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File 007 · Small Business

Florida SMB AI

How Florida’s 3.3 million small businesses are adopting AI — reports, cases, workshops, grants, tools, and the counselors who deliver them.

Main Street, already using it.

119 records · 10 fields · 2023–2026

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Maker

No.RecordMakerYearFieldSICNAICS
1AI and the Future of Florida's Economy (Build American AI state report) 67%8732541720
2Florida Small Businesses Embrace AI to Drive Massive Growth, New Report Finds 67%8732541720
3Report: AI projected to add $100B to Florida GDP in a decade 67%8732541720
4Las pequeñas empresas de Florida adoptan la IA (Spanish coverage of BAAI report) 67%8732541720
5Build American AI X thread on Florida’s 3.3 million small businesses 67%8732541720
6Empowering Small Business: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Small Business (2025) 67%8732541720
7The Majority of Small Businesses Embrace Artificial Intelligence 67%8732541720
8Main Street AI Monitor: Half of small-business workers use AI 67%8732541720
9Report: Small Business AI Adoption Grows (size-gap analysis) 67%8732541720
10Understanding the use of AI among small businesses (Chase Institute) 67%8732541720
11Small Businesses that Adopted AI Are Hiring Faster (Gusto) 67%8732541720
1277% of small businesses now use AI regularly (Intuit QuickBooks 2026 AI Impact Report) 67%8732541720
13State of Small Business AI Confidence 2026 (Bluehost) 67%8732541720
14AI Is Powering Small Business Growth in 2026 (U.S. Chamber CO—) 67%2741513130
15House Small Business Committee testimony: AI on Main Street (Jordan Crenshaw) 67%8111541110
16Fragmented AI and privacy rules may slow small-business AI adoption, Chamber warns 67%8111541110
17‘Me and my ChatGPT, we love each other’: South Florida small businesses embrace AI 67%8742541611
18How 3 small Gainesville businesses are using — or rejecting — AI 67%8742541611
19How JAX Bridges is using AI to help entrepreneurs 67%8611813910
20Why AI preparation is critical to Florida’s small businesses | Opinion (Julio Fuentes) 67%8111541110
21Build American AI forum in Tampa: competitive boost and a trust problem 67%8742541611
22Southwest Florida businesses expand use of AI tools 67%8742541611
23Here’s how artificial intelligence is being used at Tampa Bay restaurants 67%8742541611
24Students deliver AI solutions for Miami small businesses 67%2741513130
25FIU helps power OpenAI Academy’s Small Business AI Jam in Miami 67%8742541611
26Florida SBDC at FIU helps small business owners harness the potential of AI (GrowBiz) 67%8249611430
27How AI Search Is Changing Which Businesses Get Found — Florida companies 67%2741513130
28AI Marketing for Florida: Leveling the Local Business Field 67%8742541611
29How Florida Businesses Are Adopting AI in 2026 67%8742541611
30The Complete Guide: Using AI in Florida Business Management 67%2741513130
31AI for Florida Small Businesses: Practical Guide to Adoption 67%8742541611
32Florida Small Businesses Are Using AI... (2026 field guide) 67%8742541611
33AI for Florida Small Business — 2026 Use Cases & Risks 67%8742541611
34AI for Florida Small Businesses 2026 — What Actually Works 67%8742541611
35Best 2026 AI Tools for Florida Business Content Marketing 67%2741513130
36How Florida Brands Can Show Up in ChatGPT & AI Search 67%2741513130
37Enterprise AI for South Florida: 90-Day Adoption Roadmap 67%8742541611
38AI Integration for Small Businesses: A Tampa Guide [2026] 67%2741513130
39AI-driven Automation Success Stories in Florida Retail and Service Businesses 67%8742541611
40Florida SBDC at UNF — AI Institute for Small Business 67%8249611430
41AI, But Practical: A New Program Built for Business Owners (UNF AI Institute launch) 67%8249611430
42AI Student Teams Program (Capstone Projects) — Florida SBDC at FIU 67%8249611430
43AI Advantage: Competitive Ways to Use AI Tools (Tampa SBDC workshop) 67%8249611430
44Veterans Florida Entrepreneur Program — Artificial Intelligence workshop (UWF) 67%8249611430
45SBDC AI Series: Transform Your Small Business (Charlotte County / FGCU) 67%8249611430
46AI for Small Business Workshop — Clay County (Florida SBDC at UNF) 67%8249611430
47Florida SBDC at UWF Presents Google AI University (Pensacola) 67%8249611430
48AI 101 for Small Business Owners (Florida SBDC at UCF / Orange County) 67%8249611430
49AI biz training in Charlotte County (Boca Beacon) 67%8249611430
50Why AI Training is the New Competitive Standard for Small Business (America’s SBDC) 67%2741513130
51Florida SBDC at UCF Facebook note on 23%→58% adoption 67%8732541720
52CareerSource Broward AI Playbook for SMBs 67%2741513130
53CareerSource Florida Training Grants (IWT and QRT) 67%7389541618
54Incumbent Worker Training Program Guidelines FY 2026–2027 67%7389541618
55Florida IWT grant explainer (Palavir) 67%7389541618
56CareerSource Florida IWT social announcement 67%7389541618
57Shaping Florida’s Future Through Artificial Intelligence (Florida Chamber) 67%8111541110
58Coral Springs Chamber Launches AI Institute for Local Businesses 67%8249611430
