Business Formation Pulse · FL counties

Florida Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Florida. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 67 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Florida counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Miami-Dade County (featured)135,758-2.0%21.0%
2Broward County (featured)72,422-1.4%11.2%
3Orange County (featured)49,392+2.4%7.6%
4Palm Beach County (featured)48,510-1.0%7.5%
5Hillsborough County (featured)43,619+6.7%6.7%
6Pinellas County38,333+10.8%5.9%
7Duval County24,588+1.3%3.8%
8Lee County21,601+7.5%3.3%
9Polk County17,346+8.6%2.7%
10Osceola County13,443+1.0%2.1%
11Pasco County13,172+7.7%2.0%
12Brevard County11,649+3.3%1.8%
13Volusia County11,234+8.2%1.7%
14Seminole County10,870+2.4%1.7%
15Sarasota County10,293+1.5%1.6%
16Manatee County10,196+5.4%1.6%
17Collier County10,115+0.8%1.6%
18St. Lucie County9,415+6.9%1.5%
19Marion County8,249+7.9%1.3%
20Lake County7,994+4.9%1.2%
21St. Johns County6,971+5.0%1.1%
22Escambia County5,657-0.6%0.9%
23Leon County5,268+2.6%0.8%
24Bay County4,276-1.4%0.7%
25Alachua County4,246-5.9%0.7%
26Okaloosa County4,082-3.7%0.6%
27Clay County4,065+5.0%0.6%
28Hernando County3,759+4.3%0.6%
29Charlotte County3,737+4.2%0.6%
30Martin County3,632+1.1%0.6%
31Santa Rosa County3,306+5.6%0.5%
32Indian River County3,090+1.7%0.5%
33Walton County2,795+12.3%0.4%
34Flagler County2,633+4.1%0.4%
35Monroe County2,333+3.3%0.4%
36Citrus County2,249-1.1%0.3%
37Highlands County1,773+8.5%0.3%
38Nassau County1,731+10.5%0.3%
39Sumter County1,645+13.1%0.3%
40Columbia County1,146+2.0%0.2%
41Putnam County1,140+2.3%0.2%
42Levy County856+15.2%0.1%
43Gadsden County837+8.6%0.1%
44Hendry County816-8.2%0.1%
45Suwannee County702+4.0%0.1%
46Okeechobee County683+7.7%0.1%
47Wakulla County590+9.1%0.1%
48Jackson County582-1.0%0.1%
49DeSoto County560+17.6%0.1%
50Washington County395-4.4%0.1%
51Baker County3780.0%0.1%
52Bradford County330-5.2%0.1%
53Gulf County330-7.0%0.1%
54Hardee County296+3.9%0.0%
55Taylor County279-2.4%0.0%
56Madison County274-2.5%0.0%
57Gilchrist County271+3.8%0.0%
58Jefferson County255-4.9%0.0%
59Franklin County247+5.6%0.0%
60Holmes County246+13.4%0.0%
61Dixie County213+1.4%0.0%
62Hamilton County204+17.9%0.0%
63Glades County164-17.2%0.0%
64Union County159+6.7%0.0%
65Calhoun County153-10.0%0.0%
66Lafayette County92-7.1%0.0%
67Liberty County87+2.4%0.0%