# Automotive businesses for sale in Florida — market data

> 88 active automotive listings in Florida: median asking $412,500, median SDE $185,893, and how many a lender could actually fund. Measured, not estimated.

Source: https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/automotive/

# 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.

- **88** active listings
- **$412,500** median asking price
- **$185,893** median owner earnings (SDE)
- **3.1×** median price ÷ SDE

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

- **88** active listings
- **65** **pay a manager** — still earn after a standardized $75,000 wage
- **24** **a lender could fund** — debt at asking ≤ 3.5× those earnings
- **18** **have a broker citing a document** — a tax return or P&L named behind the figures, not seen by us
- **15** **show 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](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/broward-county/) | 19 | $250,000 |
| [Palm Beach](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/palm-beach-county/) | 13 | $600,000 |
| [Miami-Dade](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/miami-dade-county/) | 12 | $387,500 |
| [Orange](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/orange-county/) | 11 | $469,000 |
| [Hillsborough](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/hillsborough-county/) | 7 | $1,900,000 |
| [St. Lucie](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/saint-lucie-county/) | 4 | — |
| [Lee](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/lee-county/) | 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 →](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/?category=Automotive)

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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 →](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/how-it-works/)