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Unincorporated Lee County, Lee County: licensed businesses
Active food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage licenses placed in Unincorporated Lee County from DBPR's license files, by type, with new licenses by month.
Food service licenses1,303
Lodging licenses573
Alcoholic beverage licenses807
New food service licenses, 12 months to Aug 2026214
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, seating689
Food service, non-seating108
Mobile food vehicles and carts391
Catering109
Vending machines6
Hotels and motels72
Bed and breakfasts2
Apartments and rooming houses77
Vacation rentals422
Liquor by the drink (quota and special licenses)230
Liquor package stores (quota)27
Beer and wine by the drink199
Beer and wine package sales282
Clubs, caterers and other alcohol licenses69
New licenses
New licenses by monthUnincorporated Lee County12 months to Aug 2026: Food service 214; Lodging, except vacation rentals n/a; Vacation rentals n/a; Alcoholic beverages 67
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 | 23 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
| Oct 2025 | 13 | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 10 | n/a | n/a | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 20 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 14 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 28 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 22 | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 14 | n/a | n/a | 8 |
| May 2026 | 14 | n/a | n/a | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 19 | n/a | n/a | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 months | 214 | n/a | n/a | 67 |
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 | 108 | ||
| Food service, seating | Food service | 2010-SEAT | 689 | ||
| Catering | Food service | 2013-CATR | 109 | ||
| Hot dog cart | Food service | 2014-HTDG | 13 | ||
| Mobile food dispensing vehicle | Food service | 2014-MFDV | 378 | ||
| Vending machine | Food service | 2015-VEND | 6 | ||
| Hotel | Lodging | 2001-HOTL | 35 | ||
| Motel | Lodging | 2002-MOTL | 37 | ||
| Nontransient apartment | Lodging | 2003-NAPT | 69 | ||
| Transient apartment | Lodging | 2003-TAPT | 8 | ||
| Bed and breakfast | Lodging | 2005-BNB | 2 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, collective | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-CLCT | 19 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, group | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-GRP | 8 | ||
| Vacation rental condominium, single | Lodging | 2006-CNDO-SNGL | 53 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, collective | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-CLCT | 44 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, group | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-GRP | 4 | ||
| Vacation rental dwelling, single | Lodging | 2007-DWEL-SNGL | 294 | ||
| Club | Alcoholic beverages | 11C | 39 | ||
| Club, golf | Alcoholic beverages | 11CG | 20 | ||
| Caterer | Alcoholic beverages | 13CT | 10 | ||
| Beer, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 1APS | 5 | ||
| Beer, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 1COP | 3 | ||
| Beer and wine, package sales | Alcoholic beverages | 2APS | 277 | ||
| Beer and wine, consumption on premises | Alcoholic beverages | 2COP | 196 | ||
| Liquor package store (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 3PS | 27 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP | 28 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special hotel or motel | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-S | 9 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special airport | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SAL | 7 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SBX | 2 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SCX | 1 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), special food service (restaurant) | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SFS | 177 | ||
| Liquor, consumption on premises (quota), SPX | Alcoholic beverages | 4COP-SPX | 5 | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANIBEL HARBOUR RESORT & SPA | Hotel | 17260 HARBOUR POINTE DR, FT MYERS 33908 | 240 | HOT4603054 |
| DRURY INN & SUITES FT MYERS | Hotel | 9950 UNIVERSITY PLAZA DR, FORT MYERS 33913 | 180 | HOT4605599 |
