Guide
How do you find newly registered Florida businesses?
Read the state’s filing records directly, or use a service that does it for you. The state publishes bulk files you can download and diff yourself; a lead service adds daily collection, contact enrichment and search. The right choice depends on how much cleanup you want to own.
Method 1: the state’s own records
Florida business filings are public. The free bulk files and the state’s search pages show who filed, when and under what name, with no contact data beyond what the filing contains.
Working from them means downloading each file, comparing it with the last one to isolate new entities, and standardizing names and addresses before anyone can use the list.
Method 2: add contacts and context
A filing is a name and an address. To reach the owner you need an email or phone, and to prioritize you need context such as the type of business or the property. That enrichment is the slow, repetitive part, and the one most often outsourced.
Choosing between them
If you need a one-off list, the bulk files are enough. If you need a fresh list every morning with contacts attached and a way to act on it, the maintenance cost of a home-built pipeline is the deciding factor.
A worked example: LLCDrop
LLCDrop takes the second route. It collects new Florida filings daily and delivers them as a CSV and a morning email, and keeps a live search of 4.8 million Florida records for businesses and homeowners.
Each lead can carry a verified contact and a roof and solar score built on Google Solar and NREL data, then be contacted by tracked email or a postcard mailed through Lob. Its own site also publishes a comparison with the free bulk files.
More on the example: LLCDrop.