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Unincorporated Walton County, Walton County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Unincorporated Walton 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 Walton County12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 27; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 33
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 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Oct 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 5 | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| May 2026 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 months | 27 | n/a | n/a | 33 |
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 | 32 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 311 | ||
| Catering | Food service | 2013-CATR | 8 | ||
| Hot dog cart | Food service | 2014-HTDG | 1 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 37 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 1 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 21 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 2 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 19 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 1 | ||
| Bed and breakfast | Lodging | 2005-BNB | 1 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 148 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 65 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 382 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 360 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 16 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 1,461 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 5 | ||
| Club, golf | Alcoholic beverages | 11CG | 3 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 8 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 3 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 72 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 102 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises, special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP-SFS | 3 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3APS | 5 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 5COP | 8 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 5COP-S | 18 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 5COP-SFS | 132 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special historic hotel | Alcoholic beverages | 5COP-SH | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), SPX | Alcoholic beverages | 5COP-SPX | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILTON SANDESTIN BEACH GOLF RESORT AND SPA | Hotel | 4000 SANDESTIN BLVD S, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 590 | HOT7600597 |
| HOTEL EFFIE | Hotel | 1 GRAND SANDESTIN BLVD, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 250 | HOT7603164 |
| COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 100 GRAND BLVD, SANDESTIN 32550 | 174 | HOT7603153 |
| EMBASSY SUITES DESTIN-MIRAMAR BEACH | Hotel | 570 SCENIC GULF DR, DESTIN 32550 | 155 | HOT7601796 |
| LA QUINTA INN MIRAMAR BEACH | Hotel | 12839 US HWY 98 W, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 125 | HOT7603162 |
| RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 300 GRAND BLVD, SANDESTIN 32550 | 120 | HOT7603130 |
| DRURY INN & SUITES DESTIN MIRAMAR BEACH | Hotel | 50 PONCE DE LEON ST, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 116 | HOT7603171 |
| TRU BY HILTON SANTA ROSA BEACH | Hotel | 6789 US 98 W, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 114 | HOT7603170 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN MIRAMAR BEACH | Hotel | 220 SCENIC GULF DR, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 111 | HOT7603163 |
| HOME2SUITES BY HILTON SANTA ROSA BEACH | Hotel | 100 W HEWETT RD, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 107 | HOT7603167 |
| TOWNEPLACE SUITES DESTIN | Hotel | 39 SCENIC GULF DRIVE, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 100 | HOT7603169 |
| LODGE 30A | Hotel | 4721 E COUNTY HWY 30A, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 85 | HOT7603166 |
| HYATT PLACE SANDESTIN | Hotel | 325 GRAND BLVD, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 84 | HOT7603161 |
| CAMP CREEK INN | Hotel | 684 FAZIO DR, WATERSOUND 32461 | 75 | HOT7603168 |
| CANDLEWOOD SUITES DESTIN SANDESTIN | Hotel | 11396 US HWY 98 W, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 75 | HOT7603154 |
| COMFORT INN MIRAMAR BEACH | Hotel | 12282 EMERALD COAST PKWY W, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 71 | HOT7603165 |
| WATERCOLOR INN AND RESORT | Hotel | 34 GOLDENROD CIR, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 60 | HOT7601853 |
| RED ROOF INN | Motel | 326 GREEN ACRES DR, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS 32435 | 48 | MOT7601849 |
| ADAMANTIUM HOTELS | Hotel | 6904 W COUNTY HWY 30 A, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 36 | HOT7603155 |
| PONCE DE LEON MOTOR LODGE | Motel | 2957 HWY 81 S, PONCE DE LEON 32455 | 24 | MOT4000084 |
| HIBISCUS COFFEE & GUEST HOUSE | Bed and breakfast | 85 DEFUNIAK ST, SANTA ROSA BEACH 32459 | 12 | BNB7601511 |
| HOTEL DEFUNIAK | Hotel | 400 E NELSON AVE, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS 32433 | 11 | HOT7603159 |
| ROSEMARY BEACH INN | Hotel | 78 MAIN ST, INLET BEACH 32461 | 11 | HOT7603172 |
| WATERSOUND INN | Hotel | 6652 E COUNTY HWY 30A, WATERSOUND 32461 | 11 | HOT7603160 |
| OHANA BEACH HOUSE | Transient apartment | 450 S GERONIMO ST, MIRAMAR BEACH 32550 | 8 | TAP7601825 |
Of 3,227 active licenses here, 2,921 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (2,119 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 306 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
Walton 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.