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Sell Your Business in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Broward's downtown, beach and marine economy. For owners of a Fort Lauderdale business thinking about selling: what it is worth, who will buy it and how to sell it without the name getting out.

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Your first step: Confidential Business Exit Review

Start With a Confidential Business Exit Review

Your business represents years of decisions, relationships and work. Before anyone hears it might be for sale, know what it would sell for, whether a buyer already working with BreakThru Realty is looking for a business like yours, what a buyer's lender will accept, and what you would take home. A licensed business broker prepares it and walks you through it privately.

What you receive

  • A private check of your business against the criteria registered buyers have given us, with no buyer named and nothing about you shared
  • A recast of your earnings into seller's discretionary earnings, or EBITDA for a larger company, with the add backs documented
  • A price range from closed sales of comparable Florida businesses, with the reasoning
  • The lease, staffing and financing issues that would move the price, and what to fix first
  • What a buyer's SBA lender is likely to accept; consult a lender for terms
  • How buyers are screened for funds and experience, and the confidentiality agreement each signs before learning your name
  • An estimate of what you would take home after the fee and any payoff, and how the transition to a new owner would run

What happens next

  1. Answer a few questions about the business. Revenue and what you take home are enough to start.
  2. A business broker checks the buyer criteria on file and prepares the review from comparable sales.
  3. We call within one business day to walk through it, privately.
  4. Nothing is listed, and nobody is contacted, unless you decide to sell.

Free and confidential. The details you give us are seen only by the broker preparing the review. We do not contact your landlord, staff or customers, and no buyer learns who you are without your consent and a signed confidentiality agreement.

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The Fort Lauderdale Market for a Business Like Yours

Listed for sale now

Businesses for sale in Fort Lauderdale18
Median asking price$585,000
Listed in the last 30 days1
Price reduced since listing4
Largest groupsrestaurants and food businesses (8), retail businesses (3), salons, spas and health businesses (1)

Sold in the last twelve months

Businesses sold10
Median sold price$192,833
Median sold-to-asking76.2%
Median days on market150
SoldBusiness typeCityAskingSold price
Oct 15, 2026RestaurantFort Lauderdale$349,000$200,000
Sep 30, 2026RestaurantFort Lauderdale$400,000$350,000
Sep 28, 2026BusinessFort Lauderdale$99,000$60,000
Sep 11, 2026RestaurantFort Lauderdale$189,000$185,665
Sep 8, 2026Medical BusinessFort Lauderdale$2,900,000$2,350,000
Jul 1, 2026BusinessFort Lauderdale$30,000$30,000
May 29, 2026Convenience StoreFort Lauderdale$350,000$250,000
Apr 29, 2026Food & Beverage BusinessFort Lauderdale$49,000$23,500

Source: active and closed business opportunity listings on the MLS, refreshed through the day. Asking prices are what sellers hope for; sold prices are what buyers paid. Business names are withheld. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Selling a Business in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale is Broward County's business centre. Las Olas Boulevard, downtown, the beach and the Federal Highway and Sunrise Boulevard corridors carry restaurants, bars, salons and boutiques, while the marine industry, the airport and Port Everglades support service and trade businesses. Tourism keeps hospitality-related businesses in demand all year.

Who Buys Fort Lauderdale Businesses

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. In Fort Lauderdale, buyers on this site are searching restaurants and food businesses, salons, spas and health businesses and retail businesses most often.

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.

First, the Buyers Already Working With Us

Over 300 business buyers are already working with BreakThru Realty, seeking acquisitions across Florida. Before you announce your business is for sale, find out whether one of them is searching for an opportunity in your industry. Each buyer who registers with us sets out the industry, the size, the location, the price and the financing they have in mind. We begin by understanding your business, your objectives and your preferred selling timeline. If a registered buyer fits, we discuss the next steps with you while protecting your confidential information. If there is no current match, we explain how a confidential marketing campaign reaches more buyers.

What Your Business Is Worth, Before It Goes to Market

Small and midsize businesses sell on a multiple of seller's discretionary earnings: the total benefit one owner takes from the business once the owner's salary, perks and one time costs are added back to the profit. The multiple moves with the industry, the lease, the staff and how easily the business runs without you. We recast your numbers, compare them with closed sales of similar Florida businesses, and give you a range with the reasoning before you decide anything.

Questions you may be asking

Do you already have a buyer for my business?
We say so only after a specific buyer has reviewed a blind profile, signed a confidentiality agreement and confirmed interest. The review first checks your business against the criteria registered buyers have given us and tells you privately whether anything fits. If nothing does, it explains how a confidential campaign reaches more buyers.
Will my employees, customers or landlord find out?
Not from us. The review itself involves nobody but you and the broker. If you later sell, the business is marketed without its name or address, buyers sign a nondisclosure agreement and prove their funds before they learn who you are, and the landlord is approached only once there is an accepted offer.
What does a business broker charge?
A success fee paid from the proceeds at closing, set out in writing in the listing agreement before you sign anything. The review costs nothing.
My books are not perfect.
Few are. The review shows which add backs a lender will accept and which records to tidy before a buyer looks, so the price holds through due diligence.
I only know my revenue.
Tell us the revenue and what you take home, even roughly. We work out the rest with you and ask for tax returns later, only if you want a firm range.

Find Out If We Have a Buyer

Tell us the type of business in Fort Lauderdale, 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 there a business broker in Fort Lauderdale?
BreakThru Realty is a licensed Florida brokerage with a business brokerage division working Fort Lauderdale and the rest of Broward County. We value the business, market it confidentially and manage the sale through closing.
How much is my business worth?
Most owner operated businesses in 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 nondisclosure 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.
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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