Radar · Auto in Tampa
Best Auto Companies in Tampa, United States
The 32 best Auto companies in Tampa, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Woodies Wash.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
32companies tracked
$200Kdisclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × TAMPA
Our analysis of 50 Auto companies
$9.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2015median founding year
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Tampa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodies Wash Provider of car washing services 45Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Funding bottom 48%Customers bottom 46% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Fundingbottom 48% Customersbottom 46% Productbottom 40% Marketbottom 29% Globalbottom 25% Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $200K | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | WordPressBetterDocsZendesk+44 | — |
| 2 | Lazydays Dealer for motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers | — | 23 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1976 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Microsoft ASP.NET+25 | — |
| 3 | 21auto Mobile mechanic in Florida providing convenient and reliable auto repair services. | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 4 | 4WheelOnline Online-first retailer of automotive aftermarket accessories | — | — | Unfunded | Ryan Heath Founder & President | 2001 | Cart FunctionalityDreamWeaverWindows Server+17 | — |
| 5 | American Cars American Cars Inc is an automotive company based out of 4911 31st Ave S, Tampa, Florida, United States. | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2007 | — | — |
| 6 | Auto Masters Provider of fleet maintenance and repair services for all types of vehicles | — | — | Acquired | — | 1992 | — | — |
| 7 | Automotive Development Group Provider of automotive lifting equipments and related services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2005 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+17 | — |
| 8 | BILL CURRIE FORD Founded in 1959, Bill Currie Ford has been family run for more than three generations. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 2 Auto companies in Tampa
#1
Seed · Tampa, Florida · founded 2018 · 32 employees$200Kraised▾
Seed · Tampa, Florida · founded 2018 · 32 employees
Provider of car washing services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%Growth
top 35%Funding
bottom 48%Customers
bottom 46%Product
bottom 40%Market
bottom 29%Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $200k across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 9.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Seed$100K
- Jun 2025Seed$100K
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBetterdocsBetterdocs PluginComplianzCore-Js
#2
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 1976 · 854 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 1976 · 854 employees
Lazydays is a dealer for motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers. It offers fifth wheels, horse and miscellaneous trailers, pickup trucks, pop-up trailers, truck campers, and associated parts and accessories. It also provides preventative maintenance, rental, and repair services.
Investors
B. Riley Financial, Park West Asset Management, Peabody Capital, Legacy Capital Ventures, Alliance Holdings, Kibble Holdings
Tech stack
AccessibeAmazon AlbAmazon ElbAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflare
Funding & investor landscape
$200Ktotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 5,477,462 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 3,252 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 24% → 50% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Carnegie Mellon University89
- Purdue University West Lafayette76
- University of California, Berkeley69
- Northeastern University64
- Stanford University55
leading researchers
Anez, Diomar · Anez, Dimar · Sharareh Kermanshachi · John M. Dolan · Masayoshi Tomizuka · Freederia AI Researcher · Weisong Shi · Apurva Pamidimukkala
▲
Breakthroughs1,031 · 32%
▲ 28%→31% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (28%→31% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Computer vision12→111
- Human–computer interaction2→64
- Perception2→59
- Robustness (evolution)3→53
- Trajectory12→61
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→70 · Context (archaeology) 0→30 · Adversarial system 0→27
Landmark Are we ready for autonomous driving? The KITTI vision benchmark suite · 14,099 cites
◆
Advancements942 · 29%
▼ 37%→28% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations77% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (37%→28% of field), led by Human–computer interaction.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Human–computer interaction3→65
- Transport engineering11→66
- Computer vision2→54
- Reinforcement learning3→46
- Automotive engineering5→48
Newly emergingObject detection 0→22 · Object (grammar) 0→17 · Vehicle safety 0→14
Landmark Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge · 1,488 cites
▼
Concerns727 · 22%
▲ 19%→23% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations82% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (19%→23% of field), led by Humanities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Humanities4→108
- Philosophy1→64
- Context (archaeology)1→54
- Computer security2→48
- Transport engineering4→30
Newly emergingPerception 0→24 · Computer vision 0→13 · Metadata 0→12
Landmark The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles · 1,445 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
SF Bay Area154 · +0.50
Boston134 · +0.58
Ann Arbor124 · +0.52
Pittsburgh100 · +0.63
New York76 · +0.39
Atlanta50 · +0.39
Los Angeles45 · +0.43
Austin39 · +0.45
San Diego33 · +0.42
Chicago32 · +0.32
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing autonomous vehicles patents in the United States
United States autonomous vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 19,294 filings from 4,355 assignees (2016–2025), led by Waymo, Baidu USA, GM Cruise Holdings; annual filings 885→1348.
19,294 filings4,355 assigneespeak 2424/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Waymo1688
- Baidu USA1034
- GM Cruise Holdings767
- FORD Global TECH589
- Qualcomm565
- Tusimple547
- UBER Technologies527
- UATC507
Common questions
How many Auto companies are there in Tampa, United States?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Tampa, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Tampa, United States?
The Auto companies in Tampa, United States on this list have raised a combined $200K in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Tampa, United States?
Woodies Wash is the highest-funded Auto company in Tampa, United States, with $200K in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Tampa, United States are funded?
1 of the 32 Auto companies in Tampa, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Tampa, United States?
None of the Auto companies in Tampa, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Tampa, United States Auto companies?
The most active investors in Tampa, United States Auto companies on this list include Alliance Holdings, B. Riley Financial, Gen Cap America, Kibble Holdings, Legacy Capital Ventures.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.