Oklahoma businesses likely to sell

11 businesses in restaurants in Norman show several signs that an owner may be getting ready to sell: decades in business, the founder still running it, no family successor, or a shrinking workforce. Signals, not certainties: a good list to start conversations from.

Business	Est. revenue	Est. value	Score
Mazzio’s Pizza & Wings Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Ken Selby In business 65 years (since 1961) Founder still runs it after 65 years No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	60
Cafe Athena Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Tony Farah In business 36 years (since 1990) Founder still runs it after 36 years No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	52
Othello's Italian Restaurant Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Pasqual Benso In business 49 years (since 1977) Founder still runs it after 49 years	$1.7M	$332K	50
Del Taco Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson In business 62 years (since 1964) Founder still runs it after 62 years	$1.7M	$332K	50
Ted's Café Escondido Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Ted Curtis In business 35 years (since 1991) Founder still runs it after 35 years	$1.7M	$332K	42
B & K ALPHA INC Norman · Full-Service Restaurants · Owner: Gary Mendell In business 30 years (since 1996) Founder still runs it after 30 years	$1.6M	$290K	42
Dickey's Barbecue Pit Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Laura Rea Dickey In business 85 years (since 1941) No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	40
Dickey's Barbecue Pit Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Laura Rea Dickey In business 85 years (since 1941) No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	40
Dickey's Barbecue Pit Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Laura Rea Dickey In business 85 years (since 1941) No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	40
Dickey's Barbecue Pit Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Travis Dickey In business 85 years (since 1941) Founder still runs it after 85 years Family in the business (Laura Rea Dickey, Chief Executive Officer, Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.)	$1.7M	$332K	40
El Chico Norman · Restaurants and Other Eating Places · Owner: Mack Cuellar In business 98 years (since 1928) No family successor named on its website	$1.7M	$332K	40

How the score works

Points for years in business (15, 25 and 40+ years), a founder still in charge after 20 years, no family member on the team after 25 years, and a headcount down 20% or more on recent retirement-plan filings. Points come off for family already in the business and for a recent sale or investment. Businesses scoring 40+ are listed. Founding years come from public records and the company's own website; see the methodology.