{"id":388459,"date":"2026-09-02T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388459\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:30:55","slug":"study-tampa-ranks-no-20-among-top-tech-cities-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388459\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Tampa ranks No. 20 among top tech cities in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa is cementing its place on the national tech map, with new rankings and a growing startup ecosystem pointing to a city that has moved well beyond its emerging market days.<\/p>\n

A recent study by Lemon.IO <\/a>ranked Tampa No. 20 for best tech hubs in the nation \u2014 behind Miami, which ranked fourth, and Orlando, which ranked 13th; Washington, D.C., got the top spot.<\/p>\n

WATCH BELOW: Tampa ranks No. 20 among top tech cities in US, study says<\/p>\n

Study: Tampa ranks No. 20 among top tech cities in US<\/p>\n

The study measured cities across several metrics, including the number of institutions offering computer programs, average graduation rates for tech courses, the number of Wi-Fi hotspots, total tech jobs available, and the number of tech companies rated 3 stars or higher on Glassdoor.<\/p>\n

Aleksandr Volodarsky, CEO and founder of Lemon.IO, said Tampa has carved out a distinct identity.<\/p>\n

“Tampa specifically, I think it’s great because it’s a specialist hub,” Volodarsky said.<\/p>\n

“What do you think the future is for Florida in the tech world? Can we pass some of these other cities?\u201d Tampa Bay 28 reporter Michael Paluska asked.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if it’s a question of passing, but I think Florida stands well, and the talent stays there,” Volodarsky said.<\/p>\n

The Lemon.IO ranking is not the only study putting Tampa at the top. In April, WalletHub ranked<\/a> Tampa the No. 1 best large city in America to start a business.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the University of South Florida opened the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, a move rooted in the belief that Tampa is becoming the new “Cyber Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the center of Tampa’s tech growth is Embarc Collective, a nonprofit that has spent seven years building a community around tech startups. Tim Holcomb, CEO of Embarc Collective, said Tampa is attracting people from across Florida and the country to move here.<\/p>\n

“The whole innovation landscape in Tampa is in a very, very good position,” Holcomb said. “I’ve also gotten kind of edgy when it comes to talking about Tampa Bay as an emerging market; Tampa Bay is we’re already there. We have already emerged, and in creating and building an ecosystem is a series of iterations.”<\/p>\n

Holcomb said the density of companies and talent in the region is itself a driver of further growth.<\/p>\n

“Density is a positive thing in that the workforce sees the options that they have available to them, and they’re more willing to start a company in the Bay Area; they’re more willing to take that opportunity because they know if it doesn’t work, they have options to go to for job opportunities in the region,” Holcomb said.<\/p>\n

“If you have a culture and a mindset where people will support you, is it more likely that we’ll continue to have that innovation and people will take that risk?” Paluska asked.<\/p>\n

“It’s learning how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. The very nature of startups is, as a founder, at least, that they’re doing something new, and that they’re in doing something new that creates a natural discomfort,” Holcomb said. “And I firmly believe being a part of a community, Tampa, generally, and being a part of a community like here at Embarc Collective, provides founders that opportunity over time to learn how to address the energy that comes from the uncertainty.”<\/p>\n

Holcomb said the opening of the Bellini College will only deepen that ecosystem.<\/p>\n

“Circulation produces density. Density produces options, and I think what we see with the Bellini School, the talent that comes out has options,” Holcomb said.<\/p>\n

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Pasco County physician reunites with medical team after widowmaker heart attack<\/p>\n

A Pasco County internal medicine physician was reunited Tuesday with the medical team who saved her life after she suffered a widowmaker heart attack nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

Physician suffers heart attack at age 44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa is cementing its place on the national tech map, with new rankings and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1919,155495,7083,7084,39217,155498,7085,7086,7087,276,155500,155492,135,155496,137,155499,136,155493,5760,155497,155494],"class_list":["post-388459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-abc","tag-bellini-college-usf","tag-citrus-county","tag-desoto-county","tag-embarc-collective","tag-florida-tech-industry","tag-hardee-county","tag-hernando-county","tag-highlands-county","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-is-tampa-a-good-city-to-move-to-for-work-and-starting-a-business","tag-lemon-io-study","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-tech-ecosystem","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-innovation","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-startups","tag-tampa-tech-hub","tag-tech-jobs-tampa","tag-wallethub-best-city-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}