75 liquor licenses available or in transfer in San Joaquin County

• WHITE LOTUS BANQUET — TRACY (Type 47, file 00662342)
• GREAT GENIUS BAR LLC — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00662878)
• BERNDT CARL PAUL — ESCALON (Type 21, file 00663092)
• — LODI (Type 47, file 00670727)
• THE OXFORD KITCHEN AND GASTRORUB — LODI (Type 47, file 00670787)
• RANCH AT OLD RIVER THE — TRACY (Type 47, file 00648116)
• FIRESIDE INN AND LOUNGE INC. — LATHROP (Type 48, file 00670606)
• LOST ISLE — STOCKTON (Type 47, file 00559639)
• FAST AND EASY MART #105 — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00610121)
• THE UR — TRACY (Type 47, file 00671337)
• GAVINKO PETROLEUM — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00671355)
• 209 ENTERTAINMENT INC — TRACY (Type 48, file 00671365)
• ARCO AMPM #83831 — MANTECA (Type 21, file 00670513)
• TRINITY PARKWAY AM PM — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00667714)
• TEQUILA SHOP & MARKET — LODI (Type 21, file 00671046)
• LATHROP SAM'S #7684 — LATHROP (Type 21, file 00671246)
• SKYWAY MARKET CORPORATION — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00668213)
• VERANDA GARDENS AND EVENT CENTER — MANTECA (Type 47, file 00668093)
• CHARTER WAY LIQUOR — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00670549)
• AMG LIQUOR & MART INC — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00670231)
• CHEVRON -CIRCLE K — MANTECA (Type 21, file 00671026)
• ALMHN SAM ADEL MOHAMMED — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00671444)
• FIRST TOAST LLC — LODI (Type 47, file 00669973)
• TRADER JOE'S STORE 269 — TRACY (Type 21, file 00670438)
• ANUSAROO SONORA INC — STOCKTON (Type 21, file 00669397)

A full on-sale general (Type 47/48) liquor license in San Joaquin 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 642 active quota licenses and 75 surrendered or in-transfer (potentially acquirable) in San Joaquin County.

Yes. CA ABC's latest export lists 28 surrendered and 47 transfer-pending quota licenses in San Joaquin 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 San Joaquin 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.