Key findings
- About 2,470 new filings a day. That is every new entity in the state's daily files. After removing holding companies, filing services, and shared agent addresses, 2,056 a day had a usable local address.
- 11% used a shared address. 10,715 new filings listed one of 192 registered-agent or virtual-office addresses as their principal address. One St. Petersburg address alone appeared on more than 5,000. We leave these out of county counts because the business usually operates somewhere else.
- LLCs dominate. 85% were Florida LLCs. Florida corporations were 8%, and out-of-state companies registering in Florida were 4%.
- South Florida leads. Miami-Dade County alone averaged 363 new filings per business day. Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach together made up 36% of filings with a Florida county address.
- Tuesday is the busiest day in the state's files, and Friday the quietest.
New filings per week, statewide
New businesses by county
| Rank | County | New filings | Per business day | Share of state | Top city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-Dade | 14,171 | 363 | 18% | Miami |
| 2 | Broward | 8,382 | 215 | 10% | Fort Lauderdale |
| 3 | Palm Beach | 6,047 | 155 | 8% | Boca Raton |
| 4 | Orange | 5,464 | 140 | 7% | Orlando |
| 5 | Hillsborough | 5,067 | 130 | 6% | Tampa |
| 6 | Lee | 3,000 | 77 | 4% | Cape Coral |
| 7 | Pinellas | 2,755 | 71 | 3% | St. Petersburg |
| 8 | Duval | 2,752 | 71 | 3% | Jacksonville |
| 9 | Polk | 2,159 | 55 | 3% | Lakeland |
| 10 | Brevard | 1,651 | 42 | 2% | Melbourne |
| 11 | Osceola | 1,645 | 42 | 2% | Kissimmee |
| 12 | Pasco | 1,635 | 42 | 2% | Wesley Chapel |
| 13 | Sarasota | 1,540 | 40 | 2% | Sarasota |
| 14 | Volusia | 1,461 | 38 | 2% | Daytona Beach |
| 15 | Collier | 1,455 | 37 | 2% | Naples |
| 16 | Manatee | 1,378 | 35 | 2% | Bradenton |
| 17 | Lake | 1,215 | 31 | 2% | Clermont |
| 18 | St. Lucie | 1,163 | 30 | 1% | Port St. Lucie |
| 19 | Seminole | 1,161 | 30 | 1% | Sanford |
| 20 | St. Johns | 1,084 | 28 | 1% | St. Augustine |
| 21 | Marion | 1,071 | 28 | 1% | Ocala |
| 22 | Escambia | 674 | 17 | <1% | Pensacola |
| 23 | Charlotte | 619 | 16 | <1% | Port Charlotte |
| 24 | Bay | 611 | 16 | <1% | Panama City |
| 25 | Leon | 586 | 15 | <1% | Tallahassee |
| 26 | Okaloosa | 554 | 14 | <1% | Fort Walton Beach |
| 27 | Alachua | 552 | 14 | <1% | Gainesville |
| 28 | Hernando | 541 | 14 | <1% | Spring Hill |
| 29 | Clay | 511 | 13 | <1% | Orange Park |
| 30 | Santa Rosa | 483 | 12 | <1% | Milton |
| 31 | Martin | 458 | 12 | <1% | Stuart |
| 32 | Indian River | 419 | 11 | <1% | Vero Beach |
| 33 | Walton | 415 | 11 | <1% | Santa Rosa Beach |
| 34 | Flagler | 397 | 10 | <1% | Palm Coast |
| 35 | Citrus | 340 | 9 | <1% | Inverness |
| 36 | Monroe | 333 | 9 | <1% | Key West |
| 37 | Nassau | 265 | 7 | <1% | Fernandina Beach |
| 38 | Sumter | 257 | 7 | <1% | The Villages |
| 39 | Highlands | 221 | 6 | <1% | Sebring |
| 40 | Putnam | 136 | 4 | <1% | Palatka |
| 41 | Hendry | 130 | 3 | <1% | Labelle |
| 42 | Columbia | 123 | 3 | <1% | Lake City |
| 43 | Levy | 99 | 3 | <1% | Williston |
| 44 | Gadsden | 97 | 3 | <1% | Quincy |
| 45 | Okeechobee | 95 | 2 | <1% | Okeechobee |
| 46 | Suwannee | 88 | 2 | <1% | Live Oak |
| 47 | DeSoto | 77 | 2 | <1% | Arcadia |
| 48 | Wakulla | 76 | 2 | <1% | Crawfordville |
| 49 | Jackson | 71 | 2 | <1% | Marianna |
| 50 | Baker | 58 | 2 | <1% | Macclenny |
| 51 | Washington | 47 | 1 | <1% | Chipley |
| 52 | Gulf | 46 | 1 | <1% | Port St. Joe |
| 53 | Hardee | 43 | 1 | <1% | Wauchula |
| 54 | Taylor | 42 | 1 | <1% | Perry |
| 55 | Holmes | 40 | 1 | <1% | Bonifay |
| 56 | Jefferson | 39 | 1 | <1% | Monticello |
| 57 | Franklin | 36 | 0.9 | <1% | Eastpoint |
| 58 | Madison | 35 | 0.9 | <1% | Lee |
| 59 | Gilchrist | 33 | 0.8 | <1% | Trenton |
| 60 | Bradford | 32 | 0.8 | <1% | Starke |
| 61 | Dixie | 27 | 0.7 | <1% | Old Town |
| 62 | Calhoun | 22 | 0.6 | <1% | Blountstown |
| 63 | Union | 20 | 0.5 | <1% | Lake Butler |
| 64 | Liberty | 14 | 0.4 | <1% | Bristol |
