Plain-language guides for new Florida LLC owners.
I'm Ray, founder of Sunwrit and the person behind founderessentials.com.
I started this site for a specific reason: every week in Florida, more than 13,000 new businesses are filed with the state. I work with the Sunbiz feed daily on the data side of my business — Sunwrit pulls every new Florida business filing and turns it into structured data for B2B sales teams, equipment finance brokers, and contractor lead-generation companies.
What I noticed, watching that feed every day for months, is that most new Florida LLC owners spend the first 30 days of their business life googling the same questions. How do I open a business bank account? Do I really need a registered agent? What's an EIN? When is my annual report due?
The answers are out there, but most of the top-ranking guides are written by formation services trying to upsell $499 packages that aren't necessary, or by content marketers who've never actually filed a Florida LLC.
founderessentials is the alternative. Plain-language guides on every step of starting and operating a Florida LLC, written by someone who watches the formation feed every weekday.
What I cover
- How to form a Florida LLC, in real numbers and real timing
- Which business bank, registered agent, and bookkeeping setup actually fit different industries
- Florida-specific compliance — annual reports, sales tax, local business tax receipts, industry licensing
- Vertical-specific tool stacks for the most common Florida business types: restaurants, construction trades, ecommerce, professional services
A note on affiliate links
I'm an affiliate of several of the services mentioned across this site — Mercury, Bluevine, Relay, Northwest Registered Agent, ZenBusiness, doola, Bench, Pilot, Gusto, and OpenPhone among others. When you sign up through one of my links, I earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
That commission is how this site stays free. It also means I have a financial interest in recommending services. To handle that honestly:
- I only affiliate with services I'd recommend without the affiliate relationship
- When a non-affiliate option is the right pick (Found, Chase Business, Florida regional banks), I say so
- The recommendation order in every comparison reflects my actual assessment, not the affiliate payout
The full affiliate disclosure is on the Disclosure page.
Get in touch
The fastest way to reach me is the contact form. I read every email and usually respond within 1–2 business days.
Site: founderessentials.com
Sunwrit (B2B data product): the parent publication
Based: New Jersey, Florida-focused