Invest: Greater Orlando to highlight Central Florida’s growth, diversity

November 2025 — As population growth and business investment accelerate, Orlando and the wider Central Florida region stands at the crossroads of innovation and opportunity across sectors from tourism and technology to real estate, education, and defense. With the newest edition of Invest: Greater Orlando entering its research phase, the report will go deep into the region’s economic strengths — highlighting leaders, institutions, industries, and new strategies that are redefining what growth looks like across Central Florida.

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“The Greater Orlando area has been a wonderful market to understand how businesses across industries are performing both at a local and international level. Our last edition showed the region’s pivotal partnerships to a robust economy, with insights across government and economic development leaders to professional services, real estate, and education,” said caa Founder and CEO Abby Lindenberg. “Our team couldn’t be more excited to launch this next report and leadership summit to put Greater Orlando on the global stage of business and innovation.”

The region added 31,600 jobs in the year ending June 2025 — outpacing both state and national averages, with major gains in finance, education, healthcare, and hospitality. Banking technology firm Temenos recently announced its new U.S. Innovation Hub in Downtown Orlando, creating 50 high-wage tech jobs focused on AI development. In addition, Epic Universe, the first new major theme park in the U.S. in over two decades, is projected to create 17,500 jobs nationwide and deliver $2 billion in economic impact for Florida in its first year alone.

Orlando’s broader business climate remains equally strong. The region earned the economic “Triple Crown,” ranking No. 1 among large U.S. metros in GDP, population, and job growth for 2024, as cited in Orlando Economic Partnership’s Q3 2025 Market Update. Labor demand increased 4.8% in early 2025 and the average annual wages rose 4.6% to $64,940, while the region’s unemployment rate held at 3.8%, outperforming both state and national figures.

Despite broader economic concerns and investment uncertainty, Invest: Greater Orlando will highlight, both through data-driven analysis and exclusive insights, how the region’s innovation ecosystem, workforce growth, and business initiatives are creating fertile ground for future development.

About caa & Invest: Greater Orlando

caa is an integrated media platform producing in-depth business intelligence through its annual print and digital economic reviews, high-impact events, and exclusive video interviews via its platform, Invest:Insights.

Invest: Greater Orlando 4th Edition is an in-depth economic review of the key issues facing the Central Florida region, featuring exclusive insights from more than 200 economic leaders, sector insiders, elected officials, and institutional heads. The publication aims to 1) equip local, national, and international investors with comprehensive insights on the region and 2) promote Greater Orlando as a competitive, innovative, and collaborative place to do business.

The report conducts a deep dive into the top economic sectors in the region, including real estate, construction, infrastructure, banking and finance, legal, healthcare, education, and tourism. The publication analyzes the leading challenges facing the market and uncovers emerging opportunities for investors, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

The caa team is currently connecting with stakeholders across the region to gather perspectives and analysis that will define this year’s edition. Invest: Greater Orlando is a unique opportunity for the business community to share its story with a national and global audience.

For more information, contact:

Ana Karen Gonzalez

Executive Director

[email protected]

Mariana Hernandez

Editorial Lead
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