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  "profile": "tabular-data-package",
  "name": "south-florida-new-business-filings",
  "title": "South Florida New Business Filings",
  "description": "Every business entity newly registered with the Florida Division of Corporations across nine South Florida cities. Compiled weekly from the state's daily corporate data files and published free at suncoastdigital.us. The South Florida Business Wire is an independent publication of Sun Coast Digital Media LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Florida Department of State, the Division of Corporations, or any government agency.",
  "homepage": "https://www.suncoastdigital.us",
  "version": "2026.39.0",
  "created": "2026-08-02",
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    "south florida",
    "miami",
    "fort lauderdale",
    "business registration",
    "llc",
    "sunbiz",
    "public records",
    "open data",
    "florida",
    "economic development"
  ],
  "licenses": [
    {
      "name": "CC0-1.0",
      "path": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
      "title": "CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, daily corporate data files",
      "path": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/other-services/data-downloads/"
    }
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "title": "Sun Coast Digital Media LLC",
      "path": "https://suncoastdigitalmedia.com",
      "role": "publisher"
    }
  ],
  "temporal": {
    "start": "2026-07-27",
    "end": "2026-09-25"
  },
  "spatial": "Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Florida, USA",
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            "description": "State-assigned document number. Unique; primary key on Sunbiz."
          },
          {
            "name": "business_name",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Registered entity name, title-cased from the uppercase source."
          },
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            "name": "entity_type",
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            "description": "Derived from filing_type.",
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                "Corp",
                "Nonprofit",
                "LP"
              ]
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          },
          {
            "name": "filing_type",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Raw state filing-type code. FOR* prefix means foreign (formed outside Florida)."
          },
          {
            "name": "status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entity status on the filing record."
          },
          {
            "name": "city",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Principal-address city; one of the nine covered."
          },
          {
            "name": "county",
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          },
          {
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "5-digit ZIP. String, not numeric."
          },
          {
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "Industry inferred by keyword match on the business name. 57% are 'Other', treat as unknown, not as a category."
          },
          {
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            "type": "date",
            "format": "%Y-%m-%d",
            "description": "Date of the state daily file this record appeared in. USE THIS as the filing date."
          },
          {
            "name": "record_date",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filer-supplied date carried in the record. NOT reliable, ranges 1982 to Oct 2026. Do not sort on it."
          },
          {
            "name": "website",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Present only where an owner has claimed the listing. Empty in this release."
          },
          {
            "name": "verified",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the owner has claimed the listing."
          },
          {
            "name": "listing_url",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Permanent page for this filing on the Business Wire."
          }
        ]
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    },
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          },
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            "name": "business_name",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Registered entity name, title-cased from the uppercase source."
          },
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            "name": "entity_type",
            "type": "string",
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                "Corp",
                "Nonprofit",
                "LP"
              ]
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          },
          {
            "name": "filing_type",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Raw state filing-type code. FOR* prefix means foreign (formed outside Florida)."
          },
          {
            "name": "status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entity status on the filing record."
          },
          {
            "name": "city",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Principal-address city; one of the nine covered."
          },
          {
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            "type": "string",
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                "Broward",
                "Palm Beach"
              ]
            }
          },
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "5-digit ZIP. String, not numeric."
          },
          {
            "name": "category",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Industry inferred by keyword match on the business name. 57% are 'Other', treat as unknown, not as a category."
          },
          {
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            "format": "%Y-%m-%d",
            "description": "Date of the state daily file this record appeared in. USE THIS as the filing date."
          },
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            "name": "record_date",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filer-supplied date carried in the record. NOT reliable, ranges 1982 to Oct 2026. Do not sort on it."
          },
          {
            "name": "website",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Present only where an owner has claimed the listing. Empty in this release."
          },
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            "name": "verified",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the owner has claimed the listing."
          },
          {
            "name": "listing_url",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Permanent page for this filing on the Business Wire."
          }
        ]
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    },
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          },
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            "name": "business_name",
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            "description": "Registered entity name, title-cased from the uppercase source."
          },
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            "description": "Derived from filing_type.",
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                "Nonprofit",
                "LP"
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          },
          {
            "name": "filing_type",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Raw state filing-type code. FOR* prefix means foreign (formed outside Florida)."
          },
          {
            "name": "status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entity status on the filing record."
          },
          {
            "name": "city",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Principal-address city; one of the nine covered."
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "5-digit ZIP. String, not numeric."
          },
          {
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "Industry inferred by keyword match on the business name. 57% are 'Other', treat as unknown, not as a category."
          },
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            "type": "date",
            "format": "%Y-%m-%d",
            "description": "Date of the state daily file this record appeared in. USE THIS as the filing date."
          },
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            "name": "record_date",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filer-supplied date carried in the record. NOT reliable, ranges 1982 to Oct 2026. Do not sort on it."
          },
          {
            "name": "website",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Present only where an owner has claimed the listing. Empty in this release."
          },
          {
            "name": "verified",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the owner has claimed the listing."
          },
          {
            "name": "listing_url",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Permanent page for this filing on the Business Wire."
          }
        ]
      }
    },
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          },
          {
            "name": "business_name",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Registered entity name, title-cased from the uppercase source."
          },
          {
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            "type": "string",
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                "Nonprofit",
                "LP"
              ]
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          },
          {
            "name": "filing_type",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Raw state filing-type code. FOR* prefix means foreign (formed outside Florida)."
          },
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            "name": "status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entity status on the filing record."
          },
          {
            "name": "city",
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            "description": "Principal-address city; one of the nine covered."
          },
          {
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                "Broward",
                "Palm Beach"
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          },
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "5-digit ZIP. String, not numeric."
          },
          {
            "name": "category",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Industry inferred by keyword match on the business name. 57% are 'Other', treat as unknown, not as a category."
          },
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            "type": "date",
            "format": "%Y-%m-%d",
            "description": "Date of the state daily file this record appeared in. USE THIS as the filing date."
          },
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            "name": "record_date",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filer-supplied date carried in the record. NOT reliable, ranges 1982 to Oct 2026. Do not sort on it."
          },
          {
            "name": "website",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Present only where an owner has claimed the listing. Empty in this release."
          },
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            "name": "verified",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the owner has claimed the listing."
          },
          {
            "name": "listing_url",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Permanent page for this filing on the Business Wire."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "_licence_note": "The underlying filings are Florida public records. Under Fla. Stat. ch. 119 and Microdecisions v. Skinner the State asserts no copyright in them, and the Wire has none to assert either, so no attribution condition is imposed. CC0 covers whatever thin rights exist in the selection, arrangement and inferred category only. Attribution is appreciated, not required."
}