Self storage units in Panama City Beach
Interior and drive-up units from a beach-gear closet to a three-bedroom house, on a gated site with keypad entry and cameras through the aisles.
Sizes, and what actually fits in them
Sizes are easier to picture in furniture than in square feet, so here is roughly what each one holds. If you’re between two, take the larger — a unit you can walk into is worth more than the few dollars saved.
5'x5' Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Similar in size to a hall closet
Holds approximately 54 medium boxes/totes
The contents of a typical garden shed
Equivalent of one small van load
5’x10’ Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Similar in size to a walk-in closet
Holds approximately 120 medium boxes/totes
The contents of one studio or one bedroom apartment
Equivalent of two small van loads
10’x10’ Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Holds the contents of two bedroom house/apartment
Holds approximately 215 medium boxes/totes
The contents of a typical garage
Similar in size to a small bedroom or condo
10’x15’ Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Similar in size to a large bedroom. Slightly smaller than a single car garage.
Holds approximately 360 medium boxes/totes
The contents of a three bedroom house
Equivalent to one-to-two moving truck loads
10’x20’ Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Similar in size to a one car garage
Holds approximately 468 medium boxes/totes
The contents of a three-to-four bedroom house, plus garage
Equivalent of one-to-two moving truck loads
10’x30’ Unit
This estimation is based on popular tips for common storage based on this size.
Similar in size to a 1.5 car garage
Holds approximately 720 medium boxes/totes
The contents of a four bedroom house, plus garage
Equivalent to two-to-three moving truck loads
Drive-Up Matters More Here Than Most Places
Most of what gets stored on this stretch of coast is heavy, awkward or wet — appliances out of a rental turnover, tile and trim from a refit, coolers, canopies, a kayak. Interior units with a corridor and a lift turn a twenty-minute job into an afternoon. Our drive-up rows let you reverse a truck or a trailer to within a few feet of the roll-up door and load straight in.
Interior units are still the right answer for the small, dry, valuable things — documents, seasonal decorations, sports gear — and they cost less.
What You Get
Drive right up to the door
Back the truck or the trailer straight to your unit. No corridors, no lifts, nothing carried twice.
Gated keypad entry
Your own code, and every entry and exit logged against it. The gate is locked the rest of the time.
Video surveillance
Cameras covering the gate, the drive aisles and the parking rows.
Aisles built for trailers
Turning room for a fifth wheel or a boat on a tandem axle — not a car park with a gate bolted on.
Month to month
Stay a month or stay a decade. Snowbirds and rental owners are not locked in for a year.
Lit and well drained
Lighting through the rows after dark, and a surface that drains after a Gulf-coast downpour.
More On Storage in Panama City Beach
Sizes and prices
Storage unit sizes and prices in Panama City Beach, from 5×5 interior to 10×30 drive-up, plus outdoor RV and boat spaces to 12×45. First month free for new tenants.
RV storage and parking in Panama City Beach
Outdoor RV storage in Panama City Beach with spaces up to 12×45 for 40ft-plus motorhomes and fifth wheels. Gated, lit, wide aisles, 6am gate access. First month free.
Storage unit size guide
A room-by-room storage unit size guide. What actually fits in a 5×5, 5×10, 10×10, 10×15, 10×20 and 10×30, and how to avoid paying for space you don't need.
First Month Free
New tenants get the first month free on any unit or outdoor space — including the big RV spaces. Month to month, so you are never locked into a year to get the deal.
Storing near salt air — what to know
Coastal storage has its own rules, and nobody tells you them at the counter. A few that matter:
- Rinse anything that has been in salt water before it goes in. Salt keeps working on metal long after the water has dried, and it will find your trailer hitch, your tools and your bike chain.
- Don’t seal things in plastic. Sheet plastic traps humidity against whatever it is protecting. Cotton sheets and moving blankets breathe; plastic wrap grows mold.
- Get furniture off the floor on pallets or 2×4s. It costs nothing and it means a wet floor is never a ruined sofa.
- Silica or a bucket of desiccant in a closed unit does more than people expect, especially for anything with electronics or leather.
More of this in our hurricane season storage guide.
Questions people actually ask
- Do you have climate-controlled units?
Ask when you call — inventory changes. For most of what people store on the coast, a drive-up unit with good ventilation and a bit of sensible packing is the right answer anyway.
- Do I need my own lock?
Bring a disc lock, or buy one from the office. Disc locks are much harder to cut than a padlock and they cost a few dollars more.
- Is insurance required?
Yes, tenant insurance is required. Most home or renters policies already extend to a storage unit — check yours and we’ll take a copy. If not, we can point you at a policy.
- Can I store a car in a unit?
Yes, in a 10×20 or larger. If you don’t need it indoors, an outdoor vehicle space costs less.
- What can't I store?
Nothing living, nothing perishable, and nothing flammable or hazardous — fuel, propane, paint thinner, fireworks. Drain the fuel and disconnect the battery on anything with an engine.