Business License FAQs

Yes. All companies conducting business in the City of Greeley are required to have a business license. This includes, but is not limited to, retail stores, restaurants, service-based companies, nonprofits, wholesalers, law firms, accounting firms, health organizations, and manufacturers.

Yes. As of January 1, 2017 every company conducting business in the City of Greeley must obtain a business license.

No. Any current sales tax licenses will be closed once the business license is obtained. As of December 1, 2017, all sales tax licenses will be closed and no longer considered to be a valid license in the City of Greeley.

There is no fee for the business license.

Yes. The business license must be renewed every two years.

Yes. Depending on your type of business and estimated tax liability, you will be set up to report monthly, quarterly, annually, or occasionally.

Companies that do not pay sales tax through retail transactions often have a use tax liability. Often, businesses purchase items for their company without paying sales tax at the time of purchase. This is because items may have been purchased out of state, from an internet site, or the vendor simply did not collect sales tax. If this is the case, you are required to report and remit use tax on the purchase price of the untaxed items.

Depending on your business type, additional licensing may be required.

• Outdoor Vendor License – Any type of business providing food & beverages, other miscellaneous products, and/or services from an outdoor location. 
  • Outdoor Vendor Application Packet
• Tree Trimming License – Any business engaged in the business of trimming, or removing trees in the City of Greeley. 
  • Tree Trimming Application Packet
• Public Right of Way License – Any person or firm in charge of constructing, installing, altering or repairing, on behalf of another person, any sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway, curb cut, street, alley or any other improvement in or under a public right-of-way, in the City of Greeley. 
  • Right of Way Application Packet
• Pawnbroker’s – Any person, partnership, limited liability company or corporation regularly engaged in the business of making contracts for purchase or purchase transactions in the course of his or her business. 
  • Pawnbroker License
  • Pawnbroker Managers Certificate
• Private Security Services – Any firm or corporation, including its employees and agents, engaged in the business of providing protection to third persons, firms or corporations, and/or their property and preserving the peace and conduct of any business in the City, but does not mean persons who are employed to provide unarmed internal security for their employer's business
  • Private Security Service
  • Private Security Guard