The Florida Counties With the Most Businesses (2026)
Florida's business activity is wildly uneven across its 67 counties. Miami-Dade alone holds about 1,677,867 active business entities, more than the next two counties combined, and the six busiest counties together account for roughly 58% of every registered entity in the state. Here's the full ranking, pulled from sneyk's index of Florida Division of Corporations records as of June 8, 2026.
The top six counties (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange, Hillsborough, and Pinellas) hold about 58% of Florida's 7,772,258 active entities.
The 12 Florida counties with the most businesses
| Rank | County | Active entities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-Dade | 1,677,867 |
| 2 | Broward | 951,444 |
| 3 | Palm Beach | 616,534 |
| 4 | Orange | 545,200 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | 446,084 |
| 6 | Pinellas | 397,222 |
| 7 | Duval | 258,512 |
| 8 | Lee | 215,452 |
| 9 | Polk | 160,471 |
| 10 | Sarasota | 131,681 |
| 11 | Collier | 128,332 |
| 12 | Pasco | 127,580 |
| 13 | Seminole | 127,353 |
| 14 | Brevard | 126,255 |
| 15 | Volusia | 122,156 |
South Florida carries the load
The story at the top is a South Florida story. Miami-Dade (1,677,867) and Broward (951,444) are one and two, and Palm Beach makes three. Stack those three tri-county neighbors together and you get a block of registrations no other region of the state comes close to matching. We break the region down in the South Florida tri-county business report.
It isn't only about population
Bigger counties have more businesses, sure. But the ratio shifts in interesting ways. Pinellas, the St. Petersburg side of Tampa Bay, packs 397,222 entities into a smaller, denser county and ranks well above several larger-population counties. Duval (Jacksonville), despite a large population, sits lower on the per-resident measure. The gap between raw count and per-capita density is its own story, and we tell it in Florida business density per capita.
Want to go straight to a county? Every Florida county has a live data page: try Orange (Orlando), Hillsborough (Tampa), or Lee (Fort Myers).
Frequently asked questions
Which Florida county has the most businesses?
Miami-Dade, with about 1,677,867 active business entities as of June 8, 2026. That's more than any other county by a wide margin.
How concentrated is Florida business activity?
Very. The six busiest counties hold about 58% of all 7,772,258 active entities in the state.
Where does Tampa Bay rank?
Hillsborough (Tampa) and Pinellas (St. Petersburg) both sit in the top six, making Tampa Bay the largest business cluster outside South Florida.
Does this count every type of business?
Yes. It counts all active entity types in the registry (LLCs, corporations, nonprofits, and partnerships), not just one category.
Related reading
- How many businesses are in Florida? The full breakdown
- Florida business density per capita
- Where Florida businesses relocate, county to county
- South Florida tri-county business data
Sources
- Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (sunbiz)
- sneyk index of Florida Division of Corporations data, figures verified June 8, 2026.
Image credits
- Header image: Photo: jikatu via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0.
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward County skyline: Photo: Dtobias via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Downtown Orlando skyline over Lake Eola: Photo: JER3L1337 via Wikimedia. CC BY 4.0.
- St. Petersburg, Pinellas County waterfront: Photo: Rishabh Tatiraju via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0.