Panama City Beach, Florida / Est. 1958
Sixty-eight years as the Panhandle's most referenced pool contractor. The same family still running the company, the same in-house plaster and paver decking crews, and a warranty department that answers the phone instead of routing you to a manufacturer.
Certified Pool Builder (CPB)
Certified Pebble Tec® Installer
Jandy® Exclusive Partner
In-House Warranty Service
Panama City's Pool Contractor Since 1958
Cox Pools started in 1958, when a Panhandle family decided that a licensed pool contractor should also be accountable for what happens after the water goes in. Today we are still the contractor most referrals in Bay County point to, and more than a few contractors now competing with us learned their trade working our job sites.
Most pool contractors subcontract the interior plaster finish and the paver deck. We do not. Our sister plaster company applies every finish we install, and our in-house paver crew handles every deck. That keeps the warranty with us — not scattered across three subcontractors who have moved on to the next job.
What This Contractor Builds
One licensed contractor, one schedule, one point of accountability — from excavation through the finish coat and long after the water goes in.
Engineered gunite shells designed around your Panama City lot, your setbacks, your sightlines, and the way you actually use a backyard. Specified as one system — not assembled from whatever is on the truck.
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Resort, HOA, and municipal pool construction in Panama City and Bay County. This contractor has built zero-entry family pools, lazy rivers, and full aquatic complexes engineered for heavy daily use.
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Pebble and plaster resurfacing, retiling, new coping, and full equipment modernization. Our own plaster company lays every interior finish.
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Outdoor kitchens, covered lanais, fire features, and paver decking — built alongside your pool on one contractor schedule so the whole backyard comes together as one plan.
Get a free quotePumps, heaters, automation, and leak detection. Warranty claims are opened, scheduled, and closed by our own department — not a third-party service center.
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You call us at 850.235.0095. Our team takes the claim, schedules the tech, and closes it out — no manufacturer runaround, no finger-pointing between contractors.
The interior finish is where a pool quietly succeeds or fails. This contractor's sister company applies every finish — the crew answers to us and the warranty stays with us.
One schedule from excavation to the last paver set, instead of waiting on a paving contractor who answers to three other builders at the same time.
Certified Pool Builder (CPB) and certified Pebble Tec® installer, with regional and national recognition earned in the last three years.
How This Contractor Works
A transparent contractor keeps you informed at every stage. You will always know what is happening next on your project.
Start at our Panama City Beach showroom with two complete pools on site. Touch the finishes, see the tile and coping in real light, and walk the decking before anything is drawn.
A plan drawn to your actual Bay County lot paired with a line-item proposal. You see both before your contractor asks you to sign anything.
We handle structural engineering and the full Bay County permit package. After sixty-eight years, this contractor knows these building departments well.
Excavation, steel, plumbing, gunite, tile, deck, plaster, startup. Our own crews on the trades that matter most, with a schedule you can track.
Balanced water, equipment walkthrough, and a warranty department that stays one call away for as long as you own the pool.
This Contractor's Work
No renders, no borrowed images. Every pool here was built by our contractor crews and photographed on location across the Emerald Coast.
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Where We Work
This contractor builds across Bay County, the 30A corridor, and well inland. If your address is not listed, call us anyway.
Showroom & Office12216 Panama City Beach Pkwy
Bay CountyWalton County & 30AOkaloosa County
Also servingFinancing
Most of our clients finance some part of the contractor's scope. We work with third-party lending partners who understand pool construction — including draw schedules that release funds as the build progresses.
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Resurfacing, retiling, paver decking, and equipment upgrades can all be financed the same way new pool construction can.
Prequalification is quick. Knowing your budget before the contractor draws the plan makes that conversation much more productive.
Your designer walks through terms alongside the line-item proposal so you compare the same numbers the lender is.
What Panama City Clients Say
Questions
The things Panama City homeowners ask before hiring a contractor, answered without the runaround.
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Contractor pricing depends on size, depth, interior finish, paver decking, and features. We give you a line-item proposal after the design consultation rather than a ballpark over the phone, and we will tell you early if your budget and wish list don't align.
Most residential projects in Bay County run a few months from signed contract to first swim. Permitting and weather are the two biggest variables. We give you a construction schedule at the start and keep it updated.
Yes. We handle structural engineering, the full Bay County permit package, and HOA or architectural review submittals. Sixty-eight years of contracting here means we know these building departments well.
We do. Cox Pools has its own in-house warranty department. Call 850.235.0095 and our team opens the claim, schedules the technician, and closes it out — no manufacturer runaround.
Yes. Pebble and plaster resurfacing, retiling, new coping and paver decking, and full equipment modernization — including pools this contractor did not originally build.
Yes, through third-party lending partners for both new construction and remodels. Ask about this at your design consultation or call us ahead of time.
Yes. Cox Pools is a licensed Florida pool contractor, a Certified Pool Builder (CPB), and a certified Pebble Tec® installer. Jandy is our exclusive equipment partner.
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