For vendors · Tampa Bay area
Maintenance work for contractors in the Tampa Bay area.
1Stop Service Pro is taking contractors and maintenance vendors in the Tampa Bay area, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties, in all 33 trades. Joining is free: no listing fee, no lead fee and nothing taken out of what you are paid. Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties have no response target yet.
- Cost to join
- $0
- Payment terms
- Net-14
- Counties
- Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando
- Trades
- 33
- ResidentsCensus 2025 estimate, four counties
- 3,418,895
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
The area
Which counties make up the Tampa Bay area?
The federal government's Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area is Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties, with Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo and Pinellas Park as its principal cities. The four had 3,418,895 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, and 1Stop takes vendors in all of them. Each row below starts an application with the county filled in.
- Hillsborough County
- Building the bench. Largest city Tampa.Apply here
- Pinellas County
- Building the bench. Largest city St. Petersburg.Apply here
- Pasco County
- Building the bench. Largest city Zephyrhills.Apply here
- Hernando County
- Building the bench. Largest city Brooksville.Apply here
County by county
What should a contractor know about Hillsborough County?
Hillsborough County's seat is Tampa. It had 1,574,115 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, up from 1,459,773 in 2020, and its largest cities are Tampa (413,554), Plant City (44,118) and Temple Terrace (27,075).
Its watering rules are set by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the Southwest Florida district's water shortage order covers all of Hillsborough County.
The county levies a business tax, paid to its tax collector.
FEMA designated the county for Individual Assistance, its program for households, after Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Idalia (2023), Hurricane Debby (2024), Hurricane Helene (2024) and Hurricane Milton (2024).
Hillsborough County issues a Certificate of Competency to journeyman electricians and plumbers. The county's page notes that the state has no requirement for anyone to hold a journeyman certificate of competency.
- Building permits outside any city
- Development Services
- County business tax
- Tax collector
- Hillsborough County, for vendors
- Vendor page
County by county
What should a contractor know about Pinellas County?
Pinellas County's seat is Clearwater. It had 948,563 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, down from 959,090 in 2020, and its largest cities are St. Petersburg (264,033), Clearwater (114,364) and Largo (80,690).
Its watering rules are set by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the Southwest Florida district's water shortage order covers all of Pinellas County.
The county no longer levies a business tax.
FEMA designated the county for Individual Assistance, its program for households, after Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Idalia (2023), Hurricane Debby (2024), Hurricane Helene (2024) and Hurricane Milton (2024).
Pinellas County's Construction Licensing Board says journeymen are employed by construction contractors and must be certified by the board to work in the county.
- Building permits outside any city
- Building and Development Review Services Department
- County business tax
- Repealed
- Pinellas County, for vendors
- Vendor page
County by county
What should a contractor know about Pasco County?
Pasco County's seat is Dade City. It had 674,516 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, up from 561,909 in 2020, and its largest cities are Zephyrhills (22,447), New Port Richey (18,299) and Dade City (10,173).
Its watering rules are set by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the Southwest Florida district's water shortage order covers all of Pasco County.
The county levies a business tax, paid to its tax collector.
FEMA designated the county for Individual Assistance, its program for households, after Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Idalia (2023), Hurricane Helene (2024) and Hurricane Milton (2024).
Pasco County's Building Construction Services lets a contractor either register a state certified license or apply for a County Certificate of Competency card. The county's page does not say which trades need the county card.
- Building permits outside any city
- Building Construction Services Department
- County business tax
- Tax collector
- Pasco County, for vendors
- Vendor page
County by county
What should a contractor know about Hernando County?
Hernando County's seat is Brooksville. It had 221,701 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, up from 194,510 in 2020, and its largest city is Brooksville (10,145).
Its watering rules are set by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the Southwest Florida district's water shortage order covers all of Hernando County.
The county no longer levies a business tax.
FEMA designated the county for Individual Assistance, its program for households, after Hurricane Idalia (2023), Hurricane Helene (2024) and Hurricane Milton (2024).
