Economic Opportunity Dashboard

The Economic Opportunity Dept. connects Tampa's small businesses and entrepreneurs with resources, capital, and opportunity through key partners.

The Economic Opportunity Department leverages a network of local, regional and statewide partners to expand access to resources, capital and opportunity for Tampa’s small businesses and entrepreneurs. Rather than delivering services in isolation, the City coordinates a connected ecosystem that supports business at every state – from startup to expansion. This approach strengthens service delivery, minimizes overlap, and improves how businesses navigate available resources.

Partner organizations support business formation, job creation, and long-term economic growth across Tampa, reinforcing a collaborative model that scales impact and adapts to evolving community and market needs.

Small Business Navigator

These charts reflect the number of businesses served through the City’s Small Business Navigator. The Small Business Navigator serves as a centralized entry point for entrepreneurs, providing one-on-one guidance to help owners understand available resources, navigate City processes and identify next steps. The data highlights the program’s reach across diverse business owners and its role in improving access to support.

Small Business Navigator Clients

Small Business Navigator Type of Service

Small Business Navigator Referral Partners

Partner Agency Charts

The dashboard below highlights key performance metrics from our partner organizations and provides a snapshot of the collective impact of Tampa's business and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through collaboration with local, regional, and community-based partners, these efforts support business creation, growth and expansion, tourism, and investment opportunities. Together, these organizations help strengthen the local economy and expand opportunities for businesses and residents throughout the region.

New Businesses Started/Expanded

This chart reflects the number of new businesses started or existing businesses expanded through services delivered across the City’s economic development partner network. These outcomes represent the combined impact of technical assistance, training and business support programs, highlighting continued growth in Tampa’s small business and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Jobs Created/Retained

This chart reflects total jobs created and retained through partner-supported activities, including business growth and expansion and targeted industry initiatives. These figures demonstrate the broader economic impact of the City’s coordinated approach to economic development, supporting both new job creation and the retention of existing employment opportunities.

Film employment figures reflect temporary, project-based positions associated with individual productions and are not equivalent to permanent full-time jobs

*Metrics for FY23 Q3 and Q4 are lower due to the Actors’ Strike, which significantly limited production opportunities in the region.

These charts reflect the delivery of workshops, training programs and technical assistance provided by the Hillsborough County Entrepreneur Collaborative Center. Metrics include the number of workshops conducted, specialized training sessions and total attendees served. These services support entrepreneurs in developing business plans, building core skills and advancing their businesses through targeted workshops and training programs.

These charts reflect business recruitment, retention, and expansion activity led by the Tampa Bay Economic Development Corporation in partnership with the City of Tampa. Metrics include successful projects, capital investment, jobs created or retained, and private funding secured.

These efforts focus on attracting new businesses, supporting the growth of existing companies, and generating high-quality jobs, while marketing the region to targeted industries and advancing Tampa’s overall economic competitiveness.

These charts reflect key performance metrics associated with Film Tampa Bay’s marketing, promotion and production support efforts. Measures such as permits issued, room nights generated, production expenditures, and local hires (including temporary jobs) provide a comprehensive view of film and digital media activity within the region. Together, these indicators demonstrate the role of film production in driving economic activity, supporting local businesses and creating employment opportunities tied to both short-term productions and broader industry engagement.

NOTE: Metrics for FY23-Q3 and FY23-Q4 are lower due to the Actors’ Strike, which significantly limited production opportunities in the region.

These charts reflect consulting, training and capital access services delivered by Prospera to support small business, with services provided in both English and Spanish. Metrics include consulting sessions, clients served, businesses started, jobs created or retained, and loan secured. These services provide targeted, one-on-one support, specialized programming to help business owners strengthen operations, access capital and navigate growth, contributing to measurable business and economic outcomes.

These charts reflect Tampa Bay Wave’s support for early-stage, innovation-based companies through accelerator programs, technical assistance and ecosystem-building activities. Metrics include start-up applications, companies supported through cohorts, capital raised and jobs created. These activities focus on advancing high-growth startups by connecting founders to mentorship, investors and strategic partners, while strengthening the region’s broader innovation ecosystem.