Women-Owned Businesses in Tampa to Support in 2026

The largest women-owned business in our Tampa directory writes software. MAS Global Consulting is a Latina-founded nearshore software and AI consulting firm headquartered in Tampa, and it sells to enterprises rather than to shoppers, which makes it the kind of listing most city guides never surface.

That sets the tone for the rest. Of the thirty-six Tampa Bay listings carrying the women-owned tag, thirteen are shops and only five are restaurants. There are two independent bookstores, a real estate brokerage, a leadership consultancy, a networking organization, and a nonprofit building economic pathways for Latinas. This is not a food list.

Quick answer

1. For software and AI consulting, MAS Global Consulting.
2. For books, Black English Bookstore and Steamy Lit Bookstore, an inclusive romance bookstore.
3. For buying or selling a home, Spartan Group Realty.
4. For dinner in Ybor City, 7th + Grove, Southern comfort with a Guyanese twist.
5. For brunch, Stella's. For Mediterranean, Predalina.
6. For the home, Clayton Gray Home and Dwell Home Market.
7. For a gift, Crème de la Crème, Joyful Notion, or The Candle Pour, where you make the candle yourself.
8. For a workout, BODYROK Tampa, CAMP Tampa, Kawayan Strength, and The Body Electric Yoga Company.
9. For a Greek bakery, Psomi.
10. Our Tampa Bay hub carries the full list.

What can I hire rather than buy?

Five listings, and together they are the most useful part of this page.

MAS Global Consulting is the standout: a Latina-founded, women-owned nearshore software and AI consulting firm headquartered in Tampa. It is Featured, and it is one of very few technology listings in the entire directory.

Spartan Group Realty is an independent brokerage led by broker-owner Renee Thompson, serving buyers, sellers, and renters across Tampa Bay. It carries three ownership tags: women-owned, Black-owned, and veteran-owned.

Latinas Leading LLC does leadership and consulting work, and Women of Influence Networking runs networking and business services. Northwood Films and Xplore Possibilities, LLC cover the creative end, with Xplore making handcrafted canvas word art.

Enterprising Latinas, Inc. is a nonprofit creating pathways of economic opportunity for Latinas across Tampa Bay. It is based in Wimauma, southeast of the city, and it carries a paid tier.

Where should I shop?

Thirteen retail listings, more than any other category here.

The two bookstores are the ones worth a special trip. Black English Bookstore and Steamy Lit Bookstore are both independent, and Steamy Lit specializes in inclusive romance, which is a genuinely distinct shelf rather than a marketing line.

For the home, Clayton Gray Home carries luxury furniture and decor and Dwell Home Market covers furniture and home goods. Posh Wicks makes candles and home fragrance, and The Candle Pour is a custom candle-making experience rather than a shelf, so it works as an afternoon as much as a purchase.

For clothes, Penelope T is a women's boutique, Noite Rose is a luxury loungewear brand, and Where W/thal makes an adjustable bra, which is the sort of single-problem product a big retailer never gets around to.

For gifts, Crème de la Crème and Joyful Notion, the latter combining fashion, gifts, and a flower bar. Modern Paws is a family-owned pet store, and Southside Coffee Brew Bar is a coffee shop and retail cafe that is also LGBTQ-owned.

Where should I eat?

A short list, and a good one.

7th + Grove in Ybor City is the anchor: Southern comfort food with a Guyanese twist, Featured, and listed as Black-owned and women-owned.

Stella's does breakfast and brunch and is LGBTQ-owned as well. Predalina is Mediterranean with a retail side. We Vegan Cafe covers vegan food and baking, and Swigamajig is a seafood bar built into a container shanty, which is exactly as good as it sounds.

The bakeries are their own group: Psomi is Greek, PattyeCakes does cakes and is Black-owned, American Cookie Company bakes cookies, and Bake'n Babes covers sweets. Toffee To Go is a family-owned toffee brand, which makes it the one you can post to somebody.

Where do I go to move and to be looked after?

The Body Electric Yoga Company is a yoga, fitness, and wellness studio that is LGBTQ-owned as well. BODYROK Tampa and Kawayan Strength both work in pilates and strength, and CAMP Tampa is a fitness studio.

For skin and hair, Maison Glo is a skincare studio, Salon Brazyl works with textured hair, and Pure With Love makes natural handmade soaps and skincare. The last two are Black-owned as well.

How much of this overlaps with the other guides?

Seventeen of the thirty-six carry a second ownership tag, which is a high rate.

• Eight are also Black-owned, including 7th + Grove, Spartan Group Realty, Noite Rose, and Salon Brazyl.
• Four are also Latino-owned: MAS Global Consulting, Enterprising Latinas, Inc., Latinas Leading LLC, and Women of Influence Networking.
• Three are also LGBTQ-owned: Stella's, The Body Electric Yoga Company, and Southside Coffee Brew Bar.
• Spartan Group Realty is also veteran-owned, and Modern Paws and Toffee To Go are family-owned.

Notice that every Latino-owned entry on this page is a professional or nonprofit organization rather than a restaurant, which is the opposite of the pattern in most of our city directories.

What is not on this list?

The licensed professions and the trades. There is no women-owned attorney, accountant, physician, dentist, architect, contractor, electrician, or plumber listed in Tampa Bay in our directory. Spartan Group Realty is the only licensed practice of any kind here.

That is a gap in the record rather than a fact about Tampa. Shops, studios, and restaurants get covered by local media and chamber guides; a dental practice does not. If you run a women-owned firm in Tampa Bay in any of those categories, you would be the first one listed in it, on a page people are already searching. Listings are free to add.

How is ownership determined?

Each listing shows a verification status. Publicly listed means ownership was recorded from a public source such as a chamber directory or the business's own description. Self identified means the owner told us directly. Certified means a third party verified it.

We never infer ownership from a name, a photo, or the kind of business it is. Formal certification as a Women's Business Enterprise is a separate thing, done by a certifying body, and it is shown separately when a listing has it.

Tampa also has guides to its Black-owned, LGBTQ-owned, Latino-owned, and Asian-owned businesses, plus a general diverse-owned businesses guide.

Common mistakes

Expecting a restaurant list. Thirteen of these are shops and only five are restaurants. Tampa is the city in our directory where the women-owned category is most clearly a retail and services story.

Missing the B2B listings. MAS Global Consulting, Latinas Leading, and Spartan Group Realty are the businesses on this page you would hire rather than visit, and they are easy to scroll past in a guide organized around shopping.

Assuming everything is in Tampa proper. Enterprising Latinas is based in Wimauma, and Spartan Group Realty works across the whole Tampa Bay region.

Treating a tag as a certification. Ownership tags are sourced claims with a status attached. Supplier-diversity certification is separate and shown separately.

FAQ

Sources

• Business names, categories, cities, and ownership tags come from published Inclusivity.org listings in the Tampa Bay directories (Tampa, St. Petersburg, Dunedin), queried 2026-08-15. Counts reflect that snapshot.
• Enterprising Latinas, Inc. describes itself as a Wimauma organization while filed under the Tampa city value. Wimauma is in Hillsborough County, southeast of Tampa. This guide describes it by its real location.
• 7th + Grove's own listing description says the business is women- and LGBTQ+-owned, but only Black-owned and Women-owned are recorded as tags. These guides follow the tags, so no LGBTQ+ claim is made. The tag is a candidate to add with a source.