business

Wholesale fashion accessories and cosmetics distributor with $3M-$4M of inventory at cost, 10 full-time staff, and a 24,000 sq ft warehouse operation generating $600k in annual cash flow.
Price$2.6M
Revenue$5M
EBITDA$600K

Dress Forms and Tailoring Supplies Business

Proprietary 3D-modeled custom dress forms with a four-person team managing day-to-day operations and revenue from both e-commerce and in-person educational services.
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Revenue$1.2M
SDE$450K

Lifestyle Retail Brand

Wholesale, made-to-order apparel and merchandise producer generating $2.7M in revenue with over $680k in SDE and a projected path to $4.6M.
Price$10M
Revenue$2.7M
SDE$554.2K
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Due diligence

What to Look For

Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.

Product-Level Economics

  • Ask for unit economics on the top five to ten products: cost to manufacture, cost to land, average selling price, and return rate by channel.
  • A product with a 10x markup and a 3% return rate is a very different asset from one with a 3x markup and a 15% return rate.
  • Having those numbers by product, not just blended across the catalog, lets you separate the profitable core from the items that dilute it.
  • Proven bestsellers with 10x margins and low return rates are what you're really paying for in a fashion acquisition.

Channel Diversification

  • Find out what percentage of revenue comes from each channel: own website, Amazon, wholesale, and any others.
  • A brand doing 90% of sales through one platform carries concentration risk that belongs in your offer.
  • The best fashion acquisitions spread revenue across at least two channels, with wholesale relationships providing steady reorder volume alongside direct-to-consumer.

Supplier Relationships

  • Get a clear picture of the supply chain: who makes the product, what lead times look like, and whether there are backup suppliers for key items.
  • Ask to see manufacturing costs, quality control processes, and any exclusive arrangements.
  • A documented supplier relationship running for three or more years is worth more than a cheaper source that's newer and less tested.

Inventory Position and Velocity

  • Ask for a current inventory list showing what's on hand, where it's located, and how fast each product moves.
  • Separate the healthy stock from the slow-moving items before you set a price.
  • Slow-moving inventory is often a negotiation point, not a dealbreaker, but you need the SKU-level view to have that conversation.

Valuation

What Should You Expect to Pay?

2x-4x

SDE

Single-channel, owner-dependent operations

4x-7x

EBITDA

Multi-channel, documented supply chain, proven bestsellers

The spread reflects channel diversification and how much the business runs on systems rather than the founder's daily involvement, with multi-channel brands that have documented supply chains and strong product economics commanding a meaningful premium.

What drives a premium

Revenue spread across own website, Amazon, and wholesale, with no single channel above 60%

Proven bestsellers with 10x+ margins and low return rates, driving 80% of revenue

Documented supply chain with established supplier relationships and clear per-unit cost breakdown

Strong organic search presence, with customers finding the brand by name without paid advertising

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Apparel & Fashion Businesses in California