Kitchen Cabinets in Ocala, FL & The Villages
Cabinets for Marion County homes and The Villages, where the sales tax depends on which county the house sits in.
Kitchen cabinets in Ocala, FL and in The Villages go into two quite different housing stocks. Ocala’s median home dates from 1986; in The Villages it is 2007, and nine in ten occupied homes there are owner-occupied. We are a New Jersey–based online dealer with no showroom in Marion or Sumter County. Most prices are listed online at trade level, the 3D design is free, and orders arrive by tracked freight.
Marion, Sumter and Lake: what changes by county
For an Ocala or Villages kitchen, the county line decides the tax rate, the permit office and, broadly, how old the house is.
- Sales tax: Marion vs. Sumter and Lake
- 7.5% / 7%[1]State 6% plus Marion’s 1.5%, or Sumter’s or Lake’s 1%, for 2026.
- Owner-occupied homes in The Villages
- 90.1%[2]Share of occupied homes. Median year built: 2007.
- Sumter County homes built since 2000
- 73.3%[3]The county’s median home dates from 2008.
- Homes authorized in 2025
- 5,985[6]Ocala metro, 91% single-family; Wildwood–The Villages added 3,516.
- Sumter homes kept for seasonal use
- 9.2%[7]Held for seasonal, recreational or occasional use.
Which permit office: three counties and a city
Sumter County lists “kitchen cabinet replacement only, with no change in configuration of electrical or plumbing” among work that does not need a building permit, and it answers HB 803 questions on a page of its own.[8][9]
Unincorporated Marion County’s permitting FAQ, in a copy archived in October 2025 (before HB 803 took effect), named “painting or replacing cabinets” as work needing no permit. Confirm the current wording with Marion County Building Safety before work starts. An address inside the City of Ocala goes to the city’s own building division instead.[10][11]
One community, two tax rates
The Villages District Government refers to the Marion, Sumter and Fruitland Park portions of The Villages; Fruitland Park is in Lake County. Florida’s surtax statute ties the county surtax to where goods are delivered, so the same order is taxed at 7% at a Sumter or Lake address and 7.5% at a Marion one.[1][12][13]
Brand sites nearby, none of them stores
KCD lists a Central Florida location in Apopka on its contact page. J&K Cabinetry also runs a Florida showroom and warehouse in Orlando, but J&K sells only through dealers, so its cabinets are ordered through a dealer such as us rather than at its door.[14][15]
Replacing a builder kitchen you plan to keep
With most Villages homes owner-occupied and built since 2000, buyers here are usually replacing a builder kitchen they intend to live with for years. That is the moment to trade door-and-shelf bases for drawer bases, add a pull-out in the blind corner and set a wall-oven cabinet at a comfortable height, so less of the kitchen lives on low shelves or above shoulder height.[2]
Read before you order
- Kitchen cabinets in Florida: the state buying guide — climate, permits, sales tax and delivery across the state.
- RTA Cabinets in Florida: Wholesale Buying, Humidity, Tax and Delivery
- Florida Kitchen Design Ideas: Coastal Cabinets That Work
Sources
- Florida Department of Revenue, Form DR-15DSS: Discretionary Sales Surtax Information for Calendar Year 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates for The Villages, FL (tables B25035, B25034, B25003, B25024), via Census Reporter
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates for Sumter County, FL (tables B25035, B25034, B25003, B25024), via Census Reporter
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates for Marion County, FL (tables B25035, B25034, B25003, B25024), via Census Reporter
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates for Ocala, FL (tables B25035, B25034, B25003, B25024), via Census Reporter
- U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: 2025 annual housing units authorized by metro area
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates for Sumter County, FL (tables B25004, B25001: homes held for seasonal, recreational or occasional use), via Census Reporter
- Sumter County: when is a building permit required?
