Business & Escrow Service Center

Business & Escrow Service Center is a specialist escrow company in San Jose, California, handling the transfer of businesses, bulk sales, licences and commercial real estate. It serves the Bay Area and Silicon Valley and has operated since 1980.

Services Three services are listed: business transfer escrow, bulk-sale escrow and commercial escrow. In each case funds and documents are held by a neutral party until the conditions of the deal are met.

Published fees The company publishes a separate fee schedule dated 15 January 2025. For a bulk sale the fee is USD 1,450 plus USD 2 for each USD 1,000 of the amount, with about USD 600 in expenses expected. A transfer with an ABC filing carries a base fee of USD 1,600. For amounts above USD 2.5 million the minimum is USD 6,000, and additional expenses are possible.

Location The office is at Tisch Way in San Jose, California. The market is the United States, with the focus on local transactions in northern California.