Businesses For Sale in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida

Looking to buy a business in Sarasota or Bradenton, Florida? The following are a selection of the varied businesses that are for sale in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida. Call us for more details on any of the businesses listed for sale, we are relentlessly at your service.

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Advertising

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-894900106	Sarasota, Florida USA	Advertising Specialties	750,000	750,000	261,704	1,238,571

Animals/Pets

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682014	Manatee, Florida USA	Pet Grooming	90,000	90,000	53,547	139,043

Appliances

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682048	Sarasota, Florida USA	Appliance Sales	485,000	485,000	196,000	600,000

Automotive

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84300274	Sarasota, Florida USA	Auto Body Shop	225,000	225,000	87,568	769,604
BBF-95108024	Sarasota, Florida USA	Auto General Repair	299,000	299,000	91,186	457,148
BBF-88210022	Sarasota, Florida USA	Auto General Repair	325,000	225,000	150,690	1,585,830
BBF-82682015	Manatee, Florida USA	Auto General Repair	900,000	900,000	111,945	642,096
BBF-95108005	Sarasota, Florida USA	Transmission Shop	105,000	105,000	35,500	60,000

Aviation

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95101050	Sarasota, Florida USA	Flight School	2,500,000	2,500,000	111,683	905,928

Beauty/Personal Care

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95108013	Sarasota, Florida USA	Barber Shop	79,000	50,000	43,139	174,946
BBF-890613143	Sarasota, Florida USA	Hair Salon	95,000	50,000	68,130	313,361
BBF-894900110	Sarasota, Florida USA	Hair Salon/Day Spa	95,000	70,000	33,296	160,351
BBF-891611001	Manatee, Florida USA	Tanning Salon	60,000	60,000	27,157	79,344

Business Services

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-894900108	Sarasota, Florida USA	Event Planning	750,000	750,000	261,704	1,238,571
BBF-40001736	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Sarasota, Florida USA	Law Firm	525,000	525,000	288,369	1,250,361
BBF-894900107	Sarasota, Florida USA	Speciality Services	750,000	750,000	261,704	1,238,571
BBF-891612001	Manatee, Florida USA	Translation Service	27,000	27,000	2,616	8,056

Child Care

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-11013131	Manatee, Florida USA	Day Care & After School	480,000	480,000	96,325	163,576

Cleaning/Clothing

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84310055	Manatee, Florida USA	Coin Laundry	75,000	75,000	30,794	69,467
BBF-57901128	Sarasota, Florida USA	Coin Laundry	99,000	99,000	32,254	74,835
BBF-84300272	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Sarasota, Florida USA	Dry Cleaners	235,900	235,900	104,090	332,000

Cleaning

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95108023	Sarasota, Florida USA	Window Cleaning	390,000	225,000	83,440	425,351

Clothing

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95108501	Sarasota, Florida USA	Clothing Boutique	149,000	75,000	79,880	180,000

Construction

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682011	Sarasota, Florida USA	Contractor A/C & Heating	350,000	350,000	138,298	827,692
BBF-893441419	Manatee, Florida USA	Contractor Flooring	500,000	500,000	206,231	1,404,681
BBF-84310053	Sarasota, Florida USA	Contractor Home Improvement	185,000	92,500	82,471	200,297
BBF-95108009	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Sarasota, Florida USA	Contractor Roofing	235,000	50,000	146,853	842,793
BBF-26409092	Manatee, Florida USA	Handyman Service	47,500	47,500	300,000	828,000

Convenience Stores

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-893200002	Sarasota, Florida USA	Small Grocery Store	100,000	100,000	14,800	160,000

Dental Related

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682042	Manatee, Florida USA	Dental Lab	285,000	285,000	125,201	348,372

Distribution

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-890709012	Sarasota, Florida USA	Dist-Auto Products	149,000	60,000	26,895	208,959

Educational/School

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-890613241	Sarasota, Florida USA	Pre-School	229,000	229,000	84,303	300,985

Electronics/Computer

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-894900104	Sarasota, Florida USA	Computer Supplies	184,000	100,000	85,088	331,545

Fitness

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84310056	Manatee, Florida USA	Fitness Center	150,000	100,000	68,319	632,387

Flooring

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84311771	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Manatee, Florida USA	Flooring Products	350,000	350,000	167,602	918,741

Furniture Retail

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95108022	Sarasota, Florida USA	Furn Retail Home/Bed	74,000	74,000	40,000	350,000

