HQ & Financial Professional Services
Sarasota County attracts some of the nation’s best in the Financial/Professional Services sector. Nearly 7,500 companies represent this sector in Sarasota County, employing over 25,000 in Sarasota County and over 53,000 in the Suncoast region and we’re still growing.
Sarasota County is Great for Business
- Business Climate – Sarasota County helps businesses increase their bottom line. Few communities compete with our leading business climate which includes no state income tax on businesses other than C Corporations and no personal income tax.
- Infrastructure – Sarasota County offers world-class business amenities and infrastructure, including a sophisticated telecom network, five commercial service airports within a 1.5 hour drive, a deepwater seaport, and a wide array of available Class A office space.
- Workforce – Florida is the strategic and economic center of the Americas, thanks in part to its location and nexus to international business. Florida’s multi-cultural, multi-lingual workforce can help you provide even better customer service to your clients worldwide.
- Quality of Life – Sarasota County is frankly, a beautiful place to live. There’s a reason people call it paradise.
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FCCI was founded in Sarasota, Florida in 1959. It was started as a self-insurance fund by a group of local business owners who wanted to save money on the cost of workers’ compensation insurance. now has over 500 employees at it’s Sarasota headquarters. The company serves over 20 states and has $2.5 Billion in assets. Watch their video to learn more about this successful Sarasota County-base corporate headquarters.
Sarasota County-Based Companies
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The EDC of Sarasota County diversifies our local economy and helps create jobs for Floridians. Investing in the EDC empowers us to grow our economy and attract more business to our region.
Financial Services
The wealth concentrated in Sarasota County has made the financial services sector a strong part of the economy. The sector has rebounded strongly since the recession and today employs more than 9,000 people in financial services.
- Global Financial Private Capital is one of the largest investment funds in the Tampa Bay region with $5.7 billion in assets under management and over 160 employees.
- Community banks – Sabal Palm Bank, Englewood Bank & Trust.
- Regional bank – Bank of Tampa
- National banks – PNC Bank, BB&T, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, SunTrust
- National banks – PNC Bank, BB&T, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, SunTrust
Professional Services
Companies providing professional and financial services employ 25,000+ people in Sarasota County. Here are just a few of the businesses that have relocated or grown here.
- Nationally-ranked law firms (U.S. News & World Report) – Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, Adams and Reese, Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen.
- Award-winning marketing firms – On Ideas, atLarge, Clickbooth, Dealers United, AdRizer and FloorForce.
- FCCI Insurance is a property and casualty insurance company with $2.4 billion in assets.
- S-One Holdings is the parent company to eight brands and companies that offer everything from a crafters social network to inkjet printing.
- Sylint Group secures cyber networks and conducts data forensics for Fortune 500 companies.
- CSi Networks designs, installs and maintains computer networks.
