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The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) regulates alcoholic beverage and tobacco licenses through the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. Its public license lookup at myfloridalicense.com is an ASP.NET WebForms application that accepts POST submissions — no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript rendering required. NexusFeed submits the form with httpx and parses the response HTML directly.

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State overview

FieldValue
State codeFL
AgencyFlorida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
Source URLhttps://www.myfloridalicense.com/
AuthenticationNone required
CAPTCHANone
Search supportedYes (dba_name, owner_name, address)
Lookup supportedYes
Extraction methodstructured_parse
Cache TTL24 hours

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Search example

curl "https://api.nexusfeed.dev/v1/abc/search?state=FL&dba_name=JOE%27S%20CRAB" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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Lookup example

curl "https://api.nexusfeed.dev/v1/abc/license/BEV1234567?state=FL" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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Example response

{
  "state": "FL",
  "query": {"dba_name": "JOE'S CRAB"},
  "total_results": 4,
  "results": [
    {
      "license_number": "BEV1234567",
      "license_type_code": "4COP",
      "dba_name": "JOE'S CRAB SHACK #456",
      "owner_name": "LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS INC",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "expiration_date": "2026-09-30",
      "address": "123 OCEAN DR, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139",
      "county": "MIAMI-DADE"
    }
  ],
  "_verifiability": {
    "source_timestamp": "2026-04-10T14:22:11Z",
    "extraction_confidence": 1.0,
    "raw_data_evidence_url": "https://www.myfloridalicense.com/LicenseDetail.asp?SID=&id=...",
    "extraction_method": "structured_parse",
    "data_freshness_ttl_seconds": 86400
  }
}

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Florida alcoholic beverage license types (most common)

CodeType
1APSBeer — Package Store
2APSBeer & Wine — Package Store
2COPBeer & Wine — Consumption On Premises
3PSBeer, Wine & Liquor — Package Store
4COPBeer, Wine & Liquor — Consumption On Premises
11CCaterer’s Permit
Florida’s COP (Consumption On Premises) licenses are the most commonly audited — they’re required for any bar, restaurant, or nightclub serving alcohol for on-site consumption.

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Use cases

  • Verifying a Florida bar, restaurant, nightclub, or liquor store holds an active DBPR alcoholic beverage license.
  • Onboarding Florida liquor distributor accounts in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orlando, or Tampa Bay markets.
  • Compliance monitoring for Florida hospitality businesses.
  • Due diligence during Florida nightlife or restaurant acquisitions.