Gas Station

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-891001068	Manatee, Florida USA	Gas Station/C-Store	150,000	150,000	65,000	700,000
BBF-891001067	Manatee, Florida USA	Gas Station/C-Store	650,000	650,000	128,976	700,000
BBF-87900065	Manatee, Florida USA	Gas Station/C-Store	850,000	850,000	0	0
BBF-95107002	Manatee, Florida USA	Gas Station/Repairs	250,000	250,000	156,986	321,680
BBF-87900064	Manatee, Florida USA	Gas Station/Repairs	850,000	850,000	0	0

Ice Cream/Yogurt/Ice

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682044	Sarasota, Florida USA	Ice Cream & Yogurt	50,000	50,000	22,090	28,590
BBF-95108011	Sarasota, Florida USA	Yogurt Store	99,000	50,000	56,600	100,000

Insurance

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-82682034	Manatee, Florida USA	Insurance General	350,000	350,000	90,000	120,000

Internet Related

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-92403438	Sarasota, Florida USA	Internet/Online Service	184,900	147,920	78,148	83,208

Lawn/Landscaping

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84300279	Manatee, Florida USA	Landscape Lighting	119,900	119,900	127,500	250,000
BBF-95108503	Manatee, Florida USA	Lawn Biz Landscaping	65,000	65,000	32,209	58,878
BBF-95108505	Manatee, Florida USA	Lawn Biz Residential	115,000	80,000	85,925	100,000
BBF-95313028	Manatee, Florida USA	Lawn Biz Residential	195,000	195,000	81,316	241,509
BBF-90406426	Sarasota, Florida USA	Lawn Biz Residential	225,000	51,000	123,105	298,032
BBF-95107003	Manatee, Florida USA	Lawn Equipment Sales	99,000	99,000	31,576	190,224
BBF-84301073	Sarasota, Florida USA	Tree Service	595,000	345,000	252,215	994,979

Liquor Related Biz

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-892701810	Sarasota, Florida USA	Bar/Restaurant	290,000	290,000	155,688	378,756
BBF-88210026	Sarasota, Florida USA	Beer/Wine Bar	300,000	300,000	60,000	280,000
BBF-95108035	Sarasota, Florida USA	Liquor Bar/Lounge	379,000	379,000	277,000	500,000
BBF-86503794	Sarasota, Florida USA	Liquor Package Store	499,000	499,000	165,458	1,018,609

Locksmith

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-81108784	Sarasota, Florida USA	Locksmith	475,000	475,000	165,609	534,858

Manufacturing

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-93700903	Sarasota, Florida USA	Mfg-Marble Products	1,695,000	1,695,000	375,026	3,713,372
BBF-95108032	Sarasota, Florida USA	Mfg-Plastic Products	299,000	299,000	18,245	58,795

Medical Related Biz

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-13406624	Manatee, Florida USA	Medical Hearing Aids	99,900	50,000	74,345	154,128
BBF-90406265	Sarasota, Florida USA	Medical Pharmacy	400,000	200,000	217,496	733,572

Pool & Spa Business

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95107001	Sarasota, Florida USA	Pool Repairs	185,000	185,000	36,153	324,192
BBF-81109017	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Manatee, Florida USA	Pool Sales/Service	1,150,000	375,000	313,339	796,032
BBF-891300113	Sarasota, Florida USA	Pool/Spa Supply Store	235,000	185,000	75,344	484,633

Printing/Typesetting

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95108030	Sarasota, Florida USA	Printing Business	320,000	320,000	0	0

Professnl Practices

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-40001737	*Lender Pre-Qualified* Sarasota, Florida USA	Legal Practice	525,000	525,000	288,369	1,250,361

Publishing

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84300283	Sarasota, Florida USA	Publishing	30,000	30,000	41,263	70,341

Recreation

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-894900109	Sarasota, Florida USA	Entertainment	750,000	750,000	261,704	1,238,571
BBF-894900105	Sarasota, Florida USA	Tourist Attraction	750,000	750,000	261,704	1,238,571

Rental Business

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-891611004	Manatee, Florida USA	Rental Equipment	645,000	645,000	62,787	99,419

