Best Real Estate Brokerage in Florida (2026): The Verified Rankings, and How to Choose

Florida's largest brokerages by verified production are ranked every year by the RealTrends Verified program (formerly the RealTrends 500), which counts closed transaction sides and sales volume from verified submissions. The 2026 program, released April 10, 2026, reports 2025 production. The table below is the Florida top 12 by sides, plus Momentum Realty's own line, reproduced from realtrends.com; a side is one represented party in a closing. Brokerages headquartered in Florida report their total production here, so the largest lines include sides closed in other states.

Florida brokerages ranked by verified 2025 sides

FL rank	Brokerage	Headquarters	2025 sides	2025 volume
1	The Real Brokerage Inc.	Miami	131,047	$65.22B
2	LPT Realty	Orlando	61,041	$23.62B
3	LoKation Real Estate	Pompano Beach	13,009	$5.12B
4	The Keyes Company / Illustrated Properties	Miami	10,515	$7.03B
5	Watson Realty Corp.	Jacksonville	5,581	$2.13B
6	ONE Sotheby's International Realty	Miami	5,257	$6.85B
7	John R. Wood Properties Christie's International	Naples	4,857	$4.39B
8	Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Partners	Atlantic Beach	4,646	$2.38B
9	Keller Williams Realty – Ubaldini Group	Palm Harbor	4,533	$1.74B
10	Keller Williams Realty Smart	Tampa	4,342	$1.75B
11	Premiere Plus Realty	Naples	4,328	$2.94B
12	RE/MAX Alliance Group	Sarasota	4,263	$2.20B
35	Momentum Realty	Jacksonville	1,562	$584M

Source: RealTrends Verified 2026, Florida brokerages ranked by sides, realtrends.com, read September 18, 2026. Agents affiliated with national brands (eXp, Compass, Coldwell Banker, RE/MAX and others) appear under their own market-center or company entities, so a brand's statewide presence can be larger than any single line shows.

What the ranking tells you, and what it does not

The top of the table is volume: The Real Brokerage, LPT Realty and LoKation are Florida-headquartered companies with agents across many states, and The Keyes Company is South Florida's long-established independent. ONE Sotheby's and John R. Wood Christie's lead on price point, with volume well above their side counts. From fifth place down the list becomes regional: Watson Realty and Keller Williams Atlantic Partners in Northeast Florida, the Keller Williams centers in Tampa Bay, Premiere Plus in Naples, RE/MAX Alliance in Sarasota. Florida real estate is local, and the useful question is which brokerages lead in your region and price band, not the state as a whole.

What the ranking cannot tell you is how a brokerage will handle your transaction. For that, use four checks that hold for any firm on the list: the agent's own closings in the last 12 months within $100K of your price; where the brokerage's closings cluster relative to your community; a written, dated pricing analysis with comparable sales, days on market and months of supply before you sign; and who reviews the contract and answers when the agent is unavailable. Every well-run brokerage of every size can answer all four.

Northeast Florida, and where Momentum Realty fits

In the Jacksonville metro the verified leaders are Watson Realty Corp. (5,581 sides), Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Partners (4,646), Keller Williams Jacksonville Realty (2,481), Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty (2,142), Momentum Realty (1,562), Herron Real Estate (1,507) and Christie's International Real Estate First Coast (1,482); the full regional table is on the Jacksonville brokerage guide.

Momentum Realty is an independent brokerage founded in Jacksonville in 2020, headquartered at 13475 Atlantic Blvd, with more than 320 agents licensed in Florida and Georgia as of September 2026. In the RealTrends Verified 2026 program it ranked 35th in Florida and 439th nationally by sides on 2025 production, and it has grown since that submission. In the 12 months to September 16, 2026 its agents closed 1,531 homes, published by city on the sales record with the method on the methodology page. The brokerage publishes daily housing-market data for every Florida county, city and ZIP code and more than 27,000 communities, which is the same data its agents price with.

County-by-county brokerage guides

About Momentum

Momentum Realty is a RealTrends 500 Florida brokerage that publishes its market data openly — live statistics for all 67 counties, thousands of community pages, and the calculators our agents negotiate with. For consumers we match you with the local specialist who fits your goal; for agents we publish our low-cap model and how it compares: why agents join and the side-by-side comparison.

Common questions

What is the best real estate brokerage in Florida?

By verified 2025 transaction sides, the largest Florida-headquartered brokerages are The Real Brokerage (131,047 sides, including production outside Florida), LPT Realty (61,041), LoKation Real Estate (13,009), The Keyes Company (10,515) and Watson Realty Corp. (5,581), per RealTrends Verified 2026. Which is best for you depends on your region and price band; the Northeast Florida leaders and four evidence checks are on this page.

What should agents look for in a Florida brokerage?

Compute your real net under each model (split, cap, monthly and transaction fees) on your actual production, then weigh broker support, training and lead flow. Momentum publishes its model openly.

Is Momentum Realty a big brokerage?

Momentum is a RealTrends 500 brokerage - ranked among the largest in the country by closed transaction sides - serving Florida statewide.

Third-party rankings are reproduced from RealTrends Verified 2026; no MLS data is used to compare offices. Equal Housing Opportunity.