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Panama City Beach, Bay County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Panama City Beach from DBPR's license files, by type, with new licenses by month.
Active licenses as of DBPR's extracts of Sep 28, 2026 (food service), Sep 28, 2026 (lodging) and Oct 1, 2026 (alcoholic beverages). New lodging licenses exclude vacation rentals, which have their own count.
New licenses
New licenses by monthPanama City Beach12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 15; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 26
New food service and lodging licenses by the month DBPR approved them, from the new establishment files, initial licenses only. Alcoholic beverage licenses by the month first issued, licenses still active only, so earlier years understate openings. A month inside a published file with no new license is zero; a month no file covers is left blank. Closures recorded since the first extract: Food service 0, Lodging, except vacation rentals 0, Vacation rentals 0, Alcoholic beverages 0.
New licenses by month, last 12 months
| Month | Food service | Lodging, except vacation rentals | Vacation rentals | Alcoholic beverages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| May 2026 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 months | 15 | n/a | n/a | 26 |
n/a: no published file covers the month. See the explained gaps on the sources page.
Active licenses by type
| License type | Division | Code | Active | DBPR summary | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food service, non-seating | Food service | 2010-NOST | 36 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 221 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 13 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 3 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 16 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 24 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 23 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 1 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 286 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 173 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 1,556 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 82 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 25 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 538 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 2 | ||
| Club, golf | Alcoholic beverages | 11CG | 1 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 2 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 2 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 43 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 61 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3PS | 4 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP | 12 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-S | 22 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special airport | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SAL | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SBX | 2 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SFS | 84 |
Temporary event food vendors are in DBPR's file but not its summary, and are not counted. An alcohol license is active at primary status 20, Current; DBPR publishes no current alcohol summary to compare with.
Hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and transient apartments
Every active license of these types here, with the rental units DBPR records. Apartments, rooming houses and vacation rentals are counted above and listed in the county CSV.
| Name | Type | Address | Units | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLIDAY INN SUNSPREE | Motel | 11127 W FRONT BCH RD, PANAMA CITY BCH 32407 | 340 | MOT1303765 |
| CALYPSO TOWER III CONDOMINIUM | Hotel | 15928 FRONT BEACH ROAD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 255 | HOT1305253 |
| EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON PANAMA CITY BEACH RESORT | Hotel | 16006 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 255 | HOT1305258 |
| HYATT PLACE PANAMA CITY BEACH | Hotel | 15727 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 224 | HOT1305255 |
| BOARDWALK BEACH HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER (DUNES) | Motel | 9600 S THOMAS DR, PANAMA CITY BCH 32408 | 200 | MOT1300758 |
| CHATEAU BY THE SEA | Motel | 12525 W FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 200 | MOT1300013 |
| SPRINGHILL SUITS PANAMA CITY BEACH BEACHFRONT | Hotel | 12513 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 200 | HOT1305244 |
| SANDPIPER BEACON BEACH RESORT | Motel | 17403 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 199 | MOT1300286 |
| DAYS INN BEACH | Motel | 12818 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 188 | MOT1303766 |
| HAMPTON INN AND SUITES PANAMA CITY BEACH BEACHFRONT | Hotel | 15505 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 182 | HOT1305243 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS | Hotel | 12907 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 147 | HOT1305242 |
| RADISSON PANAMA CITY BEACH | Motel | 15325 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BCH 32413 | 139 | MOT1305101 |
| HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON | Hotel | 47 CHIP SEAL PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 131 | HOT1305252 |
| SEAHAVEN BEACH HOTEL | Motel | 15285 W FRONT BEACH ROAD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 124 | MOT1300753 |
| TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 16000 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 124 | HOT1305245 |
| RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT PIER PARK | Hotel | 15900 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 121 | HOT1305261 |
| FLAMINGO HOTEL AND TOWER | Motel | 15524 W FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 117 | MOT1300029 |
| DRIFTWOOD/OSPREY MOTEL | Motel | 15801 W FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BCH 32413 | 116 | MOT1303144 |
| PALM & TIDE BEACHFRONT HOTEL | Motel | 12001 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 110 | MOT1304566 |
| BEACHCOMBER BY THE SEA | Motel | 17101 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 100 | MOT1304607 |
| BIKINI BEACH RESORT | Motel | 11001 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 100 | MOT1300318 |
| CASA LOMA | Motel | 13615 W FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 100 | MOT1300654 |
| FLAMINGO HOTEL AND TOWER | Motel | 15525 W FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 95 | MOT1300437 |
| HAMPTON INN & SUITES PANAMA CITY BEACH | Hotel | 13505 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 95 | HOT1305236 |
| TRU BY HILTON | Hotel | 1585 N URBAN BLU DR, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 90 | HOT1305262 |
| HAMPTON INN PANAMA CITY BEACH | Hotel | 2909 THOMAS DR, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 | 89 | HOT1305256 |
| LA QUINTA INN & SUITES | Hotel | 17710 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 89 | HOT1305239 |
| CANDLEWOOD SUITES | Hotel | 16920 PANAMA CITY BEACH PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 84 | HOT1305246 |
| COMFORT INN & SUITES | Hotel | 17701 PCB PKWY, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 84 | HOT1305257 |
| SPARK BY HILTON | Motel | 10241 CLARENCE STREET, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 83 | MOT1305141 |
| REEF | Motel | 15013 FRONT BEACH ROAD, PANAMA CITY BCH 32413 | 80 | MOT1301095 |
| PALMETTO INN AND SUITES | Motel | 17255 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 78 | MOT1305138 |
| ATWELL SUITES | Hotel | 225 RICHARD JACKSON BLVD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 | 74 | HOT1305209 |
| SUGAR SANDS BY THE SEA | Motel | 20723 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 70 | MOT1300274 |
| PALMETTO INN AND SUITES | Motel | 17255 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 44 | MOT1302969 |
| BANANA PEEL LODGE | Motel | 12830 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32407 | 40 | MOT1300032 |
| 17784 FRONT BEACH RD LLC | Motel | 17784 FRONT BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32413 | 21 | MOT1305153 |
| BAHAMA BREEZE SUITES | Motel | 618 EVERGREEN ST, PANAMA CITY 32407 | 18 | MOT1305152 |
| SEVEN SEAS | Motel | 8013 THOMAS DR, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 | 12 | MOT1304643 |
| GARRETT FAMILY HOLDINGS | Transient apartment | 3821 THOMAS DR., PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 | 10 | TAP1305300 |
| SPARTAN INN | Motel | 8614 W SURF DR, PANAMA CITY BEACH 32408 | 10 | MOT1302316 |
Of 3,233 active licenses here, 2,599 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (2,217 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 634 by the city name as filed, where the address could not be placed. Unincorporated means outside every Census incorporated place in the county.
Sources on this page
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation: public food service license files, public lodging license files (Division of Hotels and Restaurants, one file per district, refreshed weekly) and the retail alcoholic beverage license file (Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco). Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- Validated against DBPR's own summaries on every build: the statewide license summary (HR400A, dated Oct 1, 2026) and the county license and unit summary (HR400C, dated Oct 1, 2026), by license type, within 1.5% or 15 licenses for the days between the weekly extract and the monthly summary. The retail alcohol file is compared with DBPR's all licensees file, series by series and county by county, exactly. The last alcohol count DBPR posted by county is dated July 1, 2021 and is carried in the published counts download.
- Locations. Every license address was geocoded with the US Census Bureau batch geocoder (current benchmark) and placed in a Census incorporated place (TIGERweb, retrieved 2026-10-01) by point in polygon. DBPR publishes no GIS layer of its licenses.
- Sources and methods.
Download the data
Bay County licenses CSV Every license, statewide (CSV, gzip) New licenses CSV (gzip) DBPR published counts CSV
One row per license with its type, status, address, county, geocoded coordinates, the city it was placed in and how. The new licenses file has every approval with its month; the published counts file has every figure from DBPR's summaries since 2017.