Businesses for sale in Sarasota 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, Sarasota County, Florida had 76 active business-for-sale listings on the Business Brokers of Florida MLS, with a median asking price of $289,500, median owner earnings (SDE) of $121,234, and a median asking multiple of 2.7× SDE; 14 of them (18%) could be funded by a lender at the asking price, and 5 (7%) clear every step of the screen. Main Street Diligence, computed from the crawl of September 14, 2026. Seller-reported figures, unaudited.
Sarasota County holds 76 of the 2,079 active Florida listings we track. The median asking price runs 12% below the statewide figure, and the median earnings multiple runs level with 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 Sarasota County:
- 76active listings
- 45pay a manager — still earn after a standardized $75,000 wage
- 14a lender could fund — debt at asking ≤ 3.5× those earnings
- 8have a broker citing a document — a tax return or P&L named behind the figures, not seen by us
- 5show 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.
5 of Sarasota County's 76 active listings (7%) clear every step — the shortlist a lender would actually entertain.
What asking prices look like
| Asking price | Listings | |
|---|---|---|
| Under $100K | 12 | |
| $100K – $250K | 21 | |
| $250K – $500K | 23 | |
| $500K – $1M | 9 | |
| $1M and up | 11 |
How much of it is documented
Behind the headline figures: 55 listings say a tax return or P&L backs at least one year, 6 offer a broker's restatement, 13 assert numbers with nothing named behind them, and 2 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 | 27 | $350,000 |
| Pool & Spa Business | 5 | $61,600 |
| Lawn & Landscaping | 4 | — |
| Beauty & Personal Care | 4 | — |
| Miscellaneous Retail | 4 | — |
| Manufacturing | 3 | — |
| Distribution | 2 | — |
| Automotive | 2 | — |
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 →