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Sell Your Business in Broward County

For owners of a business in Broward County. We value your business from what comparable businesses actually sold for, market it without naming it, bring you buyers who have signed an NDA and proved their funds, and manage the lender, the landlord and the closing while you keep running the business.

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The Broward County Business Market

Broward's businesses sell in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Davie, Miramar, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach and Hallandale Beach. Restaurants and salons are the largest groups, with service, automotive and franchise businesses behind them, and asking prices generally sit below Miami-Dade's for a comparable business. Buyers come from inside the county, from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach, and from out of state, many of them relocating families buying their first business with SBA financing.

Who Buys Businesses in Broward County

Buyers for a Broward business are typically owner-operators: a manager or a tradesperson buying their own business, a family relocating from the Northeast or Latin America, a franchise owner adding a location. They are usually financed with an SBA 7(a) loan, so the business has to support a loan payment and a salary. A smaller number are investors looking for a business with a manager in place, who pay more for less owner involvement.

Leases, Licences and Local Rules

Broward leases run heavily through retail plazas, where assignment clauses and co-tenancy terms matter, and on the east side through Las Olas, the beach, Federal Highway and US-1, where rents are higher and remaining term is valued. Broward County issues a local business tax receipt and so does each city, and both are reissued to a new owner; restaurants also carry a state licence from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Confirm the current requirements with the county and the city.

Selling by City in Broward County

Each Broward County city where businesses regularly sell has its own page: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Hallandale Beach, Davie, Pompano Beach, Miramar and Coral Springs. Each one describes where businesses trade in that city and links to the buyers searching it, because the same people browsing Broward County businesses for sale on this site are the buyers for yours.

Confidentiality Comes First

Staff who hear a rumour start looking for work, competitors tell your customers, and suppliers tighten terms. So the business is marketed as a blind profile: the industry, the area, the size and the numbers, never the name or the address. A buyer signs a non-disclosure agreement and shows proof of funds before we tell them who you are, and showings happen after hours. The landlord hears once there is an accepted offer.

Getting the Financials Ready

A buyer's lender will ask for three years of business tax returns, year-to-date profit and loss, a balance sheet and bank or merchant statements that support the sales. The add-backs that raise your earnings have to be documented, or the lender ignores them. We prepare this package with you, and the cleaner it is the higher the price holds through due diligence.

Request a Confidential Business Valuation

Tell us the type of business, the city, how long it has operated, annual revenue, owner benefit or seller's discretionary earnings, EBITDA if you track it, monthly rent and lease expiry, number of employees, how involved you are, why you are selling, your timeline and whether you would consider seller financing. A licensed BreakThru business broker prepares a confidential valuation from comparable sales and replies within one business day. Everything you tell us is confidential, the valuation is free, and nothing is listed or announced unless you decide to sell. Prefer to talk now? Call (786) 914-1017.

Questions Owners Ask

Is BreakThru Realty a business broker in Broward County?
Yes. BreakThru Realty is a licensed Florida brokerage with a business brokerage division that values, markets and sells businesses across Broward County, alongside the county's businesses-for-sale pages that buyers search every day.
How much is my business worth?
Most owner-operated businesses in South Florida sell for a multiple of seller's discretionary earnings: net profit plus the owner's salary, benefits and one-time or personal expenses run through the business. Where the multiple falls depends on the industry, the lease, the staff, the trend in the numbers and how much the business depends on you. A confidential valuation gives you the range for your business and the reasons behind it.
Will my employees, customers or landlord find out?
Not from us. The business is marketed without its name or address, buyers sign a non-disclosure agreement and prove their funds before they learn who you are, and showings happen after hours or are presented as something else. The landlord is approached only once there is an accepted offer, because the lease has to be assigned.
How long does it take to sell a business?
Six to nine months from listing to closing is common for a well-prepared small business, faster when the price is right and the records are clean, longer for businesses that need a licensed buyer or a franchisor's approval. The escrow period after an accepted offer is usually sixty to ninety days.
What does a business broker charge?
Brokers selling small businesses usually charge a success fee paid from the proceeds at closing, commonly quoted in the market at around ten percent of the price, often with a minimum fee; larger sales are usually priced on a sliding scale. BreakThru's fee is set out in writing in the listing agreement before you sign anything, and the valuation costs nothing.

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