BreakThru Realty Florida Business-for-Sale Market Report

Each month BreakThru Realty Research publishes the Florida Business-for-Sale Market Report: every business listed for sale on the MLS in Florida on the day of publication, the business sales that closed in the month and in the twelve months before it, and what businesses sold for against the revenue and net income their listings reported. Most of the listings are in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Every figure is computed from BeachesMLS business opportunity listings, and every edition stays online with the figures it was published with.

Latest Edition: September 2026

921 businesses were listed for sale on the MLS in Florida on September 30, 2026, 859 of them in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, at a median asking price of $230,000.
222 business sales closed on the MLS in Florida in the twelve months to September 2026, at a median price of $110,000, 85.7% of the asking price, after a median 110 days on the market.
12 business sales closed in September 2026 itself, at a median $100,000; a single month is a small sample, so the twelve-month figures are the steadier measure.
Over the 24 months to September 2026, businesses sold for a median 0.38× the annual gross revenue their listings reported (204 sales).
Where the listing reported net income, the median sale price was 2.25× that figure (28 sales, a small sample).
Restaurants & Food Businesses are the largest group, with 337 listed at a median asking price of $220,000.
71 listings offered seller financing and 336 had cut their asking price since listing.

Read the September 2026 edition

Businesses for Sale by Area

Every active business opportunity on the MLS on September 30, 2026, by where it is.

Area	For sale	Median asking price	Listed in 30 days	Price reduced
Miami-Dade County	570	$249,000	91	203
Broward County	213	$200,000	26	79
Palm Beach County	76	$250,000	13	32
Treasure Coast (Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River)	16	$152,500	2	7
Rest of Florida	46	$262,500	9	15
All of Florida	921	$230,000	141	336

Businesses for Sale by Industry

The same listings by industry, with the gross revenue the listings report. Gross revenue is total sales, not profit; the count beside it is how many listings report one.

Industry	For sale	Median asking price	Median gross revenue	Listings reporting revenue
Restaurants & Food Businesses	337	$220,000	$600,000	177
Salons, Spas & Health Businesses	158	$150,000	$219,441	76
Retail Businesses	100	$322,000	$368,567	60
Service Businesses	76	$249,000	$332,500	48
Automotive Businesses	70	$385,000	$592,500	38
Franchises	20	$177,500	$260,720	12
Other businesses	159	$295,000	$320,000	69

Cities With the Most Businesses for Sale

The twelve cities with the most business listings on September 30, 2026.

City	For sale	Median asking price
Miami	272	$250,000
Hialeah	79	$200,000
Doral	41	$250,000
Hollywood	34	$289,500
Miami Beach	34	$232,000
Fort Lauderdale	32	$255,000
Pembroke Pines	23	$129,000
Boca Raton	20	$247,500
Hallandale Beach	16	$274,000
Homestead	16	$439,500
Cutler Bay	14	$387,500
Davie	14	$312,500

Businesses for Sale by Asking Price

How the listings spread across price ranges. Each range includes its lower bound and stops short of its upper one.

Asking price	For sale
Under $100,000	211
Between $100,000 and $250,000	272
Between $250,000 and $500,000	208
Between $500,000 and $1,000,000	126
Between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000	55
Above $2,000,000	49

Businesses Sold in the Twelve Months to September 2026, by Area

Business sales that closed on the MLS from October 2025 through September 2026.

Area	Sold	Median sold price	Sale-to-asking	Median days on market
Miami-Dade County	138	$100,000	84.2%	108
Broward County	62	$132,000	84.5%	115
Palm Beach County	10	$132,500	90%	134
Treasure Coast (Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River)	3	—	—	—
Rest of Florida	9	$225,000	96.7%	57
All of Florida	222	$110,000	85.7%	110

Businesses Sold in the Twelve Months to September 2026, by Industry

The same closings by industry.

Industry	Sold	Median sold price	Sale-to-asking	Median days on market
Restaurants & Food Businesses	93	$104,000	85.2%	101
Salons, Spas & Health Businesses	52	$67,500	87.3%	101
Retail Businesses	25	$165,000	78.5%	68
Service Businesses	15	$275,000	90.7%	158
Automotive Businesses	8	$137,500	86.3%	143
Franchises	1	—	—	—
Other businesses	28	$142,500	89.2%	132

Closings by Month

The month's closings beside the month before and the same month a year earlier. Changes between months are only meaningful with at least 20 closings in each.

Month	Sold	Median sold price	Sale-to-asking	Median days on market
September 2026	12	$100,000	82.7%	97
August 2026	17	$75,000	81.5%	122
September 2025	27	$90,000	87.6%	132

What Businesses Sold For Against What They Reported

Each sale's closing price divided by the gross revenue or the net income its listing reported, over the 24 months from October 2024 through September 2026. Published only with at least 20 sales behind it.

Measure	Median	Sales behind it
Sold price ÷ gross revenue	0.38×	204
Sold price ÷ net income	2.25×	28

Listing agents enter these figures; brokers often put seller's discretionary earnings in the net income field. A multiple describes the businesses that happened to sell, not the value of any one business.

Every Edition

BreakThru Realty Florida Business-for-Sale Market Report: September 2026 (published September 30, 2026)

How the Monthly Business Report Works

Each edition is built from BeachesMLS at the end of the month: every business listed for sale on the MLS in Florida that day, the business sales that closed in the month and in the twelve months to it, and what those businesses sold for against the revenue and net income their listings reported. Once published an edition never changes. The methodology and each edition's notes explain every calculation; the other reports are on BreakThru Realty Research.

The MLS is not the whole business-for-sale market. Many businesses are sold through business-for-sale networks, by business brokers who do not use the MLS, or privately, so these counts are the MLS share of the market. Compare them from one edition to the next rather than reading them as the total.
Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers pay; the closings are the paid side. The asking and the sold figures come from different businesses, so the gap between them is not a discount any one seller took.
Revenue and net income are what the listing agents entered, without verification, and most listings report neither. Before relying on any one business's figures, read its tax returns.