Stretch wrap for Florida
Heat and humidity are the local tests. Film stored in a hot trailer or warehouse can block, with layers sticking together on the roll, so keep stock in the shade and use oldest first. Pallets that wait in the sun before loading want UV-inhibited or white film. Chilled grocery loads crossing a humid dock collect condensation, which loosens cling on the tail; tuck it or use film with two-sided cling.
Who wraps pallets in Florida
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage105,401
- Grocery and related product wholesale63,967
- Food manufacturing39,390
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing13,320
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing3,148
- Motor vehicle manufacturing2,050
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 0.8 times its national share of employment.
Florida's DCs cluster in Polk County between Tampa and Orlando, around Jacksonville and in Miami-Dade. Pallets there are mixed store orders, chilled food and import cartons, many waiting on hot docks, so ask about UV-inhibited film for anything staged outside.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- Blown hand filmMixed store orders
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- VCI and anti-static filmBare metal and electronics
- 120 gaugeLoads with edges
Hurricane season means loads may wait on a dock or in a yard for days. Pallets that sit outside want UV-inhibited film and a top sheet before the wrap, so rain can't pool on the cartons.
Nearby states
The closest states with a page of their own.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, grocery and related product wholesale (NAICS 4244) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, all private industries (reviewed 2026-11-12)
Facts on this page last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Ask for a stretch film quote in Florida
Grocery and retail distributors in Lakeland, Jacksonville and Miami often buy hand film by the case for store orders and machine rolls for full pallets. Put both on one list, and mention if any dock is open-sided, since humid air reaches the rolls there.
Put the Florida delivery ZIP first: the quote is made out for that dock.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know