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Bradenton, Manatee County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Bradenton 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 monthBradenton12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 16; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 30
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 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Oct 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| May 2026 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 months | 16 | n/a | n/a | 30 |
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 | 16 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 159 | ||
| Catering | Food service | 2013-CATR | 3 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 32 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 3 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 9 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 7 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 75 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 10 | ||
| Bed and breakfast | Lodging | 2005-BNB | 1 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 7 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 5 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 93 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 42 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 7 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 357 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 2 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11PA | 1 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 2 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 2 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 73 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 66 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3PS | 7 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP | 17 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-S | 2 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SBX | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SCX | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SFS | 28 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special restaurant | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SR | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT BRADENTON | Hotel | 100 RIVERFRONT DR, BRADENTON 34205 | 153 | HOT5105043 |
| SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT BRADENTON DOWNTOWN/RIVERFRONT | Hotel | 102 12 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 131 | HOT5105028 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES BRADENTON WEST | Hotel | 4450 47 ST W, BRADENTON 34210 | 129 | HOT5103072 |
| HOMETOWNE STUDIO BRADENTON | Hotel | 1016 64 ST CT E, BRADENTON 34208 | 124 | HOT5105044 |
| COMPASS BY MARGARITAVILLE ANNA MARIA SOUND | Hotel | 12324 MANATEE AVE W, BRADENTON 34209 | 123 | HOT5105030 |
| HAMPTON INN & SUITES BRADENTON DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT | Hotel | 309 10TH ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 119 | HOT5105020 |
| TOWNPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 5451 CORTEZ RD W, BRADENTON 34210 | 87 | HOT5105029 |
| TRU BY HILTON BRADENTON/LAKEWOOD RANCH | Hotel | 5510 MANOR HILL LANE, BRADENTON 34203 | 81 | HOT5105032 |
| COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY RADISSON | Hotel | 5610 MANOR HILL LN, BRADENTON 34203 | 79 | HOT5105015 |
| KENTUCKY MOTEL | Motel | 1431 W 14 ST, BRADENTON 34205 | 31 | MOT5100393 |
| BAY BREEZE INN | Motel | 1526 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 25 | MOT5100336 |
| BLUE BOY MOTEL | Motel | 1839 W 14 ST, BRADENTON 34205 | 25 | MOT5103012 |
| BUDGET MOTEL | Motel | 1400 E US 301 BLVD, BRADENTON 34203 | 21 | MOT5100009 |
| FLORIDA BOUND MOTEL | Motel | 2003 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 13 | MOT5100147 |
| NINTH STREET MOTEL | Motel | 2308 9 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 11 | MOT5105061 |
| MANATEE PALMS | Bed and breakfast | 1128 MANATEE AVE EAST, BRADENTON 34208 | 6 | BNB5104432 |
| RIVERSIDE INN INC | Motel | 1060 E MANATEE AVE, BRADENTON 34208 | 6 | MOT5101654 |
| NIATA LLC | Transient apartment | 1829 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 4 | TAP5105085 |
| BRADENTON RENTAL 1 | Transient apartment | 1506 70 ST W, BRADENTON 34209 | 1 | TAP5105152 |
| BUILDING 4415 UNIT 104 | Transient apartment | 4415 45 AVE W, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105147 |
| LODGING #1 | Transient apartment | 4457 45 AVE UNIT 112, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105170 |
| LODGING #1 | Transient apartment | 4315 45TH AVE W, APT 101, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105171 |
| LODGING #2 | Transient apartment | 4535 46 CT W UNIT 101, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105169 |
| LODGING #2 | Transient apartment | 4535 46TH STREET CT W, APT 202A, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105172 |
| NEARSHORE FLORIDA RENTAL | Transient apartment | 2040 20TH AVE W, BRADENTON 34205 | 1 | TAP5105173 |
| NICKS VACATIONS LLC | Transient apartment | 4305 45 AVE W APT102, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105166 |
| VIREONIDAE VACATION | Transient apartment | 4457 45 AVE W UNIT 211, BRADENTON 34210 | 1 | TAP5105168 |
Of 1,029 active licenses here, 869 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (747 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 160 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
Manatee 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.