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Alert: DABT License Renewal Deadline (UPDATED)

Update (9.30.24): This deadline has been extended: https://www.gloverlaw.net/articles/hurricaneheleneeo

Don’t forget to renew your Florida alcoholic beverage license! The license year for all manufacturers, brokers, sales agents, importers, and passenger common carriers runs from October 1 – September 30. In addition, the September 30 deadline also applies to vendors or distributors of alcoholic beverages in the more than 40 counties listed at the bottom of this post.

Please note the new requirement that all individuals and businesses licensed or permitted by DBPR’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such a license or permit, are required to create and maintain an account with the Division's online system.

If you have not registered for an online account with DBPR, you must register to continue using DBPR’s licensing services. Please visit our website at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com to create an online account. It is important that your contact information remains updated and active to receive important communications from the Division regarding your license or permit. Account changes or updates may also be made by visiting http://www2.myfloridalicense.com.

  • For assistance with creating an online account, please visit the following link:
    Create an Online Account

  • For assistance with linking your current license to your online account, please visit the following link:  Link a License

 For additional questions or assistance creating an online account, please contact DBPR’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, by phone at 850-488-8284 or by email at ABT@myfloridalicense.com.

Vendors or distributors of alcoholic beverages in the following counties must also renew by :

  • Alachua

  • Baker

  • Bay

  • Bradford

  • Calhoun

  • Citrus

  • Clay

  • Columbia

  • Dixie

  • Duval

  • Escambia

  • Flagler

  • Franklin

  • Gadsden

  • Gilchrist

  • Gulf

  • Hamilton

  • Hernando

  • Hillsborough

  • Holmes

  • Jackson

  • Jefferson

  • Lafayette

  • Lake

  • Leon

  • Levy

  • Liberty

  • Madison

  • Marion

  • Nassau

  • Okaloosa

  • Orange

  • Osceola

  • Pasco

  • Pinellas

  • Putnam

  • St. Johns

  • Santa Rosa

  • Seminole

  • Sumter

  • Suwannee

  • Taylor

  • Union

  • Wakulla

  • Walton

  • Washington

    All licenses not renewed within 60 days of expiration will be canceled by the Division unless the license is involved in litigation or an administrative action. Click here to learn how to renew your license after the deadline (“delinquent renewals”).