# Businesses for sale in Lake County, Florida — market data > 38 active listings in Lake County: median asking $244,000, median SDE $129,000, and how many a lender could actually fund. Measured, not estimated. Source: https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/lake-county/ # Businesses for sale in Lake County, 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, Lake County, Florida had **38** active business-for-sale listings on the Business Brokers of Florida MLS, with a median asking price of $244,000, median owner earnings (SDE) of $129,000, and a median asking multiple of 2.4× SDE; 6 of them (16%) could be funded by a lender at the asking price, and 3 (8%) clear every step of the screen. — Main Street Diligence, computed from the crawl of September 14, 2026. Seller-reported figures, unaudited. - **38** active listings - **$244,000** median asking price - **$129,000** median owner earnings (SDE) - **2.4×** median price ÷ SDE Lake County holds 38 of the 2,079 active Florida listings we track. The median asking price runs 26% below the statewide figure, and the median earnings multiple runs 14% below the statewide figure. A multiple is what you pay for each dollar the owner takes home — statewide the median is 2.7×. ## What a lender would say Before you fall in love with a listing, run the test your lender will run. Across Lake County: - **38** active listings - **20** **pay a manager** — still earn after a standardized $75,000 wage - **6** **a lender could fund** — debt at asking ≤ 3.5× those earnings - **4** **have a broker citing a document** — a tax return or P&L named behind the figures, not seen by us - **3** **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. 3 of Lake County's 38 active listings (8%) clear every step — the shortlist a lender would actually entertain. ## What asking prices look like | Asking price | Listings | | --- | --- | | Under $100K | 8 | | $100K – $250K | 11 | | $250K – $500K | 6 | | $500K – $1M | 3 | | $1M and up | 10 | ## How much of it is documented Behind the headline figures: **24** listings say a tax return or P&L backs at least one year, **1** offer a broker's restatement, **10** assert numbers with nothing named behind them, and **3** 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. ## What's for sale, by industry | Industry | Listings | Median asking | | --- | --- | --- | | [Restaurants](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/restaurants/) | 7 | $199,000 | | [Construction](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/construction/) | 7 | $1,835,000 | | [Cleaning](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/cleaning/) | 3 | — | | [Medical & Health](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/medical-related-biz/) | 3 | — | | [Lawn & Landscaping](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/lawn-landscaping/) | 3 | — | | Real Estate Related | 2 | — | | [Automotive](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/automotive/) | 1 | — | | [Pet Businesses](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/animals-pets/) | 1 | — | 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/?county=Lake) --- [Browse the 38 Lake County listings](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/?county=Lake) [All Florida market data](https://www.mainstreetdiligence.com/market/) 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/)