BEV — Beverage License
Summary
BEV is the umbrella DBPR category for any license that authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages in Florida, issued by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. It spans both on-premises consumption (the COP series) and off-premises package sales (APS), and is most often used in data to describe lower-tier beer-and-wine permits as well as the beverage category as a whole.
Who files it
Businesses across the full alcohol spectrum — from restaurants and bars selling beer and wine, to convenience stores, grocers, and package retailers selling sealed product to go. In practice a BEV record frequently represents a beer-and-wine seller that does not need a full-liquor license.
What it signals
Tracking the entire BEV category gives the most complete possible view of every alcohol-selling business entering a market — not just the headline full-liquor venues. For suppliers of beer and wine specifically, BEV filings surface restaurants, bottle shops, and markets that are exactly the right fit, without the noise of spirits-only prospects.
Examples
- A new gastropub filing a beer-and-wine BEV permit instead of a full-liquor license
- A specialty grocery store adding a beer and wine section
- A pizzeria applying for a 2COP beer-and-wine license to serve with dinner
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