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DeKalb County

DeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Business & Alcohol License Office

In short

DeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Business & Alcohol License Office issues 2 permits we publish for DeKalb County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Business and Occupational Tax CertificateDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Business & Alcohol License OfficeA $75.00 non-refundable, non-transferable administrative fee, plus a $50.00 minimum flat gross-receipts tax, plus a per-employee fee and a gross-receipts percentage set by one of six NAICS-based Tax Classes: Class 1 $4.00 per employee and 0.0300% of gross receipts; Class 2 $6.00 and 0.0500%; Class 3 $8.00 and 0.0700%; Class 4 $10.00 and 0.0900%; Class 5 $12.00 and 0.1100%; Class 6 $14.00 and 0.1300%. The first $20,000 of gross receipts is exempt from the gross-receipts tax.annual, calendar year2026-10-02
County Alcohol Licenseonly if it applies to youDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Business & Alcohol License OfficeBeer Only $600/year; Wine Only $600/year; Beer & Wine Combination $900/year; Liquor (Package, Wholesale, or Consumption on Premises) $4,000/year; Sunday Sales (Consumption on Premises Only) $1,100/year, additional to the base license and requiring 12 months of sales data; Additional Fixed Bar(s) $600/year each; Additional Movable Bar(s) $300/year each; Patio Permit $100; Wholesaler/Importer - Beer $600/year; Wholesaler/Importer - Wine $600/year; Fraternal Organization (Beer and/or Wine) $500/year; Fraternal Organization (Liquor) $1,000/year.annual2026-10-02

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Business and Occupational Tax Certificate

Any business operating in unincorporated DeKalb County needs this certificate from the Business & Alcohol License Office, 178 Sams Street, Decatur — commercial locations, home-based businesses, rental-property owners and independent contractors alike. The fee is read from page 8 of the county's own Business and Alcohol License Guidebook and is cross-confirmed by the live 2026 Multiple Year Renewal Application and by the 'DeKalb County Business and Occupational Tax' summary printed on the 2026 alcohol renewal form itself, both of which restate the same $75/$50/per-employee/over-$20,000 structure. New commercial applicants must hold a Certificate of Occupancy before applying; home-based applicants go through a Home Occupation Supplemental Registration as part of zoning review. The 2026 late-fee schedule ($100/$300/$600) is the current one in effect, replacing an older 10%-plus-1%-per-month renewal penalty described in the 2019 Guidebook for prior cycles.

County Alcohol License

This fee table was read directly off the 'ALCOHOL LICENSE FEE' page of DeKalb County's own 2026 Alcohol License and Business Registration Renewal Application, a scanned, non-text PDF whose table was captured by rendering each page to a high-resolution image rather than from any search-engine summary. The county alcohol license is issued by the Business & Alcohol License Office for unincorporated DeKalb County, alongside the general business license process. Owners or licensees holding a 10% or greater ownership share undergo a DeKalb County Police Services background investigation, and by-the-drink, vehicle-rental, hotel-motel, energy and wholesale excise taxes are reported monthly by the 20th to the Business & Alcohol License Office. This license is separate from, and required in addition to, the state retail alcohol license recorded below.

Contact

Jurisdiction
DeKalb County
Phone
404-371-2155 opt. 5 / 404-371-2461

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. DeKalb County 2026 Alcohol License and Business Registration Renewal Application (VSS) — 'ALCOHOL LICENSE FEE' table, read directly from a rendered image of the scanned PDFDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. DeKalb County Business & Alcohol License pageDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. DeKalb County Business and Alcohol License GuidebookDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  4. Georgia Department of Revenue — Apply for a License to Sell AlcoholGeorgia Department of Revenue, Alcohol & Tobacco Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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