Where Florida Businesses Relocate, County to County
When a Florida business moves, it usually doesn't move far. The most common corporate relocations in the state are short hops between neighboring counties in the same metro, and nowhere more so than South Florida, where Miami-Dade and Broward trade businesses back and forth in nearly equal numbers. We mapped every registered-address change that crosses a county line. That's the public registry's best proxy for a move, not a confirmed operational relocation, but at this scale the pattern is clear.
The single busiest corporate relocation lane in Florida runs between Miami-Dade and Broward: about 1,592 moves one way and 1,572 the other, a near-perfect wash.
The busiest business relocation lanes
South Florida churns, but it nets out
The Miami-Dade–Broward corridor dominates, and what stands out is the symmetry. 1,592 businesses moved from Miami-Dade to Broward; 1,572 went the other way. That's not an exodus in either direction. It's churn. Companies chase a cheaper lease, a founder's new home, or a better-fitting address, and the tri-county labor market is tight enough that crossing the county line barely changes their world. Broward and Palm Beach show the same two-way pattern. We dig into the region in the South Florida tri-county report.
Tampa Bay and Orlando have their own orbits
The pattern repeats in every metro. In Tampa Bay, businesses shuffle between Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco. In the Orlando area, the busy lane is Seminole into Orange, with Orange feeding fast-growing Osceola. These are commuter-shed moves: a company relocating within the metro it already calls home, not a long-distance jump across the state.
| From | To | Moves |
|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade | Broward | 1,592 |
| Broward | Miami-Dade | 1,572 |
| Broward | Palm Beach | 746 |
| Palm Beach | Broward | 581 |
| Seminole | Orange | 408 |
| Miami-Dade | Palm Beach | 321 |
| Palm Beach | Miami-Dade | 309 |
| Hillsborough | Pinellas | 290 |
| Orange | Osceola | 288 |
| Hillsborough | Pasco | 279 |
How to read these numbers
Each move here is a business updating its registered address from one county to another, the closest thing the public record has to a relocation signal. They're directional counts, so a high two-way total (like Miami-Dade and Broward) means lots of movement, not net loss or gain. For where businesses are concentrated in the first place, see the county rankings and business density per capita.
Frequently asked questions
Where do Florida businesses relocate most?
Between Miami-Dade and Broward, the busiest corporate relocation lane in the state, with movement running both ways in roughly equal volume.
Are businesses leaving Miami-Dade?
Not on net. About 1,592 moved to Broward and 1,572 came back the other way. That's churn within the metro, not an exodus.
Do Florida businesses move between metros?
Rarely. The dominant pattern is short, within-metro hops between neighboring counties, not long-distance moves across the state.
What counts as a relocation here?
A business changing its registered address from one Florida county to another, recorded in the state corporate registry.
Related reading
- The Florida counties with the most businesses
- South Florida tri-county business data
- Florida business density per capita
- How many businesses are in Florida?
Sources
- Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (sunbiz)
- sneyk index of Florida Division of Corporations registered-address-change events, verified June 8, 2026.
Image credits
- Header image: Photo: ChristianReese via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0.
- West Palm Beach skyline: Photo: jared422_80 via Flickr. CC BY 2.0.
- The downtown Tampa skyline: Photo: Eric Statzer via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Downtown Fort Myers: Photo: Boston Public Library via Flickr. CC BY 2.0.