90 liquor licenses available or in transfer in Kern County

• REFRESH BAKERSFIELD — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00663476)
• PALMS LIQUOR STORE — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00669658)
• GAS N LIQUOR FOOD MART — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670593)
• KHEMISTRY LOUNGE — RIDGECREST (Type 48, file 00641864)
• ALTA VISTA PROJECT INC — BAKERSFIELD (Type 48, file 00646791)
• VERDUGO MARKET 8 — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670607)
• SPICELAND SUBZI MANDI — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670644)
• MOO — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00667262)
• MC MURPHYS IRISH PUB — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00667634)
• FA & Y VENTURE INC — DELANO (Type 21, file 00671308)
• CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL 2068 — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00526230)
• OASIS — RIDGECREST (Type 47, file 00619541)
• COUNTRY CORNER LIQUOR — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00576188)
• FIRESTONE GRILL — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00575777)
• T2921 — DELANO (Type 21, file 00670470)
• COLUMBUS MARKET — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670474)
• PANAMA PHARMACY — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670482)
• BRIMHALL PHARMACY — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670488)
• TOBBINS MARKET — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670489)
• TOBBINS MARKET — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00670493)
• LOS AGUACATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00671256)
• LUCKY 7 LIQUOR — BAKERSFIELD (Type 21, file 00671089)
• CB NITE CORPORATION — BAKERSFIELD (Type 48, file 00670975)
• RED PEPPER RESTAURANT — BAKERSFIELD (Type 47, file 00670000)
• CONQUISTA CITY LLC — CALIFORNIA CITY (Type 47, file 00657770)

A full on-sale general (Type 47/48) liquor license in Kern County trades on the secondary market — typically $50,000 to $400,000 depending on county quota tightness — because California caps how many quota licenses exist per county. Right now CA ABC data shows 830 active quota licenses and 90 surrendered or in-transfer (potentially acquirable) in Kern County.

Yes. CA ABC's latest export lists 23 surrendered and 67 transfer-pending quota licenses in Kern County — these are the licenses most likely to change hands. The newly-distressed ones are listed on this page; LiquorDesk alerts buyers and brokers the week each one is published.

Two routes: (1) apply to CA ABC for a new quota license if the county has availability under its quota (rare in tight counties — there's often a waiting list or a priority drawing), or (2) buy an existing license via a person-to-person transfer (a Section 24070 transfer), which is how most quota licenses in Kern County actually change hands. Surrendered and transfer-pending licenses (listed above) are the live inventory.

California issues on-sale general (Type 47/48) and off-sale general (Type 21) licenses against a per-county quota tied to population. In counties where the quota is full, the only way to get one is a transfer from an existing holder — which is why surrendered and distressed licenses are valuable and why catching them first matters.