Updated October 2026.

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Miami's top 10 industries in this guide are tourism and hospitality, real estate and construction, international trade, health and life sciences, technology, financial services, aviation, creative and media, environmental technology and maritime services. Miami business attorney Aaron Resnick of Law Offices of Aaron Resnick handles business disputes involving contracts, ownership and property.

How Should Owners Read These Ten Industries?

This guide groups ten parts of Miami's business economy; it does not rank them by size. The sources cover different years and places, measuring visitors, housing, revenue, investment and other activity. Each row names the agency or organization behind its measure or resource.

TEU means twenty foot equivalent unit, a container capacity measure rather than a literal count of containers. The health figure includes social assistance, not just life sciences. The finance figure covers the Beacon Council's projects, not all financial services jobs.

Which Miami Industries Move Visitors and Cargo?

Tourism, aviation, international trade and maritime services connect visitors and goods with Miami businesses. Greater Miami and Miami Beach welcomed 28.3 million visitors in 2025, while Miami International Airport handled 55,314,661 passengers. PortMiami reported 1,115,058 TEUs of cargo and 8,564,225 cruise passengers for fiscal year 2025.

PortMiami calls itself the Cruise Capital of the World. Visitor totals, airport passenger traffic and cruise passenger traffic are separate measures; adding them would not give a count of unique visitors.

In 2012 attorney Aaron Resnick represented four NFL players who sued the developer of the W South Beach condo hotel to recover their deposits. The New York Times also quoted him on condo hotel investments.

How Large Are Real Estate and Construction in Miami?

Miami Dade County's 2025 building permits authorized 16,535 new housing units, according to the Census Bureau. That counts housing approved for construction, not homes completed or sold. Condominiums, failed closings and title disputes are where that market reaches the real estate litigation practice of Aaron Resnick.

Aaron Resnick served as one of the lead class counsel in the Icon Brickell Tower 1 fee class action, which the association settled for $762,500 in 2020, The Real Deal reported. In 2016 he was one of the lead attorneys in condominium fee class actions filed across Florida.

The firm's real estate litigation work covers failed closings, title and ownership disputes and construction conflicts. In a failed closing, Aaron Resnick starts with the contract, the property records and the obligation in dispute.

How Large Are Health Care, Finance and Technology in Miami?

Health care and social assistance generated $30.3 billion in Miami Dade County receipts and revenue in 2022. The Beacon Council reports $2.77 billion in Miami and Fort Lauderdale venture capital in 2024, plus 535 jobs from its financial services projects in the 2023 to 2024 reporting year.

Aaron Resnick's clients have included a bank and company founders. In a partnership or shareholder dispute over ownership or control, he reviews the agreement, ownership records and decisions being challenged.

What Do the Media and Environmental Technology Sources Show?

FilMiami publishes filming permit information and production resources for Miami's creative and media businesses. Environmental technology has a separate public investment measure: Miami Dade County's 2024 announcement of a $19.5 million federal award to the South Florida ClimateReady Tech Hub. Neither entry measures the size of the entire industry.

Aaron Resnick represented Alex Omes, a cofounder of Ultra Music Festival, in the Ultra Music Festival founder dispute. He has also represented more than 80 professional athletes from the NFL, NBA and MLB.

What Do These Industries Mean for a Business Owner?

Across these industries, a dispute can start when a partner stops cooperating, a contract goes unpaid or a property deal does not close. The immediate question is what the agreement requires and what happened. Miami business litigation is the core of Aaron Resnick's practice.

The firm also handles business law work for companies entering Miami from another state or country, and serves as Florida local counsel for law firms based outside Florida.

What Should a Miami Business Owner Have Ready?

Bring the agreement and amendments, ownership records, invoices, payment history and correspondence about the disagreement. Include any court papers and the next hearing, closing or response date. Attorney Aaron Resnick reviews the parties, disputed obligation and approaching date before the firm and client agree on the work.

Keep complete financial and ownership records available for secure review. The first inquiry needs only the problem and the next date, not the full business file.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does This List Rank Miami Industries by Revenue or Jobs?

No, this Law Offices of Aaron Resnick guide presents ten selected industries, not a ranking by one economic measure. Visitors, housing authorizations, revenue, investment and project jobs cannot be placed on a single size scale. The source year and geographic area must be read with each figure.

Do These Figures Describe Only the City of Miami?

No, several figures cover Miami Dade County or Greater Miami and Miami Beach, while venture capital covers the Miami and Fort Lauderdale region. The airport and port figures concern those facilities. This Law Offices of Aaron Resnick guide keeps those geographic differences rather than treating every figure as city data.

Does the Building Permit Figure Count Completed Homes?

No, the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey measures new housing units authorized by permits, not homes completed or sold. This guide reports 16,535 authorized units in Miami Dade County for 2025. In a property dispute, Aaron Resnick works from the transaction's own contract and records.

Related Reading

• Florida's Key Industries
• Miami DDA Incentives for Businesses
• Representative Matters
• Aaron Resnick's Biography

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Aaron Resnick has handled business disputes in Miami since 1998 and is a fourth generation Miami attorney. He works hands-on on every case; the client gets Aaron on every major litigation issue, not a junior partner. The Law Offices of Aaron Resnick represents large corporations, Miami businesses and their owners, professional athletes and entertainers in Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties and across Florida in business litigation and business counsel. Call 305-672-7495 or request a consultation.

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