| CROWNE PLAZA FT. MYERS GULF COAST | Hotel | 9931 INTERSTATE COMMERCE DR, FORT MYERS 33913 | 169 | HOT4605583 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN FORT MYERS AIRPORT/FGCU | Hotel | 16410 CORPORATE COMMERCE WAY, FORT MYERS 33913 | 164 | HOT4605592 |
| INTOWN SUITES FORT MYERS | Hotel | 7071 LAKERIDGE CT SW, FORT MYERS 33907 | 137 | HOT4605078 |
| TWEEN WATERS INN | Motel | 15951 CAPTIVA DR, CAPTIVA 33924 | 137 | MOT4600150 |
| COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT | Hotel | 10050 GULF CENTER DR, FORT MYERS 33913 | 134 | HOT4605578 |
| HOMEWOOD SUITES FORT MYERS AIRPORT/FGCU | Hotel | 16450 CORPORATE COMMERCE WAY, FORT MYERS 33913 | 133 | HOT4605588 |
| HOMEWOOD SUITES | Hotel | 5255 BIG PINE WAY, FORT MYERS 33907 | 130 | HOT4604603 |
| HILTON GARDEN INN FORT MYERS | Hotel | 12600 UNIVERSITY DR, FORT MYERS 33907 | 126 | HOT4605291 |
| TRAVELODGE NFM | Motel | 13353 N CLEVELAND AVE, N FORT MYERS 33903 | 125 | MOT4601193 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA PREMIER SUITES FORT MYERS | Hotel | 14761 HOPE CENTER LOOP, FORT MYERS 33912 | 124 | HOT4605612 |
| HOME2 SUITES BY HILTON FORT MYERS AIRPORT | Hotel | 10400 AIRKRAFT CT, FORT MYERS 33913 | 123 | HOT4605606 |
| EXTENDED STAY AMERICA SELECT SUITES #8081 | Hotel | 9701 ORANGE RIVER BLVD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 121 | HOT4605582 |
| DAYS INN FORT MYERS | Motel | 11435 S CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS 33907 | 120 | MOT4601826 |
| HAMPTON INN & SUITES FT MYERS BEACH SANIBEL GATEWAY | Hotel | 11281 SUMMERLIN DR, FORT MYERS BEACH 33931 | 120 | HOT4605192 |
| K HOTEL FORT MYERS LLC | Hotel | 9740 COMMERCE CENTER CT, FORT MYERS 33908 | 120 | HOT4605586 |
| RESIDENCE INN FORT MYERS AT I-75 AND GULF COAST TOWN CENTER | Hotel | 10054 GULF CENTER DR, FORT MYERS 33913 | 116 | HOT4605596 |
| MARINATOWN INN | Motel | 3350 MARINATOWN LN, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 110 | MOT4602677 |
| BEST WESTERN FORT MYERS WATERFRONT | Hotel | 13021 N CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS 33903 | 108 | HOT4601728 |
| GREEN HOUSE | Hotel | 13600 TREELINE AVE S, FORT MYERS 33913 | 108 | HOT4605587 |
| SANIBEL HARBOUR RESORT & SPA - CAPTIVA | Hotel | 17260 HARBOUR POINTE DR, FT MYERS 33908 | 107 | HOT4604962 |
| SOUTH SEAS ISLAND RESORT | Hotel | 5400 PLANTATION RD, CAPTIVA ISLAND 33924 | 107 | HOT4600251 |
| SPARK BY HILTON | Motel | 8955 DANIELS PKWY, FORT MYERS 33912 | 106 | MOT4604663 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS INN & SUITES FORT MYERS AIRPORT | Hotel | 14567 GLOBAL PKWY, FORT MYERS 33913 | 101 | HOT4605607 |
| COMFORT INN & SUITES AIRPORT | Hotel | 10081 INTERCOM DR, FORT MYERS 33913 | 100 | HOT4605576 |
| FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES FT MYERS | Hotel | 7090 CYPRESS TERRACE, FORT MYERS 33907 | 100 | HOT4604772 |
| HAMPTON INN FT MYERS AIRPORT | Hotel | 9241 MARKET PLACE RD, FORT MYERS 33912 | 87 | HOT4604201 |
| BAYMONT INN & SUITES | Hotel | 9401 MARKET PLACE RD, FORT MYERS 33912 | 85 | HOT4605223 |
| AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN | Motel | 11501 S CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS 33907 | 80 | MOT4602668 |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES | Hotel | 11171 SUMMERLIN SQUARE DRIVE, FORT MYERS BEACH 33931 | 80 | HOT4605603 |
| DAYS INN & SUITES | Hotel | 10150 DANIELS PKWY, FORT MYERS 33913 | 77 | HOT4605198 |
| GASPARILLA INN & #46 #47 & #59 | Hotel | PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 77 | HOT4600002 |
| QUALITY INN AND SUITES #2 | Hotel | 1320 BUSINESS WAY, LEHIGH ACRES 33936 | 75 | HOT4605581 |
| SLEEP INN & SUITES | Hotel | 9521 MARKETPLACE RD, FORT MYERS 33912 | 73 | HOT4605572 |
| ALLURE SUITES | Hotel | 9200 COLLEGE PKWY, FORT MYERS 33919 | 70 | HOT4604996 |
| QUALITY SUITES | Hotel | 13651 INDIAN PAINT LN, FORT MYERS 33912 | 65 | HOT4603802 |
| COCONUT PALMS LLC | Motel | 1259 N TAMIAMI TRL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 62 | MOT4605503 |
| COMFORT INN FORT MYERS NORTHEAST | Hotel | 4171 BOATWAYS RD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 61 | HOT4604893 |
| COMFORT SUITES | Hotel | 9455 OLD LUCKETT ROAD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 61 | HOT4605614 |
| SUNNY COURT MOTEL | Motel | 1596 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, N FT MYERS 33903 | 58 | MOT4600279 |
| DAYS INN SPRINGS RESORT | Motel | 18051 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, FORT MYERS 33908 | 50 | MOT4602914 |
