217 liquor licenses available or in transfer in Orange County

• BOURBON STREET BAR & GRILL/ THE CHARLESTON — FULLERTON (Type 47, file 00452900)
• BRU GRILL & MARKET — LAKE FOREST (Type 47, file 00512105)
• SOCIAL COSTA MESA — COSTA MESA (Type 47, file 00654444)
• ALISO VIEJO GOLF CLUB — ALISO VIEJO (Type 47, file 00661068)
• CAPO CIGAR LOUNGE — SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (Type 48, file 00665628)
• SUPER SAVER MARKET — ANAHEIM (Type 21, file 00652252)
• THE BRASS TAP ANAHEIM HILLS — ANAHEIM (Type 47, file 00661998)
• TONYS ORIGINAL DELI — PLACENTIA (Type 47, file 00659229)
• 333 DRIVE THRU LIQUOR — FULLERTON (Type 21, file 00669775)
• MANOR BAR — ANAHEIM (Type 48, file 00669782)
• CHEVRON #1990 — IRVINE (Type 21, file 00662862)
• EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON SANTA ANA ORANGE COUNTY A — SANTA ANA (Type 47, file 00661921)
• ALISO VIEJO GOLF CLUB — ALISO VIEJO (Type 47, file 00661068)
• AMAZON FRESH — LAGUNA HILLS (Type 21, file 00663020)
• NICKS NEWPORT BEACH — NEWPORT BEACH (Type 47, file 00665417)
• HOLEY MOLEY HIJINX HOTEL — IRVINE (Type 47, file 00659300)
• HEAVEN ON A FORK — LAGUNA HILLS (Type 47, file 00669404)
• QUICK MART LIQUOR — ANAHEIM (Type 21, file 00667604)
• BEALE'S TEXAS BBQ — SANTA ANA (Type 47, file 00669449)
• 7 ELEVEN — BUENA PARK (Type 21, file 00670578)
• MODE — SANTA ANA (Type 47, file 00670729)
• GARDEN GROVE WINE & SPIRITS #2 — GARDEN GROVE (Type 21, file 00666698)
• ASIAN KITCHENS — LAGUNA NIGUEL (Type 47, file 00668875)
• TRADER JOE'S STORE 290 — COSTA MESA (Type 21, file 00671094)
• SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET #495 — SANTA ANA (Type 21, file 00671095)

A full on-sale general (Type 47/48) liquor license in Orange 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 3,088 active quota licenses and 217 surrendered or in-transfer (potentially acquirable) in Orange County.

Yes. CA ABC's latest export lists 93 surrendered and 124 transfer-pending quota licenses in Orange 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 Orange 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.