Miami’s nicknames are: Magic City, The Gateway to the Americas, Capital of Latin America, and Vice City. PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines, and refers to itself as the “Cruise Capital of the World”.
Miami is a major metro center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. The Miami Metro area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida.
Miami is one of the largest majority-minority cities in the United States and the fourth-largest majority-Hispanic city in the United States, with 70.2% of its population being Hispanic in 2020.
The City of Miami always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly neighborhoods. The City of Miami is rolling out their favorite “Welcome to Miami” and their “Yes, Welcome Home!” inspiring Miami welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents, visitors and supporters for our many Miami value-added local businesses.
In the spirit of many enterprising early settlers, local Miami entrepreneurs have created many jobs and business opportunities in the city. With the help of local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of business ownership in the local Miami community.
Looking to the future with confidence, the City of Miami encourages its residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, printing, beauty, healthcare, legal, home repair services, medical support, CNA services, media, information technology (IT), restaurants, makeup, online sales, cleaning services, car repair, beauty salons, barber shops, education technology, and construction to help Miami’s local business communities to grow.