| MAINSTAY SUITES | Hotel | 9455 OLD LUCKETT ROAD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 50 | HOT4605615 |
| TRAVELODGE | Hotel | 13661 INDIAN PAINT LN, FORT MYERS 33912 | 50 | HOT4603813 |
| ECONO LODGE FORT MYERS-NORTH | Motel | 13301 N CLEVELAND AVE, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 48 | MOT4605517 |
| RIVERVIEW INN AND SUITES | Motel | 13020 N CLEVELAND AVE, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 43 | MOT4605510 |
| WONDERLAND MOTEL | Motel | 2000 N TAMIAMI TRL, N FT MYERS 33903 | 40 | MOT4600414 |
| LATITUDE 26 WATERFRONT BOUTIQUE RESORT FORT MYERS BEACH | Motel | 17990 SAN CARLOS BLVD, FORT MYERS BEACH 33931 | 34 | MOT4600801 |
| INNLET (THE) | Motel | 1251 E 12 ST, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 33 | MOT4600685 |
| TROPICAL PALM MOTEL | Motel | 1499 N.TAMIAMI TRL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 32 | MOT4600368 |
| GASPARILLA INN 48THRU5 &#39 | Motel | PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 29 | MOT4600843 |
| GASPARILLA INN 41 THRU 45 | Motel | PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 28 | MOT4600832 |
| LATITUDE 26 WATERFRONT RESORT & MARINA | Motel | 17863 SAN CARLOS BLVD, FORT MYERS BEACH 33931 | 26 | MOT4600036 |
| PALM CITY MOTEL | Motel | 4541 PALM BEACH BLVD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 22 | MOT4600051 |
| TARPON LODGE | Motel | 13771 WATERFRONT DR, BOKEELIA 33922 | 22 | MOT4605508 |
| VERAS INN & SUITES | Motel | 4523 PALM BEACH BLVD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 21 | MOT4605502 |
| OFF THE CHARTS IN & OUT RESORT | Motel | 2938 SANIBEL BLVD, SAINT JAMES CITY 33956 | 20 | MOT4600615 |
| FORT MYERS INN | Motel | 3511 CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS 33901 | 18 | MOT4602201 |
| ALOHA MOTEL | Motel | 1570 N TAMIAMI TRL, N FT MYERS 33917 | 16 | MOT4604790 |
| PARK MOTEL | Motel | 2020 N TAMIAMI TRAIL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 16 | MOT4600376 |
| RANCH HOUSE MOTEL | Motel | 26620 OLD US 41, BONITA SPINGS 34135 | 15 | MOT4600322 |
| BELMONT APARTMENTS | Transient apartment | 2541 TAMIAMI TRL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 14 | TAP4605587 |
| COURTESY COURT MOTEL LLC | Motel | 1389 N TAMIAMI TRL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 14 | MOT4600329 |
| EL RANCHO MOTEL | Motel | 1441 N TAMIAMI TR, N FT MYERS 33903 | 14 | MOT4600248 |
| JENSEN'S TWIN PALM RESORT MARINA | Motel | 15107 CAPTIVA DR, CAPTIVA 33924 | 14 | MOT4600274 |
| 1547 N TAMIAMI TRAIL LLC | Transient apartment | 1547 N TAMIAMI TRL, N FORT MYERS 33903 | 13 | TAP4605733 |
| MOONLIGHT MOTEL | Motel | 4719 PALM BEACH BLVD, FT MYERS 33905 | 12 | MOT4604293 |
| TICE MOTEL | Motel | 4560 PALM BEACH BLVD, FORT MYERS 33905 | 12 | MOT4600385 |
| WORTHINGTON | Transient apartment | 1677 N TAMIAMI TRL, NORTH FORT MYERS 33903 | 12 | TAP4605637 |
| CAPTIVA ISLAND INN | Transient apartment | 11509 ANDY ROSSE LN, CAPTIVA 33924 | 11 | TAP4600644 |
| CABBAGE KEY HIDEAWAY | Motel | PO BX 200, CABBAGE KEY 33945 | 9 | MOT4601089 |
| GASPARILLA INN 53 54 58 | Motel | PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 9 | MOT4600679 |
| SHORES OF FT MYERS MOTEL LLC | Motel | 13814 PALM BEACH BLVD, FT MYERS 33905 | 9 | MOT4605515 |
| PALMETTO INN | Transient apartment | 381 PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 7 | TAP4600970 |
| GASPARILLA INN INC | Motel | 500 PALM AVE COTTAGE 71 THRU 76, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 6 | MOT4605516 |
| TWO FISH INN | Transient apartment | 2960 OLEANDER ST, ST JAMES CITY 33956 | 6 | TAP4601729 |
| CAPTIVA ISLAND INN | Motel | 11508 ANDY ROSSE LN, CAPTIVA ISL 33924 | 5 | MOT4605409 |
| SILVER TARPON LODGE | Transient apartment | 16870 SILVER TARPON LODGE COURT, BOKEELIA 33922 | 5 | TAP4600105 |
| LAZY BIRD | Bed and breakfast | 16321 VESTA LN, FORT MYERS 33908 | 4 | BNB4605509 |
| BAYVIEW BED & BREAKFAST | Bed and breakfast | 12251 SHOREVIEW DR, MATLACHA 33993 | 2 | BNB4605014 |
| GASPARILLA INN #56 #57 | Motel | PALM AVE, BOCA GRANDE 33921 | 2 | MOT4604250 |
| M AND M BARRA VILLA LLC | Transient apartment | 2606 SECOND ST, MATLACHA 33993 | 2 | TAP4605685 |
Of 2,683 active licenses here, 2,557 are placed in a city by their geocoded location (1,948 matched exactly by the Census geocoder) and 126 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
Lee 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.