59Small Business B(AI)sics (U.S. Chamber Foundation) 67%8249611430
60SCORE Florida statewide chapter directory 67%8611813910
61AI for Small Business: Find Opportunities and Take Action (SCORE NSBW webinar) 67%8249611430
62Work Smarter, Not Harder: AI Tools Every Small Business Owner Needs Now (SCORE Broward) 67%8249611430
63How to Use AI to Increase Your Business Visibility (SCORE Miami-Dade) 67%8249611430
64AI for Small Business: Explore Tools and Build Systems (SCORE Academy course) 67%8249611430
65North Florida SCORE local workshops (AI listings) 67%8249611430
66Palm Beach County SCORE local workshops (ChatGPT + AI tracks) 67%8249611430
67Space Coast SCORE workshops — AI Readiness 2026 67%8249611430
68South Florida AI Institute (implementation practice) 50%8611813910
69Flaming AI — Florida’s AI Consultancy 50%8611813910
70EarlyBird AI | Tampa Bay AI solutions 50%8611813910
71TightSlice AI Automation Consulting in Tampa 67%8611813910
72Small Business AI Consulting Florida | Thornhall Consulting 67%8611813910
73Melissa Barton Case Studies | Palm Beach County AI strategy 67%8742541611
741mpact Technology Consulting launches Florida SMB digital transformation 67%2741513130
75AI Chatbot for Restaurant Orders and Reservations (Naples AI) 67%8742541611
76Florida AI Law Tracker: 2026 67%2741513130
77What 1,000 small business owners taught us about AI (Anthropic Claude SMB Tour) 67%2741513130
78Checking In on AI: What South Florida's Hospitality Industry Needs to Know Now 67%7812512110
79ChatGPT Is Powering a New Wave of Small Business Growth (Tampa Bay Morning Blend) 67%7812512110
80Businesses using AI chat convert 53% more customers (Lakeland / Central Florida) 67%7812512110
81How to Use AI to Grow Your Online Presence — LIVE coaching (Melbourne painting firm) 67%7812512110
82Going to FSTEC? Get ready for a lot of AI (Orlando restaurant tech show) 67%8742541611
83The future for restaurants is bright (and tech-driven), TD Bank survey — Florida context 67%8742541611
84Florida Restaurant Industry Statistics | 2026 sourced report 67%8732541720
85AI in restaurants | Deloitte Insights 67%8732541720
86Daily New Business Registrations in Florida (Sunbiz Daily) 67%8732541720
87SelectFlorida Incumbent Worker Training one-pager 67%7389541618
88Incumbent Worker Training page — CareerSource North Central Florida 67%7389541618
89Granted AI listing: Florida IWT 2026 67%7389541618
90U.S. Census / Ramp AI adoption by state context (fDi Intelligence) 67%8732541720
91AI pilot program says it can save Manatee County up to $110 million 67%8742541611
92Build American AI organization home 50%8611813910
93Florida SBDC Network home (statewide counseling) 50%8611813910
94OpenAI × Lowe’s Mylow companion (national retail AI; Florida store relevance) 67%8742541611
95ChatGPT for Small Business SEO (SpyFu) 67%7812512110
96Idea Center at Miami Dade College (AI Jam local convener) 67%8611813910
97Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 50%8611813910
98Florida SBDC at FGCU 67%8611813910
99Florida SBDC at UCF 50%8611813910
100Florida SBDC at UWF 67%8611813910
101Florida SBDC at FIU home 67%8611813910
102FGCU Dendritic AI literacy initiative (mentioned in Gulfshore Business) 50%8611813910
103Office of Economic Vitality — Tallahassee-Leon County 50%8611813910
104JAX Bridges / JAX Chamber innovation program 50%8611813910
105TropiRollz (Miami AI Jam featured small-business hero) 50%8742541611
106Dinner Done (Tampa prepared-meal AI case) 50%8742541611
107La Maracucha Restaurant & Creperie (Gainesville AI-internal, human-facing) 67%8742541611
108Northwest Seafood (Gainesville AI-skeptic case) 67%8742541611
109ServiceNow regional innovation hub and AI Institute, West Palm Beach (cited in BAAI report) 50%8611813910
110WalletHub 2026 best state to start a business (Florida #1 context) 67%8732541720
111Intuit QuickBooks 2026 AI Impact Report (primary study cited by Stacker) 67%8732541720
112SBA National Small Business Week Learning Lab hub 67%8249611430
113Grow with Google AI Professional Certificate (SBDC-offered) 67%8249611430
114OpenAI Academy 50%8249611430
115Wheelhouse AI vacation-rental pricing (Florida use case referenced) 50%7372513210
116PriceLabs dynamic pricing 50%7372513210
117Toast restaurant platform AI scheduling / ops 50%7372513210
1187shifts AI scheduling 50%7372513210
119Buildium / AppFolio / Propertyware AI features (property management stack) 50%7372513210

File Notes

How this file was kept

Methodology
A working content catalog, not one-opening-per-category. Landing-page twins of the same URL were collapsed; distinct case studies that share an article were kept. National studies stay when Florida coverage applies them to the state’s 3.3 million firms. Rank follows the source file, with the Build American AI state report first.
Sourcing
Mapped from the Florida Small Business AI Adoption content dataset (export 2026-09-11). URLs as provided; vendor pages are claims. 58% Florida SMB AI use is the U.S. Chamber 2025 national rate applied to Florida by Build American AI.
Provenance
File 007. Source fixture: 129 items; published file drops URL twins.