Do I need a real estate license to be a business broker in Florida?

Generally yes. Florida treats the sale of a business for compensation as real estate brokerage activity, so business brokers hold a real estate license and work under a broker. Confirm your own situation with the Florida DBPR.

Do I need a finance background?

No, but you need to be comfortable with financial statements. The training starts from the basics of reading a profit and loss statement and recasting it to show what an owner really earns.

Does BreakThru have commercial real estate opportunities?

Yes. BreakThru runs a commercial real estate marketplace and a businesses for sale marketplace on its website alongside the residential search, and receives commercial, investment and business acquisition inquiries from them. Agents who want to work commercial property or business brokerage can do so with training and broker oversight, either full time or alongside residential work.

Does BreakThru provide training?

Yes. The BreakThru Academy is an in portal learning system with on demand courses, lessons, quizzes and live classes, covering contracts, pricing, listing presentations, buyer consultations, the technology platform and specialist tracks. New agents follow a structured path; experienced agents take what they need. A broker is available for contract and negotiation questions on live deals.

Business Broker Careers in Florida

Add Business Sales to Your Practice, With Valuation Training and a Marketplace of Buyers Behind It.

In Florida, selling a business for someone else generally requires a real estate license, which means a licensed agent is already qualified to do it. What most agents lack is the training and a source of buyers and sellers.

Three Commission Plans, Published

Schedule A, November 2026. The share shown is yours.

Plan	Lead the brokerage provides	Lead you generate	Transaction fee per side
Broker Supervised	50%	50%	$199
Standard	50%	75%	$199
Elite	50%	90%	$299
Residential and commercial leases, every plan	50%	85%	$99

Broker Supervised: A newly licensed associate who needs guidance, as determined by the broker. Standard: Any licensed associate. You choose it. Elite: Any licensed associate. You choose it. Optional technology package: $25 a month. Cancel at any time; the cancellation starts with the next billing cycle.

What a $15,000 commission pays on each plan

Broker Supervised: $7,500 to you on a lead you generated, $7,301 after the $199 transaction fee; $7,500 to you on a lead the brokerage provided, $7,301 after the fee.
Standard: $11,250 to you on a lead you generated, $11,051 after the $199 transaction fee; $7,500 to you on a lead the brokerage provided, $7,301 after the fee.
Elite: $13,500 to you on a lead you generated, $13,201 after the $299 transaction fee; $7,500 to you on a lead the brokerage provided, $7,201 after the fee.

The full Schedule A and the remaining terms are reviewed with you directly and given in writing before you decide. The schedule can change on written notice, and a change never applies to a property already listed or a transaction already under contract.

Your first step: Personal Agent Growth Plan

Start With a Personal Growth Plan

A brokerage should show you more than a split, and it should show you the split too. BreakThru publishes its plans: 75% or 90% of the commission on the business you generate, 50/50 on leads the brokerage provides. Before you decide anything, see how training, technology, lead opportunities and expectations would work for you specifically, new, experienced, commercial or business broker.

What you receive

Your plan confirmed in writing, Standard or Elite, with the full Schedule A
The training and the systems you would use from day one, with the agent portal shown rather than described
How leads and referrals reach agents here, and what is expected in return
A plan for your first ninety days at BreakThru
A confidential conversation with the broker, with no notice to your current brokerage

What happens next

Tell us where you are in your career and what you want next.
The broker reviews it and prepares your conversation.
We reply within one business day to schedule it, confidentially.
You decide. There is no pressure to move.

Confidential. Nothing is said to your current brokerage, and nothing is promised that is not written down.

Apply Here · See the agent programs

A Marketplace With Buyers

BreakThru operates a businesses for sale marketplace with pages for industries, price ranges, financing terms, cities and counties across Florida. Buyers who enquire have said what kind of business they want, where, and at what price. Those inquiries go to agents in the business brokerage program.

What You Learn

How a small business is valued from seller's discretionary earnings, how to read and recast financial statements, how to keep a sale confidential with nondisclosure agreements and blind listings, how deals are structured with seller financing and SBA loans, what due diligence looks like, and how a business sale contract differs from a real estate contract.

Why Agents Add It

Business brokerage is not seasonal, the clients are entrepreneurs who often become real estate clients too, and a business owner who sells may also own the building. It suits agents who like numbers and longer relationships.

The Program in Detail

BreakThru's Business Broker Program has its own page with the full curriculum, how enrollment works, what the training covers week by week and how buyer inquiries from the marketplace are shared. This page is the short version for agents deciding whether business brokerage is worth a conversation at all; the program page is for agents who have decided it is. Both start in the same place: a private call about your license, your background and what you want the work to look like.

Start With a Conversation

Business sales are on the same published plans as residential and commercial: 75% or 90% of the commission on a sale you originate, 50% on a buyer the marketplace brings you. Tell us about your license, your background and why business brokerage interests you. The commission plans and transaction fees are published on this page. The full Schedule A and the remaining terms are reviewed with you directly and put in writing before you decide anything.

More Than a Brokerage: BreakThru Family Foundation

BreakThru Family Foundation, BFF, is being developed to support our people during difficult times and strengthen the communities we serve. Learn about BFF.

Questions you may be asking

Will my current broker find out?: No. The conversation is confidential, and we do not contact anyone at your brokerage.
I am brand new.: The new agent program is written for that: training, a mentor, the systems and the first transactions, with the expectations set out before you join.
What is the split?: 75% to you on the Standard plan or 90% on the Elite plan for leads you generate, and 50/50 on leads the brokerage provides. The transaction fee per side and the lease schedule are in the plans table on every recruiting page, and the full Schedule A is reviewed with you directly before you decide.

Apply Here

Tell us your name, how to reach you, what you are exploring and whether you want a phone call, a video call, a callback at a time you choose or an invitation to a recruiting event. Your license status, market and production are optional. Our broker reads every request personally and replies within one business day. Your inquiry is confidential and we never contact your current brokerage. Prefer to talk now? Call (786) 914-1017.

Questions Agents Ask

Do I need a real estate license to be a business broker in Florida?: Generally yes. Florida treats the sale of a business for compensation as real estate brokerage activity, so business brokers hold a real estate license and work under a broker. Confirm your own situation with the Florida DBPR.
Do I need a finance background?: No, but you need to be comfortable with financial statements. The training starts from the basics of reading a profit and loss statement and recasting it to show what an owner really earns.
Does BreakThru have commercial real estate opportunities?: Yes. BreakThru runs a commercial real estate marketplace and a businesses for sale marketplace on its website alongside the residential search, and receives commercial, investment and business acquisition inquiries from them. Agents who want to work commercial property or business brokerage can do so with training and broker oversight, either full time or alongside residential work.
Does BreakThru provide training?: Yes. The BreakThru Academy is an in portal learning system with on demand courses, lessons, quizzes and live classes, covering contracts, pricing, listing presentations, buyer consultations, the technology platform and specialist tracks. New agents follow a structured path; experienced agents take what they need. A broker is available for contract and negotiation questions on live deals.