Pool Route Sale Prices 2026: 2,893 Transactions Analyzed

Pool routes are one of the few local service business assets that trade in relatively visible public marketplaces. A buyer can purchase a book of recurring accounts, usually priced against monthly service revenue, account count, or both.

To understand what those routes are actually selling for, PoolDial analyzed the poolrates.fyi route sales dataset, a collection of 2,893 sold and listed pool route records gathered from major route broker marketplaces. The dataset covers Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, California, and Hawaii, with Florida accounting for the largest share of recorded transactions.

Source: poolrates.fyi route sales dataset, scraped May 25, 2026.

The headline finding is simple: the typical pool route in the dataset is not a million-dollar business acquisition. It is a small, recurring-revenue asset. Nationally, the median route had 50 accounts, sold for $70,800, and priced at 10 months of recurring service revenue.

Route Sales by State

The state-level data shows how different route markets behave. Florida has by far the most recorded transactions, while Texas shows higher prices per account and a higher median revenue multiple.

State	Records	Median Sale Price	Median Accounts	Median Price / Account	Median Revenue Multiple
Florida	1,725	$67,782	52	$1,243	10.0x
Texas	551	$84,000	40	$2,057	11.0x
Arizona	347	$72,000	50	$1,369	10.0x
Nevada	197	$64,275	51	$1,191	8.6x
California	71	$48,646	32	$1,613	12.0x

Source: poolrates.fyi route sales. Hawaii is excluded from this table because the dataset contains only two records.

Florida's volume matters. Because the state has the deepest transaction sample, its median values likely reflect a broader range of small and mid-sized operators. Texas has fewer records than Florida, but the routes in the dataset price materially higher per account.

The price-per-account spread is important for reporters and market researchers because it suggests route value is not just a function of account count. Density, customer price, service frequency, season length, local competition, and buyer demand all affect the number.

Small Routes Are the Majority of the Market

The dataset contains more small routes than large routes. Poolrates.fyi groups records into small, medium, and large route buckets based on account count. Small routes, generally under 50 accounts, make up nearly half of the visible market.

Route Size	Records	Median Sale Price	Median Accounts	Median Price / Account	Median Revenue Multiple
Small routes	1,436	$41,184	29	$1,471	10.0x
Medium routes	1,231	$97,000	70	$1,301	10.0x
Large routes	226	$299,500	210	$1,370	22.0x

Source: poolrates.fyi route size analysis.

The large-route multiple stands out. A 22x monthly revenue multiple is more than double the national median. That does not mean every large route is worth 22 months of revenue. It means the larger-route records in this dataset include assets that buyers price differently, likely because they represent more established books of business, denser routes, stronger staff infrastructure, or larger commercial/residential mixes.

Residential, Commercial, and Mixed Routes

Most route listings do not clearly tag customer type, but the records that do are still useful. Residential routes have the largest tagged sample. Commercial routes have a much higher median price per account, but they also have far fewer accounts per listing.

Account Type	Records	Median Sale Price	Median Accounts	Median Price / Account	Median Revenue Multiple
Residential	103	$54,684	46	$1,194	12.0x
Commercial	31	$46,000	7	$4,830	11.0x
Mixed	7	$124,000	93	$1,608	12.0x

Source: poolrates.fyi route sales. Account type is available only for a subset of records.

The commercial figure should be read carefully. A commercial route with seven accounts can represent far more revenue per account than a residential route with 46 accounts. Price per account is therefore not interchangeable across account types.

City-Level Markets: Las Vegas, Cape Coral, Tampa, Austin

At the city level, the deepest samples are concentrated in Nevada, Florida, Arizona, and Texas. Las Vegas has 71 records in the dataset, followed by Henderson, Cape Coral, Orlando, Fort Myers, Scottsdale, Sarasota, and Tampa.

City	State	Records	Median Sale Price	Median Price / Account	Median Multiple
Las Vegas	NV	71	$66,000	$1,200	8.6x
Cape Coral	FL	53	$86,800	$1,017	10.1x
Orlando	FL	50	$66,912	$1,241	10.2x
Scottsdale	AZ	44	$80,400	$1,413	10.1x
Tampa	FL	42	$78,198	$1,298	9.9x
Austin	TX	24	$100,100	$2,632	12.0x

Source: PoolDial analysis of city labels in the poolrates.fyi route sales dataset. City names are normalized from broker listing locations.

Austin is notable because its median price per account is higher than the other large city samples shown here. The sample is smaller than Las Vegas, Cape Coral, or Orlando, so the result should be treated as directional rather than definitive.

What the Numbers Mean

The national 10x monthly revenue multiple gives a shorthand for the market: many route sales price near the value of ten months of recurring service revenue. But the more useful story is the spread around that shorthand.

Small route sales are often accessible acquisitions for owner-operators. A $41,184 median sale price for a small route is closer to buying a job than buying a company. A buyer is acquiring customer relationships, weekly recurring work, and a starting base of revenue, but usually not a management team or independent brand.

Larger routes are different. A 210-account median large route is big enough to require operational systems, staffing, scheduling discipline, and cash-flow management. That may explain why the large-route multiple is materially higher in this dataset.

Methodology

Sources

• poolrates.fyi route sales dataset
• poolrates.fyi route valuation benchmark
• National Pool Route Sales
• Vista Pool Routes
• Pool Route Brokers