Hernando was designated for FEMA Individual Assistance after Hurricane Idalia (2023), Hurricane Helene (2024) and Hurricane Milton (2024). Hernando Beach is on the Gulf, and Florida's Know Your Zone page looks up a property's hurricane evacuation zone by address.
- Building permits outside any city
- Building Division
- County business tax
- Repealed
- Hernando County, for vendors
- Vendor page
The work
Why take property maintenance work through 1Stop?
1Stop is the contracting party on every job. It buys the work from you and sells it to the property manager, so you invoice one company, never bid against another vendor, and are paid net-14 from the day 1Stop verifies the job complete.
Getting set up
How does a Tampa Bay-area contractor join?
It costs nothing at any step, and no work is sent until the last one is done.
A registered contractor can work only where its registration applies; a certified one works anywhere in Florida.
- Apply online with your trades and every county you will drive to.
- HQ reviews your application, and an executive account manager calls only if something needs sorting out.
- HQ checks your certificate of insurance, your W-9 and, in a licensed trade, your state license.
- Approval sends the vendor agreement to the 1Stop app, where you sign it and finish the onboarding checklist.
- Job offers start once the checklist is complete.
- Check a Florida license
- Verify a Licensee
Trades
Which trades can apply in the Tampa Bay area?
All 33 can apply here. Landscaping has a page of its own here, with the local rules. Every trade's terms and license rule are on the vendor page.
- Landscaping and lawn care
- State license: None; FDACS for fertilizer.Apply
- All 33 trades
- Terms and license rules
Questions
What Tampa Bay-area contractors ask.
How do I get maintenance work from property managers in Tampa Bay?
Apply to 1Stop's vendor network at 1stopservicepro.com/vendors/apply and list every county you will drive to; Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties make up the Tampa Bay area. HQ reviews and approves your application, checks your certificate of insurance, W-9 and any license your trade needs, and offers start once your onboarding checklist is complete. Joining is free, and jobs are paid net-14.
Does 1Stop charge Tampa Bay contractors a fee?
No. There is no listing fee, no lead fee and no percentage taken out of what you are paid, to join or at any point after.
Do I need a business tax receipt to work in Tampa Bay?
If your business is based in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, yes: each levies a county business tax through its tax collector, and a city can levy its own (section 205.042). A DBPR-licensed contractor based elsewhere in Florida that pays the tax at home owes none for temporary work here.
Related
Where to go next.
Tampa Bay-area counties, for vendors
Tampa Bay-area trades
Sources
Where these facts come from.
Last updated
- Office of Management and Budget, Bulletin No. 23-01, metropolitan statistical area delineations
- US Census Bureau, County Population Totals: 2020-2025 (Vintage 2025)
- Hillsborough County, Grant Info Fact Sheet
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, District Water Restrictions
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida's Water Management Districts
- Hillsborough County, Startup Business Checklist and Guide
- Hillsborough County, Development Services
- FEMA, Hurricane Ian (DR-4673-FL)
- FEMA, Hurricane Idalia (DR-4734-FL)
- FEMA, Hurricane Debby (DR-4806-FL)
- FEMA, Hurricane Helene (DR-4828-FL)
- FEMA, Hurricane Milton (DR-4834-FL)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2)
- Hillsborough County, Journeyman, Electrician, or Plumber Certificate of Competency
- Pinellas County, Fast Facts About Pinellas County
- Pinellas County, Occupational Licenses/Business Tax Receipts
- Pinellas County, Building and Development Review Services Department
- Pinellas County, Apply for Journeyman Reciprocity
- Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller, The New Pasco County Clerk Seal
- Pasco County Tax Collector, Business Tax Receipt Information
- Pasco County, Pasco Offers 'Permitting Assistance Day' in Lacoochee Area
- Pasco County, Contractors Licensing
- Hernando County Clerk, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, FY ending Sept. 30, 2024
- Hernando County, Tax Collector
- Hernando County, Building Division, Contractors
- Florida Division of Emergency Management, Know Your Zone
- Section 489.117, Florida Statutes (registration; job scopes)
- Florida DBPR, Verify a Licensee
Work in the Tampa Bay area? Apply.
It costs nothing to join. List your trades and every county you drive to, and HQ reviews your application.