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Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Unincorporated Hillsborough County from DBPR's license files, by type, with new licenses by month.
Food service licenses2,313
Lodging licenses856
Alcoholic beverage licenses1,456
New food service licenses, 12 months to Aug 2026257
New lodging licensesn/a
New vacation rental licensesn/a
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.
Restaurants and other food service, seating1,428
Food service, non-seating165
Mobile food vehicles and carts616
Catering71
Vending machines33
Hotels and motels77
Bed and breakfasts1
Apartments and rooming houses436
Vacation rentals342
Liquor by the drink (quota and special licenses)367
Liquor package stores (quota)80
Beer and wine by the drink312
Beer and wine package sales640
Clubs, caterers and other alcohol licenses57
New licenses
New licenses by monthUnincorporated Hillsborough County12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 257; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 141
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 | 28 | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| Oct 2025 | 25 | n/a | n/a | 13 |
| Nov 2025 | 26 | n/a | n/a | 13 |
| Dec 2025 | 26 | n/a | n/a | 15 |
| Jan 2026 | 16 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
| Feb 2026 | 25 | n/a | n/a | 11 |
| Mar 2026 | 17 | n/a | n/a | 15 |
| Apr 2026 | 18 | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| May 2026 | 24 | n/a | n/a | 13 |
| Jun 2026 | 23 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 months | 257 | n/a | n/a | 141 |
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 | 165 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 1,428 | ||
| Catering | Food service | 2013-CATR | 71 | ||
| Hot dog cart | Food service | 2014-HTDG | 15 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 601 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 33 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 44 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 33 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 428 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 8 | ||
| Bed and breakfast | Lodging | 2005-BNB | 1 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 4 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 1 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 24 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 39 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 3 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 271 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 22 | ||
| Club, golf | Alcoholic beverages | 11CG | 15 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 20 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 51 | ||
| Beer, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 1COP | 3 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 589 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 309 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3PS | 80 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP | 92 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-S | 11 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), SAX | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SAX | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SBX | 6 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SCX | 2 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SFS | 255 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULAKE APARTMENTS | Transient apartment | 14200 BRUCE B DOWNS BLVD, TAMPA 33613 | 300 | TAP3904662 |
| TESSA SPRINGS | Transient apartment | 11810 UPTOWN WALKER PL, THONOTOSASSA 33592 | 292 | TAP3914086 |
| SHERATON TAMPA EAST | Hotel | 10221 PRINCESS PALM AVE, TAMPA 33610 | 266 | HOT3906561 |
| PALMS INN | Motel | 701 E FLETCHER AVE, TAMPA 33612 | 264 | MOT3902771 |
| DRURY PLAZA HOTEL TAMPA BRANDON | Hotel | 802 SOUTH FALKENBURG RD, TAMPA 33619 | 210 | HOT3913699 |
| PARC MICRO SUITES | Motel | 400 E BEARRS AVE, TAMPA 33613 | 160 | MOT3902668 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN BRANDON | Hotel | 10309 HIGHLAND MANOR DR, TAMPA 33610 | 152 | HOT3912805 |
