Government Contracting in Florida: Guide for Post-Acquisition Business Owners

Florida HUBZone areas include parts of rural North Florida, the Panhandle, and select census tracts in Miami-Dade and Duval counties. Military base-adjacent areas near Pensacola, Jacksonville, and the Space Coast have specific HUBZone census tracts worth checking on the SBA map.

Florida's federal contracting market is defined by military concentration: SOCOM at MacDill AFB (Tampa), Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, Eglin AFB, and Hurlburt Field collectively represent billions in annual contracting. An acquired automotive shop, facilities maintenance firm, or IT services company with existing base relationships in any of these markets has access to recurring installation-support contracts that are geographically protected from national competition. NASA Kennedy Space Center adds aerospace and IT contracting opportunities for firms in the Brevard County market.