July 13, 2026: Southeast Florida (Gold Coast, Treasure Coast & Keys) new business activity

Southeast Florida recorded 4,931 new business filings the week of June 22 to 28, the slowest week in three months and down 11% from the week before.

Miami-Dade led the region with 2,439 new businesses, then Broward with 1,291 and Palm Beach with 909. All three came in lower than the week before. Palm Beach was well under its usual pace. St. Lucie went the other way and rose to 126, up 9%, the only county to gain.

Property holding and asset protection companies led the mix at 836 new filings, close to 17% of the week. Professional services followed with 781. Finance and insurance added 396 and healthcare 338. Even in a slow week, professional services is the biggest fresh pool of prospects for accountants, insurers, lawyers, and IT firms.

A few kinds of business grew against the trend. Hospitality and tourism rose to 236, up 10%, and management companies climbed to 131, up 16%. Construction and trades fell the hardest, down to 276 and well below their normal pace. That drop sits against a busy building pipeline across the region. New hospital sites in Broward and Palm Beach and a corporate campus in Miami-Dade point to construction demand that should show up in filings in the weeks ahead.

Very little decline over the past 13 weeks with a dip this past week pulling the average down.

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

• 2025-26
• 2024-25
• 2023-24
• 2022-23
• 2021-22

New business formation usually runs highest around Mar and is quietest around Dec, holding near 24,500 a month across the years.

Each line is one year, ending at the current month on the right, so you can read the past year left to right. New Year's Day is left out because the state office is closed, so almost no businesses register that day.

Hospitality and Tourism grew the most this week, 22 more (up 10.3%). Property Holding and Asset Protection dropped the most, 199 fewer (down 19.2%).

Miami-Dade led the region this week with 2,439 new filings. 1 other county also grew from the week before.

• Holy Cross Health broke ground on the Holy Cross Health Center and Emergency Care in Fort Lauderdale at Sunrise, a $57.3 million campus of nearly 45,000 square feet. It will offer 24 hour emergency care, advanced imaging, and multispecialty physician care. Phase one is set to open in Spring 2027 and is expected to add about 120 health care jobs. A medical build this size is work for construction crews, the electrical and mechanical trades, and medical equipment installers. Once it opens, it needs cleaning, security, laundry, and staffing, plus the accounting, insurance, and IT support the practices inside will use. Holy Cross Health, 2026-06-30
• Jupiter Medical Center broke ground on a neighborhood hospital at The Health Park at Avenir in western Palm Beach County. The plan is a 53,000 square foot hospital with 29 inpatient beds, four operating rooms, and 24 hour emergency care, next to a three story, 47,000 square foot medical office building. Both are expected to open in early 2028. A ground up hospital and medical offices mean a long construction runway for general contractors, concrete and steel, the plumbing and electrical trades, and equipment installers. When it opens it needs staffing, food service, laundry, cleaning, and security, plus the legal, accounting, and insurance the physician practices will need. Jupiter Medical Center, 2026-06-24
• Carnival Corporation broke ground on a new global headquarters campus at 887 Carnival Place in the Waterford Business District of Miami-Dade County. The multi building campus will bring together more than 2,000 Carnival team members in North America. A corporate campus this size is a major job for contractors and the electrical, mechanical, and finishing trades. A workforce of more than 2,000 supports nearby restaurants, catering, cleaning, landscaping, security, and staffing firms, along with the property services a large campus needs. Carnival Corporation, 2026-05-04
• Miami-Dade County opened Quail Roost Station Phase II, a 124 apartment affordable housing community for seniors at 18555 Homestead Avenue in South Miami-Dade. The county put $4.96 million in local surtax money toward the project, built by Atlantic Pacific Communities. New apartment communities feed homebuilders and the trades during the build, then property management, landscaping, cleaning, and maintenance once residents move in. A senior community also draws demand for home care, personal services, and nearby retail and food businesses. Miami-Dade County, 2026-05-28
• Miami-Dade County brought new thickening and dewatering facilities online at its South District Wastewater Treatment Plant. The upgrades are part of a combined investment of more than $300 million at the South and Central District plants, inside the county water and sewer department's $8.9 billion capital improvement program. A capital program at this scale is steady work for heavy construction firms, engineering and design, equipment suppliers, and the pipe and electrical trades. Ongoing plant upgrades also support the maintenance, testing, and hauling businesses that serve them. Miami-Dade County, 2026-05-12
• Fort Pierce Utilities Authority will receive a $2.5 million appropriation in Florida's 2026 to 2027 state budget to keep relocating and modernizing its wastewater system. Treatment is moving from South Hutchinson Island to the new Mainland Water Reclamation and Reuse Facility, where reclaimed water will cool the neighboring Treasure Coast Energy Center. Relocating a treatment plant means design, site work, concrete, and pipe work for contractors, plus pumps and controls from equipment suppliers. Reusing treated water for the power plant points to more utility and industrial work in St. Lucie for the firms that build and service these systems. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority, 2026-07-07
• The City of Fort Pierce set a June 1, 2026 groundbreaking for its Avenue D road project. The work repaves Avenue D from 29th Street to U.S. 1 and adds ADA ramps, sidewalks, better crosswalks, and new signals. It is paid for with a $1.5 million state grant plus local surtax and redevelopment money. A corridor rebuild is direct work for paving and concrete crews, sidewalk and ADA contractors, striping, and signal installers. A refreshed Avenue D also helps the shops and services along it draw more foot traffic and customers. City of Fort Pierce, 2026-05-26
• The City of Oakland Park opened its new Oakland Park Library at City Centennial Park, at 3900 NE 3rd Avenue. The project used a $2 million FloridaCommerce grant and a $500,000 library construction grant. It includes a technology hub and a private room residents can book for virtual medical visits, job interviews, and online learning. The build and fit out gives work to general contractors and the finishing and technology trades. As a public space with private meeting rooms, it also helps local residents who run small services and need a place to meet clients or handle remote work. City of Oakland Park, 2026-07-07

This was a slower week for new businesses across Southeast Florida, but the fresh pool is still large and it points in a clear direction. Professional services, finance, and healthcare keep forming in volume, so anyone selling accounting, insurance, IT, or legal help has thousands of new owners to reach. The building pipeline backs that up. Hospital groundbreakings in Broward and Palm Beach, Carnival's new campus in Miami-Dade, and utility and road work on the Treasure Coast all create demand for construction, the trades, staffing, cleaning, and the professional services these projects and their tenants will need.

These numbers count new business filings recorded with the state of Florida for the week of June 22 to 28, 2026, across the eight counties of Southeast Florida. We wait about two weeks after the week ends for the state to finish recording every filing, so the counts here are complete and final. The primary sources below are county, city, utility, and company records for projects and programs in the region.

Frequently asked questions

How many new businesses formed in Southeast Florida this week?

The region recorded 4,931 new business filings the week of June 22 to 28, 2026. That is down 11% from the week before and down 13% from the same week last year.

Which industries are forming the most new businesses?

Property holding and asset protection led with 836 filings, followed by professional services at 781, finance and insurance at 396, and healthcare at 338.

Which county had the most new businesses?

Miami-Dade led with 2,439 new filings, then Broward with 1,291 and Palm Beach with 909. St. Lucie was the only county to grow from the week before.