Thanks to the Tampa Bay Partnership’s most recent report, we can update the number of foreign-owned companies operating in the greater Tampa Bay (eight-county) area. At last count, it was up to 480 companies with more than 41,000 employees and representing 41 nations. About half bought an incumbent company already based here.
The list ranges from Jiffy Lube (U.K.), Sweetbay Supermarket (Belgium), Jenny Craig (Switzerland), Circle K (Canada) and Motel 6 (France) to 7-Eleven (Japan), Trane U.S. Inc. (Ireland), Misener Marine (Germany), Cushman & Wakefield of Fla. (Italy) and Hillsborough County’s own Hy-Yield Bromine Inc. (Israel).