Restaurants

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-95313029	Sarasota, Florida USA	American Restaurant	75,000	75,000	82,040	555,325
BBF-93700929	Sarasota, Florida USA	American Restaurant	150,000	150,000	0	0
BBF-411002150	Manatee, Florida USA	Breakfast Lunch	69,000	69,000	54,046	178,230
BBF-95313045	Sarasota, Florida USA	Breakfast Lunch	99,000	99,000	32,558	164,816
BBF-893200301	Manatee, Florida USA	Breakfast Lunch	129,000	129,000	52,990	468,065
BBF-92409185	Manatee, Florida USA	Brew/Pub	175,000	75,000	64,321	362,837
BBF-81108720	Sarasota, Florida USA	Brew/Pub	350,000	175,000	139,871	576,751
BBF-894900115	Sarasota, Florida USA	Catering	149,500	124,500	55,761	127,655
BBF-93701929	Sarasota, Florida USA	Diner	150,000	150,000	0	0
BBF-95108506	Sarasota, Florida USA	Ethnic Restaurant	134,500	134,500	106,144	300,000
BBF-891611003	Manatee, Florida USA	Ethnic Restaurant	250,000	250,000	39,162	372,057
BBF-95108008	Manatee, Florida USA	Family Style	345,000	345,000	379,420	1,162,660
BBF-95313047	Sarasota, Florida USA	Fast Food Franchise	95,000	95,000	62,540	200,000
BBF-894490001	Sarasota, Florida USA	Fast Food Mall	169,000	169,000	57,712	325,545
BBF-81108739	Sarasota, Florida USA	Italian Restaurant	450,000	450,000	200,920	2,062,301
BBF-95108026	Manatee, Florida USA	Mexican Restaurant	95,000	95,000	106,387	387,696
BBF-81108957	Sarasota, Florida USA	Mexican Restaurant	100,000	100,000	61,357	1,783,167
BBF-84300280	Sarasota, Florida USA	Restaurant/Mall	199,900	199,900	52,173	307,337
BBF-890713013	Sarasota, Florida USA	Sandwich Shop	55,000	40,000	84,000	200,000
BBF-893200023	Manatee, Florida USA	Seafood Restaurant	295,000	150,000	196,989	483,154
BBF-95108028	Manatee, Florida USA	Seafood Restaurant	350,000	200,000	127,200	450,000
BBF-88210027	Sarasota, Florida USA	Seafood Restaurant	900,000	400,000	157,000	970,000
BBF-88210019	Sarasota, Florida USA	Seafood Restaurant	4,600,000	1,300,000	731,948	4,083,422

Retail Miscellaneous

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-894900101	Manatee, Florida USA	Retail Home Accessories	95,000	80,000	-4,804	76,845
BBF-95108036	Sarasota, Florida USA	Retail Variety Store	550,000	550,000	149,822	731,110

Signs

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-891613001	Sarasota, Florida USA	Sign Companies	80,000	40,000	28,974	91,424
BBF-891300056	Manatee, Florida USA	Sign Companies	120,000	120,000	81,095	209,560

Transportation

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-81108783	Manatee, Florida USA	Construction Hauling	45,000	45,000	17,272	32,720
BBF-95108025	Manatee, Florida USA	Limo Business	85,000	85,000	68,000	110,000

Vending Related

Listing No.	Location	Category Detail	Price	Down	Adj Net	Sales
BBF-84300281	Sarasota, Florida USA	Vending Snack Foods	25,000	25,000	13,000	20,000
BBF-84300282	Sarasota, Florida USA	Vending Soft Drinks	25,000	25,000	13,000	20,000

Household Wealth at Record High

A rising stock market and increases in home prices are giving a big boost to household wealth, helping Americans to regain nearly all the wealth they had lost during the recession, the Federal Reserve reports. 

Household wealth nationwide increased 2.6 percent from July through September to reach a record-breaking $77.3 trillion. Since bottoming out in 2008, household wealth has been steadily rising.

Household wealth reflects the value of homes, stocks, bank accounts, and other assets, minus mortgages and other debts, according to The Associated Press.

Rising stock prices alone helped Americans’ net worth grow by $917 billion from July through September. What’s more, rising home values added $428 billion.

With the stock market and home prices still rising, many economists believe that this could roll into stronger economic growth for next year, too.

Source: “U.S. household wealth reaches record high,” The Associated Press (Dec. 9, 2013) and “Americans Continue to Regain Lost Wealth,” The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 9, 2013)

Lakewood Ranch Main Street's Latest Addition

With business booming in The Rhinestone World custom shirt-design business, owners Matt and Laureen Vassallo think the time is right to bring their bling to Lakewood Ranch Main Street and are opening a storefront there, called Shirts and Stones.

Customers will be able to choose from about 3,500 designs loaded into a computer, then pick from dozens of colored rhinestones and have them adorn men's or women's shirts, handbags, car decals or just about anything else.

