The Florida professional LLC
What creates it in Florida
Fla. Stat. ch. 621, cited by § 621.02 as the "Professional Service Corporation and Limited Liability Company Act". Organisation is § 621.051 and the definition is § 621.03(3). A Florida PLLC is formed under ch. 605 and ch. 621 together: § 621.051 organises it "under the provisions of chapter 605", and § 621.13 makes ch. 605 applicable except where ch. 621 conflicts.
What the name must contain
§ 621.12(2): the name shall contain the word "chartered"; or, for a professional limited liability company formed on or after January 1, 2014, the words "professional limited liability company", the abbreviation "P.L.L.C." or the designation "PLLC", in lieu of the words "limited liability company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C." or designation "LLC" otherwise required by § 605.0112. A PLLC formed before January 1, 2014 may instead carry "professional limited company", "professional limited liability company", "P.L.", "P.L.L.C.", "PL" or "PLLC". § 621.12(1) additionally permits the last names of some or all individual members, including retired or deceased former members. The Division of Corporations' Instructions for Articles of Organization state the choice as "Chartered, Professional Limited Liability Company, P.L.L.C. or PLLC if forming a professional limited liability company".
Which occupations Florida says must use it
A general licence test with a non-exhaustive illustrative list. § 621.03(1): "professional service" means any type of personal service to the public which requires as a condition precedent to rendering it the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization; the section then lists, "by way of example and without limiting the generality thereof", certified public accountants, public accountants, chiropractic physicians, dentists, osteopathic physicians, physicians and surgeons, doctors of medicine, doctors of dentistry, podiatric physicians, chiropodists, architects, veterinarians, attorneys at law, and life insurance agents. Both forms are single-service: each is organised "for the sole and specific purpose of rendering the same and specific professional service" (§§ 621.05, 621.051), and the Division of Corporations requires a PLLC to enter a single specific professional purpose in its articles, giving "the practice of law, accounting services, practicing medicine" as examples.
Florida also offers a corporation under a professional statute
A practice choosing between the two forms is choosing between these rules and the ones above.
What creates it in Florida
Fla. Stat. ch. 621, same act. Organisation is § 621.05 and the definition is § 621.03(2); the corporation is organised "under the provisions of chapter 607", with ch. 607 applicable except where ch. 621 conflicts (§ 621.13).
What the name must contain
§ 621.12(2): the name shall contain the word "chartered", or, in the case of a professional corporation, the words "professional association" or the abbreviation "P.A." or the designation "PA". § 621.12(3) specifically prohibits the use of "company", "corporation" or "incorporated", or any other word, abbreviation, affix or prefix indicating that it is a corporation, other than "chartered", "professional association" or "P.A.". § 621.12(1) permits the last names of individual shareholders. § 621.12(4) lets either form practise under the same name with the professional designator omitted, but only if it has first registered that name as a fictitious name.
Does the agent requirement differ from an ordinary Florida LLC’s?
No. Florida sets no separate agent requirement for a professional entity — it is the same requirement an ordinary Florida LLC files under.
What else Florida requires
Florida is one of the jurisdictions that put both professional forms in a single act, and the act is written so that neither form stands alone: a professional corporation is a ch. 607 corporation that has elected into ch. 621, and a PLLC is a ch. 605 limited liability company that has elected into ch. 621. Ownership is closed in both directions. Members of a PLLC may only be other professional limited liability companies, professional corporations, or individuals licensed to render the same professional service (§§ 621.03(3), 621.09(2)), and interests may be transferred only to someone eligible to hold them (§ 621.11(2)). The designator to watch is the professional corporation: Florida does not use "P.C.". A Florida professional corporation is a "P.A." or is "chartered", and § 621.12(3) forbids the corporate words outright. Disqualification has teeth on the filing-office side: under § 621.10, a member, officer, shareholder, agent or employee who becomes legally disqualified must sever all employment and financial interest immediately, failure to require compliance is a ground for judicial dissolution, and when the failure is brought to the Department of State's attention the department must certify the fact to the Department of Legal Affairs for action to dissolve the entity. Statutes and Division instructions read September 2026.
Verified against the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) (dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/start-business/efile/fl-llc/instructions/) · Statute text: www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0621/0621.html · Last updated September 2026. Florida only — the rules in this cluster differ by jurisdiction, and this page speaks for no other.