- Sumter County: questions regarding HB 803
- Marion County Building Safety: permitting FAQs (Internet Archive copy, October 7, 2025)
- City of Ocala Growth Management: Building
- Florida Statutes s. 212.054(3)(a): the surtax applies where the property is delivered
- The Villages District Government: North Sumter County Utility Dependent District (Marion, Sumter and Fruitland Park portions of The Villages)
- J&K Cabinetry FAQ: Florida showroom and warehouse, sold through dealers
- Kitchen Cabinet Distributors: contact page listing its Apopka, FL location — Drive distances on this page are approximate road routes, not freight transit times.
Figures checked October 2026. Tax rates and permit rules change; confirm with the agency before you rely on them.
How delivery works in Ocala
KCD’s Apopka location is roughly 39 miles from The Villages by road, a little over an hour’s drive, and about 79 miles from Ocala, around an hour and a half. KCD decides which of its warehouses ships an order; other brands come from their own. The driver leaves the pallets at the curb or the end of the driveway, and a liftgate is available if you ask for one before the delivery is scheduled. For a gated Villages neighborhood, put the gate instructions in your order notes.
KCD, Tribeca and J&K cabinets leave the warehouse 7–10 days after the order and Fabuwood and Mantra stock about two weeks after; built-to-order Diamond and Decorá cabinets typically take 4–6 weeks; then transit usually runs 1–7 business days. If you split the year between Florida and somewhere else, count back from your return date so the truck arrives while you are home to receive it.
More in our shipping FAQ and spec books.
Buying for a Florida home? Our Florida buying guide covers the climate, permit and sales-tax questions to sort out before you order.
Planning your Ocala kitchen?
- ✓ Free 3D design of your exact layout
- ✓ Line-by-line quote, typically within 24–48 hours
- ✓ Door samples shipped to your door
- ✓ Freight to Ocala itemized up front
Popular picks for Ocala kitchens
Villages owners tend to want something softer than builder white, and Ocala buyers something that hides everyday wear.
J&K Transitional Sage E3
A muted sage shaker that sits well beside the pale tile and stone of a newer villa.
ExploreFabuwood Galaxy Horizon
A light grey-taupe stain, not a blue-grey, on an assembled plywood-box line.
ExploreFabuwood Luna Dove
Fabuwood’s off-white Dove in the Luna collection, factory-assembled for buyers who would rather not build boxes.
ExploreWholesale and RTA options in Marion County
More than one Marion County home in six is a mobile or manufactured home. For those kitchens, ready-to-assemble cabinets are often the practical format: flat cartons clear a narrow door and portable steps more easily than a built base, and each box is put together in the room where it hangs.[4]
Wholesale here means one published price per cabinet with most prices posted online, the same for flat-pack and assembled lines, so an Ocala landlord can price a turnover without a sales call. Rentals are common in the city: 46.2% of Ocala’s occupied homes are rented.[5]
In The Villages the usual order runs the other way: factory-assembled boxes, delivered to the driveway for your installer to carry in.
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Common questions
The Villages spans three counties — which sales tax applies?
The rate of the county where the cabinets are delivered. Under s. 212.054(3)(a) of the Florida Statutes, the surtax follows the delivery county, so a home in the Sumter or Lake County part of The Villages pays 7% and one in the Marion part pays 7.5%. Your property tax bill names the county.
Does Sumter County require a permit for new kitchen cabinets?
Not for a straight replacement: Sumter lists kitchen cabinet replacement with no change to the electrical or plumbing layout among work that needs no permit. Moving the sink, adding outlets or relocating the range brings permits back into the job.
Do you deliver to rural Marion County addresses?
Yes, anywhere a freight truck can reach. Mention long unpaved drives, gates or soft ground when you order. The driver unloads at the curb or the end of the driveway, and a liftgate has to be requested ahead.
Is there a cabinet showroom of yours near Ocala?
No; we sell online only. KCD’s Apopka site is not a retail showroom we operate, and J&K’s Orlando showroom and warehouse sells through dealers. Door samples ship to your home instead.