Their original business grew so big they needed a 4,000-square-foot warehouse on Lena Road to headquarter The Rhinestone World, their online distributor selling rhinestones, supplies and starter kits and offering instructional videos to more than 6,000 clients worldwide.

Shirts and Stones should be open by the end of the year.

Source: Bradenton Herald (December 6, 2013)

Will Fed Postpone Tapering Until 2014?

The Federal Reserve is reportedly no longer in a rush to cut back on the $85 billion it spends per month on its bond-purchasing campaign, which has been helping to keep borrowing costs low. The Fed is now unlikely to start tapering its program until next year, The New York Times reports.

Job growth has improved the last few months, which the Fed has said it will use as a gauge to decide when to start winding down its bond purchases.

In June, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that the Fed would begin to taper its purchases by the end of this year. The announcement brought a shock-wave to markets, and drove 30-year fixed-rate mortgages up a full percentage point.

The Fed meets next week for its final policy-making committee meeting of the year, and they may still decide to make a cut next week. However, based on recent public comments from members, the move is looking unlikely, The New York Times reports.

Vincent Reinhart, a former head of the Fed’s monetary policy staff and now the chief United States economist at Morgan Stanley, believes the committee will use its December meeting to set a plan for tapering, but likely won’t start to retreat on its bond purchases until March.

The Fed has announced a commitment to hold short-term interest rates near zero as long as the unemployment rate is above 6.5 percent. In November, the rate was 7 percent.

When Bernanke first hinted at tapering plans in June, investors started to drive up rates across the board, The New York Times reports. But while the Fed is close to tapering, it’s not close to raising interest rates, and “markets are beginning to appreciate that they are separate tools,” Bernanke said last month.

Source: “Fed’s Plan to Taper Stimulus Effort Is Not Expected Until Next Year,” The New York Times (Dec. 8, 2013)

Economic Growth Revised Upwards at 3.6% in Q3

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.6 percent annual rate in the third quarter, faster than first reported and its strongest performance in 18 months.

Behind the improvement: Businesses boosted inventories even more than the government had estimated last month.

The Commerce Department’s revised estimate handily beat economists’ consensus forecast of 3.1 percent, as reported by Econoday. It’s also the highest growth rate since 2012’s first quarter, when the economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.7 percent. It expanded at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter.

But last week's revision to estimates of final demand – the value of goods and services people actually use now – fell slightly, to a 1.9 percent annual rate from 2.0 percent in the first estimate. Inventory restocking added 1.68 percentage points to growth, the Commerce Department said, twice as much as first estimated.

Economists were divided in their reaction to the news. Analysts at PNC Financial and Barclays agreed that the big inventory buildup is unlikely to be repeated in the fourth quarter, resulting in lower growth. But together with higher business investment and faster hiring, others argued rising business confidence and an improving housing market augur better growth by early next year.

“While there were special factors that boosted growth, there is no getting around the fact that the economy posted a 3 percent gain in the middle two quarters of the year,” Citigroup economist Peter D’Antonio wrote. “The economy achieved that solid pace despite substantial fiscal drag (from) tax increases and the sequester. This resilience suggests that the underlying growth in the economy has deep roots.”

Other major components of gross domestic product were a mixed bag.

Consumer spending grew 1.4 percent, a little less than first estimated. Federal spending fell less than the government first reported, and private investment in equipment, software and building grew faster than its first estimate. Exports were less than first estimated, and imports were higher, reducing gross domestic product growth, the government said.

The results appear to buttress surveys and other data that show rising confidence in faster growth next year. The Business Roundtable reported that its poll of chief executive officers shows improving prospects for investment, and last week's news that investment and inventory building are rising points in that direction.

So does news from the labor market. ADP reported that private employers added 215,000 workers in November, backed up by Friday's jobs report.

Copyright © 2013 USA TODAY, Tim Mullaney

Florida Consumer Confidence Bounces Back in November

Consumer sentiment among Floridians recovered from last month’s drop, rising to 76 in November from the revised reading of 70, according to a new University of Florida survey.

“As expected, consumer sentiment among Floridians regained much of the loss from September to October as the shutdown and debt ceiling debate came and went,” says Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. “However, at 76 we are several points away from our post-recession high of 81. We also note that the October reading was revised down one point to 70 indicating just how much of an effect it had on consumer optimism.”

Four of the five components used in the survey went up. Survey takers’ overall perception that now is a good time to buy big-ticket items, such as a car, increased 16 points to 94.

“That component is now at the highest since April 2007 when the economy was showing signs of the bursting housing bubble which led to the Great Recession,” McCarty said.

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