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Check name availability against the Florida Secretary of State database

676,282
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
210,408
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+7.0%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
2,684
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
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Florida business formation by the numbers

State-level data from official sources on business formation activity in Florida.

#1
Florida ranks 1st in U.S. business formations
Ranking is based on total business applications filed in the trailing twelve months across all 50 states and D.C.
Census BFS via FRED, TTM rank
+72.5%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSAFL
+49.5%
Quarter-over-quarter change
Current quarter applications compared to the prior quarter. A useful read on whether momentum is building or fading.
FRED, latest 3 months vs prior 3
$100
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: Processed in the order received.
Florida Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
35,347
Federal trademark applications from Florida businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Florida address, the second-highest total of any state. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Florida Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
+39%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Florida filings went from 25,353 in 2015 to 35,347 in 2023, up 39%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Florida

Applicants with a Florida address filed 35,347 federal trademark applications in 2023, second only to California. Filings rose from 25,353 in 2015, a change of +39%.

The national pattern runs the same way. Texas (up 36%), North Carolina (up 28%) and Georgia (up 20%) posted comparable gains, while California (down 4%), New York (down 10%) and Illinois (down 7%) all lost volume over the same period.

The most common category for Florida filings since 2019 is Class 035, covering advertising, business management and office services.

A trademark and a Florida registration are different things

Registering an entity with the Florida Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Florida. A federal trademark is granted by the USPTO, applies nationally, and covers only the goods or services it is registered under.

The two records are separate, which is why a name can clear a Florida entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Florida entity has registered.

Trademark figures on this page come from the USPTO Trademark Case Files dataset, which covers applications through March 2024. Counts are applications filed by applicants with a Florida mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.