Automotive businesses for sale in Florida
Counted from the crawl of September 14, 2026. Computed from the database when this page was built — not typed in. Refreshed with the weekly crawl.
As of September 14, 2026, the automotive category in Florida had 88 active business-for-sale listings on the Business Brokers of Florida MLS, with a median asking price of $412,500, median owner earnings (SDE) of $185,893, and a median asking multiple of 3.1× SDE; 24 of them (27%) could be funded by a lender at the asking price, and 15 (17%) clear every step of the screen. Main Street Diligence, computed from the crawl of September 14, 2026. Seller-reported figures, unaudited.
Automotive listings make up 88 of the 2,079 active Florida listings we track. The median asking price runs 25% above the statewide figure, and the median earnings multiple runs 14% above the statewide figure. A multiple is what you pay for each dollar the owner takes home — across all Florida industries the median is 2.7×.
What a lender would say
- 88active listings
- 65pay a manager — still earn after a standardized $75,000 wage
- 24a lender could fund — debt at asking ≤ 3.5× those earnings
- 18have a broker citing a document — a tax return or P&L named behind the figures, not seen by us
- 15show more than one year — a trend exists at all
Statewide, 11% survive. The steps are cumulative — each applies on top of the last, the way an acquirer actually works a market.
15 of this industry's 88 active listings (17%) clear every step — the shortlist a lender would actually entertain.
What asking prices look like
| Asking price | Listings | |
|---|---|---|
| Under $100K | 10 | |
| $100K – $250K | 19 | |
| $250K – $500K | 19 | |
| $500K – $1M | 20 | |
| $1M and up | 20 |
How much of it is documented
Behind the headline figures: 63 listings say a tax return or P&L backs at least one year, 2 offer a broker's restatement, 17 assert numbers with nothing named behind them, and 6 publish too little to classify. A cited document means a broker typed the words into a form — nothing has been received, read or verified here. It is still the difference between a number with a paper trail and a number without one, and it is the first thing to ask any broker about.
Where they are
| County | Listings | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| Broward | 19 | $250,000 |
| Palm Beach | 13 | $600,000 |
| Miami-Dade | 12 | $387,500 |
| Orange | 11 | $469,000 |
| Hillsborough | 7 | $1,900,000 |
| St. Lucie | 4 | — |
| Lee | 3 | — |
| Charlotte | 3 | — |
Rows without a link have too few listings for a page of their own; medians shown only at five or more. See all of them in the app →
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Every figure on this page is seller-reported and unaudited — the checks behind our statistics test arithmetic, not truth. Medians exclude placeholder prices under $10,000. How the screening works →