Pinellas County commissioners will consider revoking a tax exemption granted to Jabil Inc. after the company asked to exit an incentive tied to a St. Petersburg facility.
The proposed ordinance would repeal a 2020 approval that provided a 100% ad valorem tax exemption on improvements and equipment at Jabil’s Phase I site at 10900 Roosevelt Blvd. N.
The incentive applied only to that property, not Jabil’s broader operations in Pinellas County.
Jabil asked the county in December 2025 to revoke the incentive, citing changes in how it uses the site, according to county documents. The agreement required the company to meet job creation and wage targets at that location.
The Phase I incentive was tied to a plan to invest about $11.7 million into a roughly 39,900-square-foot facility and create 12 new jobs with average annual wages of about $62,900. County documents show Jabil no longer plans to participate in that portion of the program.
Because the incentive is tied to a specific property, the county must repeal the ordinance and dissolve the performance agreement. If approved, Jabil would be required to repay any previously exempted taxes, with the final amount to be determined by the Pinellas County Property Appraiser.
The incentive was part of a three-phase tax exemption program approved in 2018. Phase I and Phase II moved forward, while a third phase has not been initiated.
Jabil has continued to invest in new manufacturing capacity elsewhere, including a planned $500 million facility in North Carolina tied to growing demand for data center infrastructure.
The action does not affect the county’s broader economic development tax exemption program, which voters renewed in 2024 and extended through 2034.
Commissioners are scheduled to take up the ordinance April 7 in Clearwater.
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