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Unincorporated Manatee County, Manatee County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Unincorporated Manatee County 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 monthUnincorporated Manatee County12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 112; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 54
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 | 8 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
| Oct 2025 | 9 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 7 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 14 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 16 | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 14 | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| May 2026 | 8 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 months | 112 | n/a | n/a | 54 |
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 | 53 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 541 | ||
| Catering | Food service | 2013-CATR | 13 | ||
| Hot dog cart | Food service | 2014-HTDG | 7 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 211 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 12 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 17 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 18 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 93 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 6 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 10 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 5 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 45 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 58 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 5 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 501 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 21 | ||
| Club, golf | Alcoholic beverages | 11CG | 12 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 10 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 2 | ||
| Beer, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 1COP | 3 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 182 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 165 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3PS | 33 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP | 20 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-S | 7 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SCX | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SFS | 135 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEGACY HOTEL | Hotel | 5450 BOLLETTIERI BLVD, BRADENTON 34210 | 150 | HOT5105026 |
| LANTERN INN & SUITES | Motel | 7251 N TAMIAMI TRL, SARASOTA 34243 | 147 | MOT5101506 |
| DOUBLETREE BY HILTON SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT | Hotel | 8009 15 ST E, SARASOTA 34243 | 135 | HOT5105017 |
| COURTYARD SARASOTA UNIVERSITY PARK | Hotel | 8305 TOURIST CENTER DR, BRADENTON 34201 | 132 | HOT5104555 |
| DAYS INN BRADENTON | Motel | 3506 1ST ST, BRADENTON 34208 | 130 | MOT5102203 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA PREMIER SUITES BRADENTON | Hotel | 4550 53 AVE E, BRADENTON 34203 | 124 | HOT5105040 |
| MOTEL 6 - BRADENTON | Motel | 660 67TH ST CIR E, BRADENTON 34208 | 123 | MOT5102841 |
| WOODSPRING SUITES BRADENTON | Hotel | 7376 STONE RIVER RD, BRADENTON 34203 | 123 | HOT5105031 |
| HAMPTON INN SARASOTA | Hotel | 5995 CATTLERIDGE BLVD, SARASOTA 34232 | 122 | HOT6804144 |
| HYATT PLACE | Hotel | 6021 EXCHANGE WAY, LAKEWOOD RANCH 34202 | 122 | HOT5105022 |
| HAMPTON INN | Hotel | 5810 E 20 CT, ELLENTON 34222 | 116 | HOT5104398 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT | Hotel | 8270 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA 34243 | 115 | HOT6804620 |
| RAMADA WATERFRONT HOTEL | Motel | 7150 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA 34243 | 110 | MOT5100514 |
| HOME 2 SUITES BY HILTON SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT | Hotel | 8260 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA 34243 | 109 | HOT5105025 |
| HOME2 SUITES BY HILTON - LAKEWOOD RANCH | Hotel | 6015 EXCHANGE WAY, BRADENTON 34202 | 108 | HOT5105034 |
| HAMPTON INN & SUITES SARASOTA/UNIV PARK | Hotel | 8565 COOPER CREEK BLVD, UNIVERSITY PARK 34201 | 102 | HOT5105018 |
| STAYBRIDGE SUITES SARASOTA-BRADENTON AIRPORT | Hotel | 2645 UNIVERSITY PKWY, SARASOTA 34243 | 102 | HOT5105042 |
| SUNRISE INN | Motel | 668 67 ST CIRCLE E, BRADENTON 34208 | 101 | MOT5102536 |
| FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES-LWR | Hotel | 6105 EXCHANGE WAY, BRADENTON 34202 | 87 | HOT5105013 |
| LITTLE PALM INN | Motel | 3512 US HWY 41 N, PALMETTO 34221 | 86 | MOT5100598 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS | Hotel | 5464 LENA RD, BRADENTON 34211 | 78 | HOT5105014 |
| QUALITY INN | Motel | 6727 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34207 | 77 | MOT5102347 |
| SUPER 8 | Motel | 5218 17 ST E, ELLENTON 34222 | 73 | MOT5102929 |
| QUALITY INN | Motel | 580 E 66 ST COURT, BRADENTON 34208 | 70 | MOT5103874 |
| RED ROOF INN | Motel | 4915 17 ST E, ELLENTON 34222 | 63 | MOT5104144 |
| COMFORT INN & SUITES | Motel | 648 67TH ST CIR E, BRADENTON 34208 | 60 | MOT5104362 |
| DAYS INN BRADENTON I 75 | Motel | 644 67 ST CIR E, BRADENTON 34208 | 59 | MOT5103312 |
| AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN | Motel | 607 67 ST CIR E, BRADENTON 34208 | 54 | MOT5103010 |
| BEST WESTERN PLUS MANATEE HOTEL | Motel | 2215 CORTEZ ROAD W, BRADENTON 34207 | 53 | MOT5105054 |
| MAGNUSON | Motel | 6511 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34207 | 49 | MOT5102928 |
| SUPER 8 BRADENTON SARASOTA AREA | Motel | 6516 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34207 | 47 | MOT5102828 |
| DELUXE INN | Hotel | 8071 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA 34243 | 25 | HOT5105041 |
| MICHIANA MOTEL | Motel | 3235 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 21 | MOT5100375 |
| BAXTER'S MOTEL | Motel | 3225 14 ST W, BRADENTON 34205 | 20 | MOT5100773 |
| EDGEWATER RESORT APARTMENTS | Transient apartment | 5905 18 ST E, ELLENTON 34222 | 20 | TAP5103215 |
| 1410 MAGELLAN LLC | Hotel | 1410 MAGELLAN DR, SARASOTA 34243 | 16 | HOT5105021 |
| ACADEMY RESORTS LODGE | Transient apartment | 5500 W 34 ST, BRADENTON 34210 | 16 | TAP5104510 |
| PARADISE BAY MOTEL | Transient apartment | 4406 102ND ST W, BRADENTON 34210 | 14 | TAP5100391 |
| BULLET ENTERPRISES | Transient apartment | 6820 15TH STREET EAST, SARASOTA 34243 | 9 | TAP5104707 |
| ELITE MR RETREAT LLC | Transient apartment | 5309 16 ST W, BRADENTON 34207 | 2 | TAP5105205 |
| SNYDER-BROWN FLORIDA LLC | Transient apartment | 107 64 ST CT NW, BRADENTON 34209 | 1 | TAP5105186 |
Of 2,186 active licenses here, 2,127 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (1,708 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 59 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.