| INTOWN SUITES | Hotel | 8207 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA 33619 | 151 | HOT3912320 |
| EMBASSY SUITES BRANDON | Hotel | 10220 PALM RIVER RD, BRANDON 33619 | 147 | HOT3913616 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA 9506 | Hotel | 8940 E SLIGH AVE, TAMPA 33610 | 144 | HOT3913674 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA SELECT SUITES 9643 | Motel | 330 GRAND REGENCY BLVD, BRANDON 33510 | 141 | MOT3911502 |
| TAMPA BAY EXTENDED STAY HOTEL - AIRPORT | Motel | 6902 HILLSBOROUGH AVE W, TAMPA 33634 | 136 | MOT3912173 |
| HYATT PLACE WESLEY CHAPEL | Hotel | 26000 SIERRA CENTER BLVD, LUTZ 33559 | 132 | HOT3913659 |
| COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT TAMPA NORTHWEST/ VETERENS EXPRESSWAY | Hotel | 12730 CITRUS PARK LN, TAMPA 33625 | 128 | HOT3913660 |
| LA QUINTA INN AND SUITES BRANDON REGENCY PARK | Hotel | 310 GRAND REGENCY BLVD, BRANDON 33510 | 128 | HOT3913532 |
| UPTOWN SUITES - TAMPA/RIVERVIEW | Hotel | 9321 EVERHART RD, RIVERVIEW 33578 | 128 | HOT3913662 |
| HOMEWOOD SUITES TAMPA-BRANDON | Hotel | 10240 PALM RIVER RD, TAMPA 33619 | 126 | HOT3913612 |
| HOME2 SUITES BRANDON | Hotel | 10323 PALM RIVER RD, BRANDON 33619 | 125 | HOT3913658 |
| HOME2 SUITES RIVERVIEW | Hotel | 9903 ALAFIA PRESERVE AVE, RIVERVIEW 33578 | 125 | HOT3913698 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA #9501 | Hotel | 10623 E BAY RD, GIBSONTON 33534 | 124 | HOT3913666 |
| HAMPTON INN AND SUITES | Hotel | 10240 CAUSEWAY BLVD, TAMPA 33619 | 124 | HOT3913667 |
| HOMETOWNE STUDIO TAMPA | Hotel | 6121 W SITKA ST, TAMPA 33634 | 124 | HOT3913692 |
| MOTEL 6 | Motel | 6626 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, TAMPA 33619 | 124 | MOT3906304 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA SELECT STE (9645) | Hotel | 5401 BEAUMONT CTR., TAMPA 33634 | 122 | HOT3911404 |
| WOODSPRING SUITES TAMPA AIRPORT NORTH VETERANS EXPRESSWAY | Hotel | 9310 ANDERSON RD, TAMPA 33634 | 122 | HOT3913681 |
| MASTERS INN | Motel | 6010 COUNTY RD 579, SEFFNER 33584 | 120 | MOT3902619 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN TAMPA SOUTHEAST | Hotel | 4328 GARDEN VISTA DR, RIVERVIEW 33578 | 119 | HOT3913626 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS TAMPA BRANDON | Hotel | 510 GRAND REGENCY BLVD., BRANDON 33510 | 119 | HOT3911701 |
| QUALITY INN TAMPA-BRANDON | Motel | 9331 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA 33619 | 118 | MOT3902682 |
| RED ROOF INN | Motel | 10121 HORACE AVE, TAMPA 33619 | 114 | MOT3906778 |
| FAIRFIELD INN RIVERVIEW | Hotel | 10743 BIG BEND RD, RIVERVIEW 33579 | 108 | HOT3913668 |
| RED ROOF INN TAMPA FAIRGROUNDS | Motel | 5001 US 301 N, TAMPA 33610 | 108 | MOT3905288 |
| FAIRFIELD TAMPA BRANDON | Hotel | 10150 PALM RIVER RD, TAMPA 33619 | 107 | HOT3911434 |
| AMERICANA INN | Motel | 321 E FLETCHER AVE, TAMPA 33612 | 105 | MOT3905535 |
| SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT TAMPA BRANDON | Hotel | 1051 FALKENBURG RD, TAMPA 33619 | 103 | HOT3913618 |
| CAMBRIA HOTEL TAMPA / BRANDON | Hotel | 9970 DELANEY LAKE DR, TAMPA 33619 | 102 | HOT3913695 |
| LA QUINTA INN AND SUITES | Motel | 4811 US HWY 301 N, TAMPA 33610 | 102 | MOT3906143 |
| RESIDENCE INN TAMPA SABAL PARK/BRANDON | Hotel | 9719 PRINCESS PALM AVE, TAMPA 33619 | 102 | HOT3911943 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA SELECT STE (789) | Hotel | 12242 MORRIS BRDG, TEMPLE TERRACE 33637 | 101 | HOT3911500 |
| LA QUINTA INN AND SUITES BY WYNDHAM TAMPA | Motel | 602 S FALKENBURG RD, TAMPA 33619 | 101 | MOT3906276 |
| MOTEL 6 TAMPA FAIRGROUNDS | Motel | 9942 ADAMO DR, TAMPA 33619 | 100 | MOT3905753 |
| STAYBRIDGE SUITES TAMPA EAST-BRANDON | Hotel | 3624 N FALKENBURG RD, TAMPA 33619 | 100 | HOT3913615 |
| TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 6202 E DR MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD, TAMPA 33619 | 96 | HOT3913677 |
| COURTYARD TAMPA - BRANDON | Hotel | 10152 PALM RIVER RD, TAMPA 33619 | 93 | HOT3911539 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL RUSKIN FL | Hotel | 226 TECO RD, RUSKIN 33570 | 92 | HOT3913669 |
