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Clay County Gas Stations For Sale & For Lease
The Gas Station Group brokers the sale, purchase, and lease of gas stations, convenience stores, and truck stops throughout Clay County, Florida — roughly 39,473 residents across 2 submarkets. Led by Bobby Berrido, CCIM, CMAA.
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(305) 518-1545Gas Stations For Sale in Clay County, Florida
Clay County is a North Florida fuel-retail market of roughly 39,473 residents. Demand across the county is shaped by affluent residential, commuter, residential, and NAS Jax adjacent — the traffic mix that sets gallon throughput, convenience-store basket size, and long-run station value.
Access runs through I-295 (Buckman), US-17, and I-295 (via Buckman), and nearly every institutional-grade transaction in the county sits on a primary commercial artery such as US-17, County Rd 220, and Blanding Blvd. Fleming Island anchors the county at roughly 30,749 residents, with Orange Park carrying substantial secondary volume. 0 of the county's 2 submarkets are tier-1 trade areas, which is why pricing spreads widely between a Fleming Island corner site and an outlying Orange Park station.
We broker every fuel-real-estate product type in Clay County: fee-simple gas stations with real estate, ground-leased NNN investments, branded and unbranded dealer stations, convenience stores with and without fuel, and truck stops or high-flow diesel sites. Buyers searching for Clay County gas stations for sale and operators searching Clay County gas stations for lease see the same pipeline, including bank-owned and by-owner opportunities.
Clay County Fuel-Retail Submarket Profile
- Fleming Island, FL — tier 3, approx. 30,749 residents
- Primary fuel corridors: US-17 and County Rd 220. Access via US-17 and I-295 (via Buckman). Volume drivers: affluent residential and commuter.
- Orange Park, FL — tier 3, approx. 8,724 residents
- Primary fuel corridors: Blanding Blvd and US-17. Access via I-295 (Buckman) and US-17. Volume drivers: residential, commuter, and NAS Jax adjacent.
What Drives Gas Station Value in Clay County
Because Clay County is a rural-to-small-market market of roughly 39,473 residents, buyers here price stations on demonstrable throughput rather than on speculative growth. The measurable inputs are fuel gallons, inside sales mix, car count on US-17, and the rent or land value the I-295 (Buckman) frontage supports.
Spread matters here: Fleming Island and Orange Park price as core Clay County trade areas, while Fleming Island and Orange Park clear at wider cap rates and lower per-gallon multiples. We reconcile every Clay County valuation across both ends of that range before we quote a number.
Three Clay County-specific items change price more often than buyers expect: remaining term and image requirements on the fuel supply contract, underground storage tank age against FDEP upgrade deadlines, and whether the site controls its own access curb cut on County Rd 220. A station that fails on access rarely recovers the volume on paper.
Selling or Leasing in Clay County — What Owners Should Expect
Sellers in Clay County have a narrower buyer pool than in Miami-Dade or Tampa Bay, which makes targeting decisive. We market Clay County assets to North Florida operators expanding into Fleming Island and Orange Park, out-of-state 1031 buyers pricing Florida yield, and regional jobbers looking to place supply volume on US-17.
Leasing is frequently the better answer for Clay County owners who want to keep the real estate. A dealer lease on a branded facility, a ground lease on a fee-owned pad, or a full operating lease each converts Fleming Island-area fuel volume into income without a sale — and each is underwritten against county rent-to-gross-profit coverage before we recommend it.
Every Clay County engagement stays confidential: blind teaser first, NDA-gated offering memorandum second, and no signage or public listing unless the owner asks for it. Employees, fuel suppliers, and c-store vendors learn about the transaction at closing.
Buying a Gas Station in Clay County, Florida
Most buyers start on the public marketplaces and find the same handful of Clay County listings. The county's real inventory is quieter — owner-operators along US-17 who will trade at the right number but will not advertise it while employees, jobbers, and vendors are watching.
A Clay County acquisition typically runs 60–120 days: LOI, fuel-volume and inside-sales verification, Phase I ESA with tank tightness review, jobber or brand consent, tobacco and lottery permit transfer, and license transfers — which vary in timing between Fleming Island and Orange Park. We run the sequence in parallel so financing contingencies do not outlive the inspection period.
We represent buyers on every Clay County product type: fee-simple stations with real estate, dealer-operated sites where the fuel contract carries the economics, North Florida NNN investments for 1031 capital, convenience stores without fuel, and high-flow diesel or truck-stop sites feeding I-295 (Buckman).
Leasing
Clay County Gas Stations & Convenience Stores For Lease
Leasing is often the fastest way into Clay County. A dealer lease on a branded fuel facility, a ground lease on a fee-owned pad, or a full operating lease each lets an operator control volume on corridors like US-17 without funding the real estate.
Clay County convenience stores for lease — with and without fuel — trade on rent-to-inside-sales coverage, tobacco and lottery permits, and remaining brand image obligations. We underwrite each lease against comparable county rents before an operator signs.
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Sell-Side
How To Sell a Gas Station in Clay County
Selling a Clay County gas station is not the same as listing generic commercial real estate. Employees, fuel suppliers, jobber contracts, franchise agreements, and c-store vendors are all exposed the moment a sale becomes public. Our process protects those relationships until closing.
We build an institutional-grade offering memorandum — fuel volumes, inside sales, rent roll, environmental status, and fuel supply contract analysis — then market under NDA to a curated database of North Florida operators, 1031 buyers, and institutional fuel investors.
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