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Miami-Dade County licensed businesses

Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses in Miami-Dade County from DBPR's license files, by type and by city, with new licenses by month. Consumer spending in Miami-Dade County.

Food service licenses9,427

Lodging licenses11,236

Alcoholic beverage licenses6,593

New food service licenses, 12 months to Aug 2026962

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, seating5,903

Food service, non-seating1,222

Mobile food vehicles and carts1,897

Catering379

Vending machines26

Hotels and motels605

Bed and breakfasts11

Apartments and rooming houses5,902

Vacation rentals4,718

Liquor by the drink (quota and special licenses)1,636

Liquor package stores (quota)272

Beer and wine by the drink1,987

Beer and wine package sales2,450

Clubs, caterers and other alcohol licenses248

By city

Census incorporated places (cities, towns and villages) and the unincorporated remainder of the county. Sort any column; select a place for its page.

Place	Food service	Restaurants, seating	Lodging	Hotels and motels	Vacation rentals	Alcohol	New food service, 12 months	New lodging	New vacation rentals
Aventura	162	131	172	7	158	112	11	n/a	n/a
Bal Harbour	23	22	8	3	3	14	0	n/a	n/a
Bay Harbor Islands	12	11	61	3	24	13	1	n/a	n/a
Biscayne Park	1	1	31	0	28	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Boca Raton	2	1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Coral Gables	266	244	189	12	3	221	12	n/a	n/a
Coral Springs	3	2	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cutler Bay	83	55	29	2	25	60	7	n/a	n/a
DeBary	0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deerfield Beach	0	0	2	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Doral	423	335	73	33	9	281	28	n/a	n/a
El Portal	4	0	15	0	9	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Florida City	53	33	47	15	1	46	4	n/a	n/a
Fort Lauderdale	0	0	2	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fort Myers Beach	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fort Pierce	0	0	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hallandale Beach	1	1	2	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hialeah	737	369	676	15	6	567	119	n/a	n/a
Hialeah Gardens	61	46	8	2	1	49	3	n/a	n/a
Hollywood	3	1	10	0	10	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Homestead	173	124	148	18	11	154	8	n/a	n/a
Indian Creek	0	0	0	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Indian Rocks Beach	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Islamorada, Village of Islands	0	0	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jacksonville Beach	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Key Biscayne	57	50	60	2	58	55	1	n/a	n/a
Key West	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Marathon	0	0	4	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Marco Island	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Medley	115	23	2	1	0	38	25	n/a	n/a
Melbourne	0	0	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Miami	2,847	1,651	4,151	124	1,133	1,793	336	n/a	n/a
Miami Beach	755	668	2,915	260	1,828	675	34	n/a	n/a
Miami Gardens	287	107	88	2	43	134	72	n/a	n/a
Miami Lakes	80	73	29	3	9	57	1	n/a	n/a
Miami Shores	19	12	15	1	7	17	1	n/a	n/a
Miami Springs	65	48	99	21	29	37	10	n/a	n/a
Miramar	1	1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
North Bay Village	12	11	85	1	66	17	0	n/a	n/a
North Miami	171	121	236	2	8	150	11	n/a	n/a
North Miami Beach	179	123	139	0	5	129	26	n/a	n/a
Oakland Park	0	0	1	0	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Okeechobee	1	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Opa-locka	56	26	54	0	0	54	7	n/a	n/a
Palmetto Bay	66	53	22	1	10	40	0	n/a	n/a
Pembroke Pines	1	1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pinecrest	69	66	17	0	14	62	2	n/a	n/a
Plantation	0	0	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pompano Beach	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sarasota	1	1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
South Miami	67	60	36	0	3	59	1	n/a	n/a
Sunny Isles Beach	109	99	645	7	631	88	1	n/a	n/a
Sunrise	0	0	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Surfside	37	32	17	5	2	26	2	n/a	n/a
Sweetwater	110	67	41	5	0	75	9	n/a	n/a
Virginia Gardens	13	10	14	2	3	11	1	n/a	n/a
West Miami	14	10	19	1	5	20	0	n/a	n/a
West Palm Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wilton Manors	0	0	2	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Unincorporated Miami-Dade County	2,287	1,214	1,061	56	556	1,535	229	n/a	n/a

New licenses

New licenses by monthMiami-Dade County12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 962; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 618

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	81	n/a	n/a	40
Oct 2025	100	n/a	n/a	51
Nov 2025	73	n/a	n/a	44
Dec 2025	66	n/a	n/a	55
Jan 2026	71	n/a	n/a	51
Feb 2026	61	n/a	n/a	45
Mar 2026	101	n/a	n/a	42
Apr 2026	100	n/a	n/a	76
May 2026	58	n/a	n/a	76
Jun 2026	96	n/a	n/a	48
Jul 2026	85	3	0	44
Aug 2026	70	1	0	46
12 months	962	n/a	n/a	618

