$7.3 billion. That is what Israeli-founded technology companies contribute to Florida’s economy annually, according to the Florida–Israel Economic Impact Report published by the United States–Israel Business Alliance in 2025. It is a figure that has not received the attention it deserves — until now.
5WPR today published the Israeli Tech in Florida report, the first comprehensive editorial analysis of this data. The report draws on USIBA, FIBA, Startup Nation Central, and Israel Innovation Authority research to document what 429 Israeli-founded companies are actually contributing to the Sunshine State — and why the trajectory is accelerating.
The Numbers That Define the Story
429 companies. 8,190 direct jobs. 26,510 total jobs when supply chain and household spending effects are included. $7.3 billion in gross economic output, representing 0.46% of Florida’s total Gross State Product. InMiami-Dade alone: $6 billion in output, 2.78% of county GDP, wages 18% above the county average at Israeli-founded firms. In Orange County: wages 51% above the county average.
These are not startup metrics. They are the economic signature of a mature, established community of technology companies that has been building in Florida for a decade and is now at scale.
Why This Story Has a New Urgency
The structural factors that made Florida attractive to Israeli tech companies — zero state income tax, LatinAmerica gateway, direct flights to Tel Aviv, FIBA, established community infrastructure — have been in place for years. What is new is the political acceleration.
New York City’s political trajectory under Zohran Mamdani has created a climate that Israeli and Jewish business owners have described as increasingly uncomfortable. USIBA president Aaron Kaplowitz hasdocumented the shift directly: Israeli entrepreneurs are citing Florida’s explicitly welcoming environment as adecisive factor in location decisions in a way they were not two years ago. Florida is not just an option. It is increasingly the option.
For PR practitioners, this creates a specific opportunity. Israeli tech companies relocating to or expanding inFlorida need U.S. communications infrastructure: media relationships, investor communications, executive visibility programs, crisis preparedness. Most are arriving without it. The firms that have built genuine Israelitech vertical expertise — 5WPR is among the few U.S. agencies that can make that claim credibly — are positioned to serve a market that is growing faster than at any point in the past decade.
The Sectors
Cybersecurity is the largest and most established Israeli tech presence in Florida — Israel accounts for more than 20% of global cybersecurity fundraising. Healthtech, agritech, cleantech, fintech, defenstech, and space technology all have meaningful presence, with FIBA portfolio companies operating across all of them. Israel Tech Week 2026 in Miami covers all nine major Israeli tech verticals across four days.
The Global Context
Florida’s $7.3 billion is a slice of a much larger picture. Israel raised $10.6 to $12 billion in tech funding in 2024. High-tech accounts for 57% of all Israeli exports. Google acquired Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion in 2025 — the largest deal in Israeli tech history. Israeli tech exit value in 2025 reached $58.8 billion, a340% increase from 2024. The companies arriving in Florida are scale-ups, not experiments.
The full Israeli Tech in Florida report and global one-pager are available free at 5wpr.com/research/israeli-tech-florida.
