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Metro pulse · data through September 6, 2026

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL business outlook

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL business outlook and momentum from the latest U.S. Census BTOS data, with current performance, revenue, employment, input prices and six-month outlook.

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Business Pulse Momentum50/100↑ improvingConfidence: high
Momentum history

Last releases

What moves the score

Leading drivers

Current performance+12.3
Future demand+10.8
Future input prices-10.7
Revenues+7.5

Momentum is a Business Pulse analytical score, not an official Census metric.

Latest readings

Business signals

September 6, 2026
IndicatorIndex3-release trendStatistical signal
Current AI use31↑ +3.8below screen
Current performance55.5↑ +2.4below screen
Demand40.3↑ +2.4below screen
Employees47.3↓ -1.2below screen
Expected AI use34.1↑ +3.4below screen
Future demand54.4↑ +3.1below screen
Future employees49.9↓ -0.9below screen
Future hours52.1↑ +1.9below screen
Future input prices77.4↑ +3.3below screen
Future performance54.2↑ +1.7below screen
Hours45.3↑ +0.8below screen
Input prices71.9↓ -1.795% screen
Revenues41.2↑ +3.2below screen

BTOS diffusion indexes generally use 50 as the balance point. Input-price indexes are interpreted inversely inside our Momentum score because rising input costs are a headwind. The 95% column is our simple screening calculation from published standard errors and may differ from official Census change flags.

Source & interpretation

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS). This independent page emphasizes change over multiple releases and separates our analytical score from official Census estimates.

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