June 1, 2026 — Southeast Florida (Gold Coast, Treasure Coast & Keys) new business activity

Southeast Florida recorded 605 new business filings in the week of June 1 to June 7, the lowest count in the 13-week window, though the most recent week is still filling in and will rise as late filings post.

The region logged 605 new business filings for the week of June 1 to June 7, the lowest weekly count in the 13-week window that runs back to early March. That is 81.5% below the prior week's 3,274 and 87.6% below the 4,887 filed in the same week last year. One caution comes first: new filings post with a lag, so the latest week is undercounted the day this brief is written and will climb as late and amended records catch up. Part of this drop reflects reporting timing, not only a real pullback.

The longer read also points down. The trailing 13-week total stands at 59,722, below the prior comparable window of 65,284, a falling trend. This stretch has been choppy. The week of May 4 came in at 836, and the week of May 25 at 3,274, so the series has swung hard from week to week. The fuller older weeks, near or above 5,000, are the steadier guide to where the region sits.

Property Holding and Asset-Protection led the thin field at 111 filings, or 18.3% of the week. Professional Services followed at 74 (12.2%), then Hospitality and Tourism at 39 and Administrative and Support Services at 38. The short-term rental slice inside the property-holding group dropped to 6 filings, down from 38 the week before. Across the sector map the weakness was broad, with the industry concentration score at 1,013.6, flagged as broad-based.

Miami-Dade carried 261 of the 605 filings, down 84.5% from 1,689 the prior week. Broward came in at 168 and Palm Beach at 122, each off close to 80%. The county concentration score of 3,060.2 is flagged as highly concentrated, so Miami-Dade's swing moves the regional total more than its raw count alone suggests. The smaller Treasure Coast and Keys counties fell less on a percentage basis: Martin was down 51.7% and Monroe down 58.3%, both far shallower than the core. Foreign LLC registrations held up best, down only 20.0% against an 82.3% drop in domestic LLCs.

The bold line is the 13-week average; read it for the longer direction. The thin line is each week's count, which swings week to week.

• Miami-Dade County's mayor said on June 5, 2026 that the county will move to acquire a Fisher Island fuel depot serving PortMiami's cargo and cruise operations through eminent domain, after talks with the owner ended without a deal. The mayor called the proposed $400 million price too high, even though port fees rather than general taxes would have covered it. WLRN, 2026-06-05 A reliable fuel supply for PortMiami underpins jobs tied to cargo and cruise traffic, so a drawn-out acquisition fight is worth watching for businesses across the trade and tourism chain.
• Sunbeam Properties and Stiles broke ground May 27, 2026 on Miramar Cove, a 125-acre mixed-use waterfront project in Miramar. The full build-out is planned to include 2,874 homes, 400,000 square feet of retail anchored by a 35,000-square-foot grocery store, 125,000 square feet of Class A office space, and a 185-room hotel around a 5.5-acre water basin, at a cost that could reach $1 billion, with a grand opening targeted for the fourth quarter of 2028. ConnectCRE, 2026-06-01 A project this size will draw contractors, suppliers, and later retail and hospitality operators into south Broward over the next several years.
• Construction topped out on PORT 32 Palm Beach Gardens, a ground-up marina rebuild on PGA Boulevard, on June 4, 2026, with all three buildings on the site complete. The marina is expected to open in December 2026. Florida YIMBY, 2026-06-04 A new marina opening late this year adds marine-services and waterfront business demand in northern Palm Beach County.
• Florida's Infill Redevelopment Act, SB 1434, signed into law May 21, 2026, overrides local zoning hurdles and requires administrative approval with no public hearings for housing on environmentally impacted parcels of at least 5 acres in counties above 1.475 million people, which in practice means Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. Qualifying projects can build up to the lower of 25 units per acre or the average density of neighboring residential zones. Bilzin Sumberg, 2026-05-21 Faster approvals on hard-to-develop sites could open new work for developers, builders, and the real-estate firms that already make up a large share of this region's new filings.
• The Florida Housing Finance Corporation released 2026 income and rent limits showing increases above 9% in several South Florida areas for projects qualifying under the Live Local Act. A separate Live Local update, HB 1389, passed in March 2026 and taking effect July 1, 2026, brings school-district and religious-institution land under the zoning mandates and raises the bar for local governments to opt out of the related property tax break. Bilzin Sumberg, 2026-05-05 Wider Live Local rules and higher rent limits give housing developers more sites and stronger math, which can feed back into construction and real-estate formation here.
• Blackstone and its subsidiary Link Logistics sold a nine-building Broward County warehouse portfolio totaling 419,300 square feet for $99.6 million to affiliates of Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial. Hawkins Commercial Realty, 2026-06-03 A large industrial sale signals continued investor demand for Broward warehouse space, which supports logistics and distribution tenants in the area.

Treat 605 as an incomplete number. Recent weeks fill in as late filings post, so the true count for this week will rise, and the steadier picture lives in the fuller weeks closer to 5,000. The 13-week trend is genuinely down, not just soft for one week, so anyone selling to new businesses should plan for a thinner near-term pipeline of fresh formations. What did form leaned toward property holding, professional services, and advisory, tax, and realty names, which points your best near-term prospects toward wealth, tax, and real-estate work rather than a broad cross-section.

Counts come from Florida business formation records for the eight counties in Southeast Florida, covering the week of June 1 to June 7, 2026, compared with the prior week and the same week last year. The most recent week is provisional because filings post with a lag, so that figure will rise as late and amended records arrive. Industry and category figures use a friendly grouping of standard industry codes; shares are of the regional week total. Per-capita rates are not computed because population data is not part of the source.

Frequently asked questions

Why is this week's count so low?

Two reasons sit together. New filings post with a lag, so the latest week is undercounted when this brief is written and will rise as late records catch up. The longer 13-week trend is also genuinely falling, from 65,284 in the prior window to 59,722, so part of the drop is real and part is reporting timing.

Which county saw the biggest decline?

Miami-Dade fell the most in raw terms, down 1,428 filings to 261, an 84.5% drop from the prior week. Because the region is highly concentrated in Miami-Dade, its swing pulls the regional total down sharply.

Which parts of the region held up best?

The smaller Treasure Coast and Keys counties fell less on a percentage basis. Martin was down 51.7% and Monroe down 58.3%, both well short of the core counties' near-80% declines, though these are thin counts.