Eleven companies from Sarasota and Manatee counties have been named as finalists for GrowFL's Florida Companies to Watch list. The awards, now in their eighth year, honor 50 second-stage companies from around the state for developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities and broadening new industries. The local companies named finalists are:

• Amistad Insurance, Sarasota

• Commercial Energy Systems, LLC; Englewood

• Cruise Car, Sarasota

• Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers, Sarasota

• MKM Sarasota, LLC; Sarasota

• Motorworks Brewing, Bradenton

• RND Automation & Engineering, Sarasota

• Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.; Sarasota

• Ultrafast Systems, Sarasota

• U.S. Submergent Technologies, Sarasota

• WG Wood Products, Sarasota

Winners will be announced in mid-September. GrowFL was created by the state in 2009 to help existing companies grow.