# National Pool Route Sales

Pool routes brokered with account guarantees.

A long-running specialized brokerage for pool service routes, matching buyers with sellers in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Texas, and other sunbelt states, with escrowed closings, a 90-day account-replacement guarantee, and seller-led training built into the standard deal.

- Category: Business Brokers & M&A Advisors
- Pricing model: Success Fee
- Where it fits: Source & Screen Deals
- Website: https://poolroutesales.com

## At a Glance

The structured way into recurring service revenue below whole-company prices; underwrite the account list, not the dream, and expect a job with cash flow until you build around it.

- Kind: One firm, one bench of brokers, one process.
- Footprint: Claims nationwide reach. It separately names Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. It claims the whole country and names only part of it, so the list is where its offices are rather than where it stops.
- Sells: Pool service and repair routes only, nationwide by its own FAQ, with over 10,000 pre-qualified buyers matched by its home page's count. It publishes a pricing multiple and no route size band, and the founder's bio claims 15,000 pool service companies sold or consulted for across forty years.
  - Publishes no size band anywhere.
- Seller Fee: Publishes the structure. It says when a fee is owed and on what basis, but names no number, so the amount takes a call.
- Buyer Fee: Says nothing about a buyer fee. Its buyer-facing pages say nothing either way about what a buyer pays.
- Works For: Buyer list only. Invites buyers onto a list to see or be alerted to its own listings. That is access, not advocacy: the firm is still paid by the seller.
- Before It Shows You Anything: Wants proof of funds before it shows you a business. Proof of funds or a personal financial statement, alongside the NDA. Expect to show what you can actually spend before you see a single set of books.
  - An NDA and financial pre-qualification before any route details are released, which the firm states plainly rather than leaving to the NDA alone. Its listing table is the opposite end of that: pool count, annual income and price sit in the open, and the NDA guards the seller's identity rather than the numbers.

## What It Costs

Free for buyers to inquire and be matched, but route details open only after an NDA and pre-qualification, since listings carry private customer and billing data; the brokerage fee and who pays it are not published. Its FAQ prices routes at 10 to 12 times monthly recurring billing; the same page says high-demand markets can reach 14 times.

## Best For

Buyers who want recurring pool-service revenue at route scale rather than a whole company with staff and trucks

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Deal terms are unusually protective for the size: a 10% to 20% [escrow holdback](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/escrow-holdback) and a 90-day replacement guarantee on cancelled accounts
- Pro: A published pricing convention of 10 to 12 times monthly billing makes listings comparable at a glance
- Pro: Seller ride-along training and post-sale support are part of the standard process
- Con: Routes are account lists with [goodwill](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/goodwill), not companies; no staff, brand, or premises come with the deal
- Con: Its own brokerage fee and who pays it are not published
- Con: Coverage concentrates in sunbelt states, where steady demand keeps route multiples firm

## What Searchers Say

A long-standing specialist referenced in pool-industry press and operator forums, claiming over 10,000 matched buyers. The complaint record is clean at the registries: an A+ BBB rating on a business operating since 1996, a AAA Business Consumer Alliance rating with zero complaints on file, and a California real estate license on record. Buyer reviews aggregate 4.4 across 166 with most praising agent knowledge and speed and a minority describing curt early interactions; route quality still varies by seller, which the guarantee and escrow structure exist to absorb.

## Compared With

- Which kind of route business should you buy? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/route-consultant-vs-national-pool-route-sales.md)

## Sources

- https://poolroutesales.com
- https://poolroutesales.com/faqs/

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Last checked: 2026-09-19

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