| COMFORT SUITES | Motel | 5421 W WATERS AVE, TAMPA 33634 | 89 | MOT3913619 |
| HAMPTON INN TAMPA-VETERANS EXPWY (AIRPORT NORTH) | Hotel | 5628 W. WATERS AVENUE, TAMPA 33634 | 86 | HOT3912494 |
| HAMPTON INN AND SUITES RUSKIN | Hotel | 711 SE 33 ST, RUSKIN 33570 | 85 | HOT3913687 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS | Hotel | 9402 CORP LAKE DR, TAMPA 33634 | 85 | HOT3912928 |
| HAMPTON INN BY HILTON TAMPA FAIRGROUNDS CASINO | Hotel | 4506 OAK FAIR BLVD, TAMPA 33610 | 84 | HOT3913635 |
| SEFFNER INN AND SUITES (COMFORT INN AND SUITES) | Hotel | 11551 DISCOVERY LN, SEFFNER 33584 | 83 | HOT3913685 |
| SLEEP INN | Hotel | 12282 MORRIS BRIDGE RD, TAMPA 33637 | 83 | HOT3911579 |
| COUNTRY INN & SUITES TAMPA/BRANDON | Hotel | 915 S FALKENBURG RD, TAMPA 33619 | 82 | HOT3913613 |
| FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES | Hotel | 12260 MORRIS BRIDGE RD, TEMPLE TERRACE 33637 | 82 | HOT3911830 |
| RODEWAY INN SUN CITY CENTER | Motel | 809 N PEBBLE BEACH BLVD, SUN CITY CENTER 33573 | 80 | MOT3900791 |
| SPARK BY HILTON | Motel | 10110 HORACE AVE, TAMPA 33619 | 80 | MOT3910987 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES TAMPA FAIRGROUNDS CASINO | Hotel | 8610 ELM FAIR BLVD, TAMPA 33610 | 76 | HOT3913579 |
| COMFORT INN | Motel | 718 CYPRESS VILLAGE BLVD, SUN CITY CENTER 33573 | 75 | MOT3909771 |
| HAMPTON INN AND SUITES TAMPA EAST | Hotel | 11740 TAMPA GATEWAY BLVD, SEFFNER 33584 | 74 | HOT3913601 |
| LA QUINTA INN & SUITES TAMPA CENTRAL | Hotel | 3826 W WATERS AVENUE, TAMPA 33614 | 72 | HOT3913620 |
| COMFORT SUITES | Hotel | 9932 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA 33619 | 69 | HOT3911573 |
| COUNTRY INN & SUITES TAMPA AIRPORT NORTH | Hotel | 8109 BENJAMIN RD, TAMPA 33634 | 65 | HOT3913636 |
| CLARION POINTE NEAR FAIRGROUNDS CASINO | Hotel | 10007 PRINCESS PALM AVE, TAMPA 33619 | 59 | HOT3913632 |
| RUSKIN INN | Motel | 3113 E COLLEGE AVE, RUSKIN 33570 | 56 | MOT3911366 |
| STAR MOTEL | Motel | 10809 US HWY 92 E, SEFFNER 33584 | 50 | MOT3900075 |
| OLD MEMORIAL GOLF CLUB | Transient apartment | 13600 NATIONAL GOLF DR, TAMPA 33626 | 44 | TAP3911723 |
| BRANDON MOTOR LODGE | Motel | 906 E BRANDON BLVD, BRANDON 33511 | 35 | MOT3901416 |
| EAST LAKE INN | Motel | 6529 E HILLSBOROUGH AVE, TAMPA 33610 | 26 | MOT3906901 |
| GIBTOWN INN | Motel | 11545 S US HWY 41, GIBSONTON 33534 | 24 | MOT3913547 |
| BROOK MOTEL | Motel | 11120 E US HWY 92, SEFFNER 33584 | 20 | MOT3901972 |
| TARABA LLC | Motel | 1804 S US HWY 41, RUSKIN 33570 | 20 | MOT3900606 |
| A1 MOTEL | Motel | 12003 N NEBRASKA AVE, TAMPA 33612 | 19 | MOT3913625 |
| DOGWOOD HAVEN APTS | Transient apartment | 4311 W US HWY 92, PLANT CITY 33567 | 18 | TAP3906209 |
| PIRATE'S POINTE RESORT LLC | Motel | 1800 KOFRESI CT, RUSKIN 33570 | 18 | MOT3913618 |
| RANCH MOTEL | Motel | 2909 S 50 ST, TAMPA 33619 | 18 | MOT3901892 |
| CAMP KNOX MOTEL | Motel | 11104 E US HWY 92, SEFFNER 33584 | 17 | MOT3900923 |
| EAST BAY MOTEL | Motel | 9839 US HWY 41 S, GIBSONTON 33534 | 16 | MOT3901557 |
| OAKLEA MANOR MOTEL APARTMENTS (OAKLEA PLACE) | Motel | 12783 E US HIGHWAY 92, DOVER 33527 | 14 | MOT3900132 |
| SUITES MOTEL | Motel | 11507 E US HWY 92, SEFFNER 33584 | 14 | MOT3900974 |
| PRINCESS MOTEL | Motel | 6435 W HILLSBOROUGH AVE, TAMPA 33634 | 11 | MOT3901047 |
| MOTEL 92 | Transient apartment | 5805 W US HWY 92, PLANT CITY 33566 | 10 | TAP3902085 |
| LAMPLIGHTER MOTEL | Motel | 12208 N FLORIDA AVE, TAMPA 33612 | 9 | MOT3903389 |
| BRADFORD MOTEL | Transient apartment | 2811 E HWY 60, VALRICO 33594 | 8 | TAP3912286 |
| RIVERBEND RETREAT-FLA. | Bed and breakfast | 10200 ELBOW BEND RD, RIVERVIEW 33578 | 6 | BNB3913553 |
| FLYING CLOUD RENTALS | Transient apartment | 14205 NEBRASKA AVE, TAMPA 33613 | 5 | TAP3901813 |
| FREEDOM PLAZA | Transient apartment | 1010 AMERICAN EAGLE BLVD, SUN CITY CENTER 33573 | 5 | TAP3910314 |
Of 4,625 active licenses here, 4,376 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (3,485 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 249 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
Hillsborough 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.