Florida Firms

Founded in 1996 by Brad Offerdahl and his son Jay Offerdahl, Viking Mergers & Acquisitions advises business owners on selling their companies and helps buyers acquire businesses. The firm maintains Florida offices in Tampa, which serves as its headquarters, and in Fort Lauderdale, along with additional locations in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.

Core services include business valuations, mergers and acquisitions advisory, business broker representation, and exit strategy planning. Since its founding, Viking reports closing sales on more than 950 businesses valued from $1 million to over $150 million. The firm states that 85 percent of the businesses it lists sell, compared with a national average of 22 percent, and that listed businesses typically sell for at least 96 percent of the asking price. The company describes this performance as roughly three times the industry average.

The selling process generally takes five to twelve months and moves through several stages, including introduction meetings, valuation, alignment meetings, confidential marketing, buyer management, offer negotiation, due diligence, and closing. Viking identifies communication, confidentiality, and closing sales as its core values, emphasizing discretion throughout each transaction.

The website features client testimonials and case studies drawn from a range of industries, including manufacturing, boat dealerships, air conditioning and heating, and retail. These examples illustrate the firm’s work with owners across diverse business types and transaction sizes. Prospective clients can contact the firm by phone at 704.676.0940.

With two Florida offices anchored in the Tampa and Fort Lauderdale markets, Viking Mergers & Acquisitions positions itself as a regional advisor connecting sellers and buyers across the southeastern United States while offering valuation and exit planning support tailored to each business owner’s goals and timeline.

https://www.vikingmergers.com/

Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Timothy A. Miller, P.A. is a law firm that focuses exclusively on probate and trust litigation. The practice was established in 1983 and has operated for more than four decades. Tim Miller is a third-generation attorney in his family and has practiced law in Florida since 1979, bringing more than 35 years of experience to the firm.

The firm’s work centers on helping families resolve probate and trust disputes, including conflicts that arise during estate administration and trust-related matters. Miller applies a personalized, detail-oriented approach to help clients evaluate and resolve inheritance disputes, using both litigation and alternative dispute resolution methods depending on the circumstances of each case.

Tim Miller is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Law and a native of St. Petersburg. He was elected President of the St. Petersburg Bar Association in 2013 and has received the highest peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and professional ethics. The firm also notes an Avvo rating and AV Preeminent credentials.

Beyond his legal practice, Miller is active in the St. Petersburg community. He has served on school advisory councils, church committees, and a youth ballet board of directors, and he has coached youth sports teams. He participates in legal aid clinics and volunteers with Lawyers for Literacy. The firm keeps family heirlooms that reflect its multigenerational roots, including a gavel and law dictionary from the legal careers of Miller’s grandfather and father in St. Petersburg.

The website invites prospective clients to schedule consultations to discuss their legal needs and provides contact information for inquiries. With a narrow concentration on probate and trust disputes and a long history in the St. Petersburg area, the firm presents itself as a dedicated resource for families navigating inheritance and estate conflicts.

https://tamillerpa.com/

Everglade Screen and Window is a licensed and insured screen enclosure company that has worked across South Florida for over a decade, designing and installing durable screen enclosures for residential properties. The firm’s primary work centers on screen enclosure installation for patios and pools, building outdoor living spaces that help protect against pests and weather while offering privacy and maintaining comfort. Its stated methodology emphasizes quality craftsmanship and customer satisfaction on every project.

The company covers a broad service territory across the southern part of the state. It serves Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Monroe County, with named service areas that include Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Key West, Marathon, and many other municipalities throughout those regions. It also services select areas in Collier County, including Naples, and Lee County, covering Fort Myers and Cape Coral, extending its reach to both the Atlantic and Gulf sides of South Florida.

In its marketing, the firm highlights that screen enclosures rank among the higher-return home improvement projects, citing an 84 percent rate of return on a screen enclosure investment compared with other improvements and presenting them as worthwhile for both family enjoyment and property value. The company backs its work with a 3-year labor guarantee on all installations, which it presents as a reflection of confidence in its craftsmanship.

Everglade Screen and Window maintains an online presence that includes project galleries, customer reviews, and showcases of recent work, and it lists a physical location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prospective customers can reach the business at two phone numbers, (954) 371-0498 and (305) 280-7331, corresponding to its coverage across the Broward and Miami-Dade calling areas. The combination of a long South Florida track record, multi-county coverage, and a labor guarantee positions the firm as a regional specialist in screen enclosure design and installation.

https://evergladescreenandwindow.com/

The Mobile Attic of Northwest Florida, Inc. is a locally owned, veteran-operated portable storage and moving container company based in Milton, Florida. The firm rents portable storage containers and delivers them to a customer’s home or office, where clients pack at their own pace. The company then retrieves the loaded containers and either keeps them at its warehouse or delivers them to a new location, supporting both storage and moving needs through a single service model. Common applications the firm highlights include remodeling projects, de-cluttering, home staging, and storing belongings during damage repairs.

Containers come in a range of sizes from 8 by 12 feet up to 8 by 40 feet, with 12-foot, 16-foot, 20-foot, and 40-foot options available. The Mobile Attic points to proprietary construction as a distinguishing feature, describing an aluminum skin roof over slightly arched steel bows designed to prevent water from pooling, and it markets the units as water-tight, secure, and non-damaging to the property where they sit. The company also offers an eTrack contents strapping system and states that it provides the lowest price compared with competitors such as PODS. It notes that while it did not invent portable storage, it has worked to perfect it.

The business serves four Florida counties, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and parts of Walton and Bay County, along with Gulf Shores and Mobile in Alabama. Named service areas include Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pace, Milton, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin across the Florida Panhandle.

The company’s office is located at 4148 Trump Boulevard, Milton, FL 32583, and it can be reached at (850) 994-8529. Business hours are Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon, with an after-hours answering service available.

https://mobileatticstorage.com/

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Cody Pools is a custom pool and spa design company that builds inground swimming pools and a range of outdoor living features for homeowners across the Tampa Bay region. The Tampa office is located at 6846 N Dale Mabry, Tampa, FL 33614, and the firm serves Tampa, St. Petersburg, and surrounding communities, with service areas that extend to Sarasota, Holmes Beach, West Samoset, and Bradenton.

The company’s service lines include custom pool design and construction, pool remodeling, pool decks, outdoor kitchens, hot tubs and spas, and screen enclosures. Its consultation process provides 3-D design renderings and free estimates, and its construction methodology runs through four stages: an initial contact and proposal, a detailed cost breakdown, a customer review of the 3-D design, and construction carried out by skilled crews. The firm stocks preferred equipment from brands including Hayward and Jandy and offers financing options for pool projects.

Cody Pools reports 30 years of operating history, having opened its first location in Austin in 1994 and built more than 32,000 pools since. The company states that it has been ranked the number one pool builder in the nation for 14 consecutive years and holds more than 60 design and business awards. Its professional affiliations include accreditation with the Better Business Bureau, recognition from Pool and Spa News, and membership in the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance. The business holds Florida contractor license CPC1460475.

Business hours at the Tampa location are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and the office can be reached at (813) 454-0552. Through its combination of custom design, remodeling, and outdoor living services, Cody Pools positions its Florida operation as a full-service resource for pool construction and backyard projects in the Tampa Bay area.

https://florida.codypools.com/