How Do You Search Florida Businesses by Industry?
The official Florida Sunbiz website (sunbiz.org) does not support searching businesses by industry type. However, Sunbiz Daily uses AI-powered classification to automatically categorize every new Florida business by industry, enabling searches like "restaurants in Miami" or "construction companies in Orlando" that are impossible on Sunbiz.org.
Why Can't You Search by Industry on Sunbiz.org?
The Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) maintains the official registry of all business entities in the state. However, Sunbiz.org only allows searches by exact business name, document number, or officer/registered agent name. There is no industry code, category, or SIC/NAICS classification in the Sunbiz filing data.
This means if you want to find all new restaurants, law firms, or construction companies registered in Florida, the official Sunbiz website cannot help you. Enterprise tools like ZoomInfo and Dun & Bradstreet offer industry filtering but charge hundreds of dollars per month.
How Sunbiz Daily Adds Industry Classification
Sunbiz Daily processes the same public data from the Florida Division of Corporations FTP server every business day. After parsing each new filing, an AI model analyzes the business name to determine the most likely industry classification. For example, "Joe's Pizza & Wings LLC" gets classified as "Restaurant" and "Sunshine Plumbing Services Inc" gets classified as "Plumber."
This AI classification enables industry-based searching and filtering that the official Sunbiz.org website does not support. Classifications include categories like Restaurant, Construction, Real Estate, Legal Services, Healthcare, Technology, and dozens more.
How to Search by Industry on Sunbiz Daily
- Use natural language search: Visit the search page and type a query like "restaurants in Miami," "plumbers near 33101," or "new construction companies in Tampa." The AI parser extracts your industry and location filters automatically.
- Use the filings table: Go to the filings table and use the Industry filter in the sidebar to select a specific industry category, optionally combined with city and filing type filters.
- Browse statistics: Visit the statistics page to see the most common industries among new Florida business registrations and click through to view filings in each category.