A Miami customs broker just got acquired for its trade-lane relationships, and deals like that reset what a Florida logistics business is worth. Here is how 3PLs, freight brokerages, warehousing, and trucking operations get priced — asset-light versus asset-heavy, and why the share of your revenue sitting under multi-year contract does more to your multiple than anything else. Written for owners deciding whether now is the time to sell.

Crunch just rolled up nine Florida 24 Hour Fitness clubs, and consolidation like that resets what your gym is worth. Here is what an SBA operator, a multi-unit franchise group, and a private-equity platform each pay for a Florida gym, and the recurring-revenue and churn numbers that move every one of their offers. Written for owners deciding whether now is the time to sell.

Most owners picture one buyer for their business: a person who wants to run it. There are five, and they pay very different numbers for the same company. Here is who actually buys businesses in Florida — SBA-financed individuals, search funds, private-equity platforms, strategic competitors, and family offices — how each one prices owner-dependence and clean books, and why a new SBA rule just shrank one of those pools.

A 12–18 month exit-readiness checklist for Florida owners: clean financials, defensible add-backs, reduced owner dependence, transferable contracts, and a lender-ready diligence file before the business goes to market.

Orlando medical, dental, and healthcare practices commonly sell for 1.5x to 3x Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, with the seller’s own role in patient care as the single biggest pricing variable. This guide covers the three buyer types, how payer mix and patient retention shape value, and why credentialing timelines should drive your planning calendar.

Orlando landscaping, pool service, pest control, and home services businesses typically sell for 1.5x to 3.5x Seller’s Discretionary Earnings — and where you land in that range comes down to recurring revenue, route density, and whether the business runs without you on the truck. Here is what buyers pay for, what they discount, and how to sell quietly.

Orlando restaurants typically sell for 1.5x to 2.5x Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, but the lease, labor costs, and your location’s customer base can move that number dramatically. This guide breaks down what restaurant buyers study, how tourist-corridor concepts get priced differently from neighborhood spots, and how to run a confidential sale while your kitchen keeps serving.

Central Florida construction companies typically sell for 2x to 3.5x Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, and buyer demand is strong thanks to the region’s relentless population growth. But backlog quality, project concentration, bonding, and owner-held licenses can swing the price by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here is a broker’s guide to selling a contractor business the right way.

Orlando’s buyer demand is healthy, but the honest answer to “should I sell now?” depends less on the market and more on you. Are your books clean, your earnings trending up, and your business able to run without you? This article explains what actually makes timing favorable, what waiting really costs, and how to get ready.

You do not always need a business broker. If you already have a credible buyer or the deal is tiny, selling on your own can work. For everyone else, the question is math: does a broker’s commission cost more than the price lift from competition, screening, and a deal that survives due diligence? Here is the honest comparison.

Business brokers and M&A advisors both sell companies, but they run different processes, talk to different buyers, and charge different fees. The dividing line is mostly deal size and complexity. Here is how an Orlando owner can tell which one fits, and what happens if you hire the wrong one.

Florida has no state personal income tax, which already puts Orlando sellers ahead of owners in most states. But what you actually keep at closing depends on how the deal is structured: asset sale or stock sale, how the purchase price is allocated, and which dollars are taxed as capital gains versus ordinary income. This educational walkthrough explains the moving parts so you can have a sharper conversation with your CPA.

Two offers for the same Orlando business can differ by 20% and still net the seller the same money, because structure is price. This guide compares the four ways Main Street deals actually get funded: all-cash, SBA-financed, seller notes, and earnouts, with the pros, cons, and real risk of each from the seller’s side of the table.

Most Orlando owners only sell one business in their lifetime, and the mistakes they make are remarkably consistent: pricing on hope, marketing with messy books, blowing confidentiality, and negotiating with buyers who cannot close. Here are the seven errors that cost sellers the most, what each one is worth in real dollars, and the fix for every one of them.

You can sell an Orlando business without employees, customers, or competitors ever knowing it was on the market. The method is a layered process: a blind profile that markets the business without naming it, NDAs before any disclosure, staged information release, and hard buyer screening. Here is the playbook, step by step, including when and how to finally tell your team.

The best exits are built, not found. This 18-month checklist walks Orlando owners through the work, stage by stage: cleaning the financials and documenting addbacks at 18 months, cutting owner dependence at 12, assembling documentation and a buyer backed valuation at 6, and going to market confidentially in the final 90 days

Most owner-operated Orlando businesses sell for 1.5x to 3.5x SDE, while larger companies with management in place trade on EBITDA at higher multiples. But the range is wide because the multiple is really a risk score assigned by buyers and their lenders. This breakdown walks through typical ranges by industry across Central Florida and, more usefully, explains exactly what buyers pay a premium for and what they discount.

Buyer demand for Orlando businesses remains strong in 2026, driven by population growth, tourism, healthcare expansion, and the I-4 corridor economy. This report breaks down which categories attract buyers, the SDE multiple ranges deals typically get financed at, and what all of it means if you are thinking about selling.

Most Orlando business owners pay a success fee of roughly 8-12% on Main Street deals, due only when the sale closes. But not every fee model works that way, and the structure you sign changes how hard your broker works. Here is how success fees, upfront fees, and hybrid models actually compare, and what a good commission should buy you.

Most Orlando business sales take 6-12 months from engagement to closing, and almost none of that time is spent the way owners expect. This field guide walks the clock stage by stage: preparation, confidential marketing, offers, due diligence, and closing, plus the specific factors that compress a timeline or blow it up.