| 65 | Hamilton | 11 | 0.3 | <1% | Jasper |
| 66 | Lafayette | 11 | 0.3 | <1% | Mayo |
| 67 | Glades | 6 | 0.2 | <1% | Moore Haven |
Cities with the most new businesses
| City | County | New filings |
|---|---|---|
| Miami | Miami-Dade | 7,568 |
| Orlando | Orange | 3,803 |
| Tampa | Hillsborough | 3,018 |
| Jacksonville | Duval | 2,544 |
| Fort Lauderdale | Broward | 1,388 |
| Hialeah | Miami-Dade | 1,351 |
| Naples | Collier | 1,320 |
| Boca Raton | Palm Beach | 1,239 |
| West Palm Beach | Palm Beach | 1,177 |
| Kissimmee | Osceola | 1,169 |
| Cape Coral | Lee | 1,006 |
| St. Petersburg | Pinellas | 979 |
| Sarasota | Sarasota | 902 |
| Fort Myers | Lee | 873 |
| Hollywood | Broward | 865 |
City is the city on the principal address. Many LLCs use a home address. All cities →
Entity types
| Type | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Florida LLC | 67,825 | 85% |
| Florida corporation | 6,571 | 8% |
| Out-of-state LLC | 2,388 | 3% |
| Florida nonprofit | 2,320 | 3% |
| Out-of-state corporation | 966 | 1% |
| Out-of-state nonprofit | 85 | <1% |
| Out-of-state partnership | 37 | <1% |
Filings by day of the week
| Day | Average new filings |
|---|---|
| Monday | 2,137 |
| Tuesday | 2,212 |
| Wednesday | 2,196 |
| Thursday | 1,972 |
| Friday | 1,774 |
By the date of the state's daily file, not the date a business submitted its paperwork.
Most common business categories
| Category (from business name) | Filings |
|---|---|
| Real estate | 4,851 |
| Professional services | 4,247 |
| Construction and trades | 3,793 |
| Transportation and trucking | 2,921 |
| Health and medical | 2,188 |
| Retail | 1,941 |
| Cleaning and janitorial | 1,624 |
| Automotive | 1,479 |
| Technology | 1,364 |
| Beauty and personal care | 1,044 |
| Restaurants and food | 910 |
| Education and childcare | 506 |
Most business names do not state an industry, so these counts only cover names with a clear keyword.
Methodology
We download the daily corporate filing files the Florida Division of Corporations publishes on work days. We keep new Florida and out-of-state LLCs, corporations, nonprofits, and limited partnerships. We remove names that indicate holding, investment, or trust vehicles, names of filing services, and filings whose principal street address appears on 10 or more new filings in the period, which marks a registered-agent or virtual-office address. Each filing is assigned to a county by its principal-address ZIP code; filings with a non-Florida or unmatched ZIP count toward the statewide total only.
This report is updated weekly. Only aggregate counts and public business names appear on this site. Full methodology. Guide: how to download the daily files yourself.
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Citing this report. You are welcome to use these numbers with a link. Suggested citation: FiledToday, "Florida new business report," October 22, 2026, https://filedtoday.com/florida-new-business-report.
Questions
How many new businesses are started in Florida each day?
Between August 24 and October 16, 2026, Florida's daily corporate filing files averaged about 2,470 new entity filings per business day. After removing holding companies, filing services, and filings at shared registered-agent addresses, about 2,056 a day had a usable local address.
Which Florida county has the most new businesses?
Miami-Dade County, followed by Broward and Palm Beach. Together those three counties accounted for 36% of new filings with a Florida county address in this period.
What share of new Florida businesses are LLCs?
About 85% of new filings were Florida limited liability companies. Out-of-state companies registering in Florida made up about 4%.
Where does this data come from?
The Florida Division of Corporations publishes each work day's new filings in public daily data files. FiledToday downloads those files, assigns each filing to a county by its principal-address ZIP code, and counts them. The data is aggregated; no contact details are published here.
Updated October 19, 2026 · By Ben Thalmann, founder of FiledToday