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	1,222	1,223	-1
Food service, seating	Food service	2010-SEAT	5,903	5,908	-5
Theme park food cart	Food service	2012-PARK	0	0	0
Catering	Food service	2013-CATR	379	380	-1
Hot dog cart	Food service	2014-HTDG	63	63	0
Mobile food dispensing vehicle	Food service	2014-MFDV	1,834	1,838	-4
Vending machine	Food service	2015-VEND	26	26	0
Hotel	Lodging	2001-HOTL	491	490	+1
Motel	Lodging	2002-MOTL	114	114	0
Nontransient apartment	Lodging	2003-NAPT	5,780	5,782	-2
Transient apartment	Lodging	2003-TAPT	122	122	0
Bed and breakfast	Lodging	2005-BNB	11	11	0
Vacation rental condominium, collective	Lodging	2006-CNDO-CLCT	212	209	+3
Vacation rental condominium, group	Lodging	2006-CNDO-GRP	303	305	-2
Vacation rental condominium, single	Lodging	2006-CNDO-SNGL	2,972	2,985	-13
Vacation rental dwelling, collective	Lodging	2007-DWEL-CLCT	97	104	-7
Vacation rental dwelling, group	Lodging	2007-DWEL-GRP	55	54	+1
Vacation rental dwelling, single	Lodging	2007-DWEL-SNGL	1,079	1,081	-2
Club	Alcoholic beverages	11C	52
Club, golf	Alcoholic beverages	11CG	11
Club	Alcoholic beverages	11PA	16
Railroad or transit	Alcoholic beverages	12RT	3
Caterer	Alcoholic beverages	13CT	164
Beer, package sales	Alcoholic beverages	1APS	179
Beer, consumption on premises	Alcoholic beverages	1COP	14
Beer and wine, package sales	Alcoholic beverages	2APS	2,270
Beer and wine, package sales, special airport	Alcoholic beverages	2APS-SAL	1
Beer and wine, consumption on premises	Alcoholic beverages	2COP	1,973
Liquor package store (quota)	Alcoholic beverages	3PS	272
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota)	Alcoholic beverages	4COP	475
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-S	282
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special airport	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SAL	22
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SBX	5
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SCX	7
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant)	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SFS	793
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special historic hotel	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SH	34
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), SPX	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SPX	13
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), SPXE	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SPXE	2
Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special restaurant	Alcoholic beverages	4COP-SR	3
Series RTS	Alcoholic beverages	RTS	2

DBPR's HR400C summary dated Oct 1, 2026; the extract is from a different day, so small differences are expected and the build fails beyond 1.5% or 15 licenses. Group and collective vacation rental licenses list units in more than one county and are checked statewide only. 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.

Active licenses on July 1 of each year, as DBPR publishes them

DBPR's HR400C summaries: a snapshot each July 1 since 2017 and the latest monthly summary. These are DBPR's own figures, not counts from the extracts; the extract counts are in the table above.

License type	Code	Jul 1, 2017	Jul 1, 2018	Jul 1, 2019	Jul 1, 2020	Jul 1, 2021	Jul 1, 2022	Jul 1, 2023	Jul 1, 2024	Jul 1, 2025	Jul 1, 2026	Oct 1, 2026
Hotel	2001-HOTL	404	413	434	449	439	465	481	484	491	484	490
Motel	2002-MOTL	125	122	119	121	119	119	119	115	115	115	114
Nontransient apartment	2003-NAPT	5,361	5,437	5,523	5,506	5,553	5,615	5,625	5,694	5,747	5,762	5,782
Transient apartment	2003-TAPT	93	107	110	115	91	97	103	109	110	119	122
Bed and breakfast	2005-BNB	7	7	8	11	14	15	16	14	14	12	11
Vacation rental condominium, collective	2006-CNDO-CLCT	74	86	128	142	152	172	172	197	172	197	209
Vacation rental condominium, group	2006-CNDO-GRP	71	100	173	235	268	275	265	305	280	302	305
Vacation rental condominium, single	2006-CNDO-SNGL	506	845	1,795	2,447	2,721	3,177	2,734	3,121	2,484	2,868	2,985
Vacation rental dwelling, collective	2007-DWEL-CLCT	21	22	32	48	61	85	106	132	107	103	104
Vacation rental dwelling, group	2007-DWEL-GRP	9	11	20	33	40	52	51	63	54	53	54
Vacation rental dwelling, single	2007-DWEL-SNGL	84	142	236	433	556	938	1,038	1,297	931	1,050	1,081
Food service, non-seating	2010-NOST	959	968	996	986	974	1,049	1,132	5,823	1,166	1,219	1,223
Food service, seating	2010-SEAT	5,392	5,467	5,532	5,628	5,525	5,662	5,810	1,138	5,888	5,890	5,908
Theme park food cart	2012-PARK								0	0	0	0
Catering	2013-CATR	195	206	225	247	239	262	292	312	317	375	380
Hot dog cart	2014-HTDG	107	110	111	108	79	75	80	75	77	70	63
Mobile food dispensing vehicle	2014-MFDV	605	714	886	1,003	1,131	1,271	1,494	1,591	1,741	1,774	1,838
Vending machine	2015-VEND	13	16	14	14	18	22	19	23	24	29	26
Timeshare project, collective	2022-TSHR-CLCT								0	0	0	0
Timeshare project, group	2022-TSHR-GRP								0	0	0	0
Timeshare project, single	2022-TSHR-SNGL		1	1	1	1			0	0	0	0
Culinary education program, non-seating	2023-NOST								1	1	0	0
Culinary education program, seating	2023-SEAT								0	0	0	0

Of 27,256 active licenses here, 25,627 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (21,666 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 1,629 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.

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Miami-Dade 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.