Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

What Tampa Bay Business & Wealth does

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth (TBBW) is a privately held regional business media company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. It publishes a monthly digital magazine and operates a daily-updated news website (tbbwmag.com) covering real estate, development, deals, retail, restaurants, technology, sports, and workforce activity across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk/Pasco, Sarasota, and Manatee counties. The company distributes content through its website, a Pagesuite-powered digital magazine reader, an email newsletter, and active social channels on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube, and supplements editorial coverage with a portfolio of signature events including CEO Connect, Apogee Awards, Women Who Win, Philanthropists of the Year, and the newer Tech Connect series.

The business model is advertising- and event-led. Revenue is generated through local advertiser relationships, event sponsorships and ticketing, and subscription/newsletter opt-ins positioned largely as a top-of-funnel engagement channel. The primary audience is Tampa Bay regional business executives, CEOs, company presidents, and decision-makers, with a secondary commercial segment comprising Tampa Bay businesses and advertisers seeking access to that executive audience.

In January 2026, TBBW underwent a change of control via acquisition by new independent ownership, accompanied by the appointment of Jason Baker as President and Publisher. Operating status remains active with daily publishing cadence, and the new leadership has signaled intent to expand editorial focus and digital presence. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent or subsidiary entities, and no venture capital or private equity backing detected in available source material.

Name

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Legal name

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Website

https://tbbwmag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth is a privately held regional business media company in Clearwater, Florida, publishing a digital magazine, daily news website, newsletter, and signature events covering business, real estate, development, and deals across the Tampa Bay region. It serves local executives and advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Business News & Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Personal Finance & Careers Trade Publishing (MPAJAAAK)

Keywords

• Regional business news
• Business magazine publishing
• Executive networking events
• Digital news media
• Business journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Clearwater

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth is a regional business media company that publishes a daily news website, a monthly digital magazine, and an email newsletter covering real estate, development, deals, government decisions, retail, restaurants, technology, sports and workforce across the five-county Tampa Bay region (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee). The company also produces signature executive events (CEO Connect, Apogee Awards, Women Who Win, Philanthropists of the Year, Tech Connect) that provide networking and recognition opportunities for regional business leaders. Revenue is generated primarily through advertising, event sponsorships, and audience reach sold to local businesses.

Product overview

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth (TBBW) is a regional business publication offering a unified media platform consisting of a monthly digital magazine and daily news website covering business news, real estate, development, deals, retail, restaurants, technology, sports, and workforce topics across the Tampa Bay region (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, and Manatee counties). The publication enhances its editorial coverage with signature events including CEO Connect, Apogee Awards, Women Who Win, Philanthropists of the Year, and Tech Connect, along with a subscription newsletter service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TBBW Digital Magazine A monthly digital magazine edition covering Tampa Bay business news, real estate, development, deals, government decisions, and the companies shaping the regional economy across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, and Manatee counties; distributed via the Pagesuite HTML5 reader platform and accessible through tbbwmag.com.
• TBBW Daily News Coverage A daily-updated business news website covering Real Estate, Development, Deals, Retail, Restaurants, Technology, Sports and Workforce across the five-county Tampa Bay region, organized by county (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee) for executives and decision-makers.
• TBBW Newsletter A free email subscription newsletter delivering Tampa Bay business news, deals, and development updates to subscribers on a recurring basis.
• CEO Connect A signature TBBW executive event featuring CEO interviews and panel discussions about Tampa Bay's changing skyline and business landscape, providing networking opportunities for senior leaders.
• Apogee Awards Annual TBBW awards program recognizing business excellence across the Tampa Bay region, with public nominations open to the regional business community.
• Women Who Win A TBBW awards program honoring women entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Tampa Bay area, providing recognition and networking for the regional female executive community.
• Philanthropists of the Year An annual TBBW recognition event honoring philanthropists making significant charitable contributions to the Tampa Bay community.
• Tech Connect A TBBW technology-focused networking event series covering topics such as AI adoption and hybrid workforce challenges for the Tampa Bay business and technology community.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tampa Bay Times: The dominant regional daily newspaper covering the Tampa Bay area, with a business section that overlaps TBBW's beat. Larger organization with substantially greater resources but a broader general-news focus.
• Jacksonville Business Journal: Sister American City Business Journals title in Jacksonville with the identical business-news-plus-events format. Useful comp for what a more mature regional business publication looks like in Florida.
• South Florida Business Journal: Another American City Business Journals title covering Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. Same business-news formula (daily news, awards events, executive lists) that TBBW's model mirrors, though at larger scale.
• Nashville Business Journal: American City Business Journals title in another fast-growing Sun Belt metro. Closest analog in audience profile (executives in a rapidly expanding metro) and editorial/events formula to what TBBW aspires to scale into.
• Orlando Business Journal: Part of the American City Business Journals network, covering Central Florida's business community with a similar editorial mix (real estate, deals, executive profiles, awards events). Comparable regional business-news model but in a different Florida metro.

Emerging players

• Bisnow: National commercial real estate news outlet with a strong events franchise. Overlaps TBBW's CRE/development coverage and signature-events model, but operates at a national scale and digital-first.
• GlobeSt.com: Commercial real estate-focused publication with national reach and a similar blend of news and events. TBBW competes for the same real estate advertiser dollars in its commercial real estate verticals.
• Axios Tampa Bay: National brand's local newsletter covering Tampa Bay business news with a more digital-native, less events-led model. Competes for the same executive readership and ad budget but with a fundamentally different distribution approach.

Direct peers

• Business Observer (Florida): Regional business publication covering Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida with similar editorial mix of real estate, deals, and executive features, plus awards events. Direct competitor for TBBW's core advertisers and executive audience in the Sarasota/Manatee overlap.
• Florida Trend: Statewide Florida business magazine covering business news, executive profiles, and industry trends — overlapping TBBW's audience of Florida executives, but with a statewide (not regional) remit and a longer publishing history.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tbbwmagazine
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tampabaybusinesswealthmaga9682
• Facebookfacebook.com/TBBWMag
• Instagraminstagram.com/tbbwmag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tampa-bay-business-wealth-magazine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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