Tampa, Orlando Among America’s Most Frugal Cities

TAMPA, FL — When it comes to pinching pennies, Orlando and Tampa Bay area residents are among the nation’s best. That’s according to Coupons.com, which named the two cities to its Top 10 list of the country's most frugal.

Washington, D.C., earned first-place honors in the America’s Most Frugal Cities of 2016 rankings. The report based rankings on the number of digital coupons downloaded per capita in an area during 2016.

Coupons.com’s data came from its parent company, Quotient Technology Inc., which counted downloads made by residents across the United States through the Coupons.com website, its mobile app and the site’s partners across the country. The website has published its rankings index for seven years.

While the nation’s capital earned those first-place honors, Orlando seems to also have a serious penchant for saving. Residents there downloaded their way to second-place ranking. The city had topped by index for the first six years of its existence. Tampa came in sixth-place overall, just behind Dallas.

Quotient Technology estimated that residents in the Tampa area saved $9.6 million by downloading digital coupons in 2016. The savings estimate for Orlando was $8.6 million. No other Florida cities made the top 10.

“The Most Frugal Cities list from Coupons.com demonstrates that shoppers throughout the country are using coupons to stretch their dollars,” Jeanette Pavini, Coupons.com’s consumer savings expert, said in announcing the rankings. “People work hard to earn a living, want to get the most out of their money, and they are saving hundreds of dollars a year by using digital coupons.”

To find out more about Coupons.com, visit it online. To see the full rankings report, visit Quotient Technology online.

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