Cedar Rapids
City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office
In short
City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office issues 6 permits we publish for Cedar Rapids, last verified 2026-09-10. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Repair Shop Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)only if it applies to you | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-10 |
| Salon Licensing — State Establishment License Applies (Cedar Rapids)only if it applies to you | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-10 |
| Fitness Studio Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)only if it applies to you | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-10 |
| General Business License — City of Cedar Rapids Positiononly if it applies to you | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-10 |
| Veterinary Clinic Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)only if it applies to you | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-10 |
| Mobile Food Vendor License | City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office | $550 for an annual license, $300 for a six-month license, or $100 for a one-week license. $50 of the application fee is non-refundable if the license is denied or the application is withdrawn before issuance. | annual, or six-month and one-week short-term options | 2026-09-10 |
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
Auto Repair Shop Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)
No fee for a City Clerk business license specifically — the City Clerk's licensed-activity list names no auto-repair, garage or service-station category. An auto-repair shop still pays the generic building permit, sign permit and certificate of occupancy recorded above, and may separately trigger the Fire Department's flammable-liquids storage tank permit and Tier II reporting fee recorded above if it stores hazardous materials above threshold quantities.
Salon Licensing — State Establishment License Applies (Cedar Rapids)
No fee — the City Clerk's license list names no salon, barbershop or cosmetology category. Under that list a Cedar Rapids salon needs the generic building permit, sign permit and certificate of occupancy recorded above, on top of the Iowa barbering/cosmetology establishment license listed on this site's Iowa state page, which is the premises-level credential.
Fitness Studio Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)
No fee — the City Clerk's license list names no fitness, gym or health-club category, and the Fire Department's named Operational Permit categories do not include Fitness/Health Club. Under those lists a fitness studio here pays the generic building permit, sign permit and certificate of occupancy recorded above.
General Business License — City of Cedar Rapids Position
No fee: the City Clerk's own page states that 'The City of Cedar Rapids does not issue general business licenses,' naming instead a short list of specific categories (alcohol and tobacco; ambulances, pedicabs and taxicabs; mobile food vendors, solicitors and transient merchants; after-hours businesses, auctioneers, business close-out sales and pawnbrokers — the City's Other Licenses page adds that auctioneer licensing was repealed by Ordinance No. 041-24). Under that page, a restaurant, retail store, salon, fitness studio, veterinary clinic, auto-repair shop or contractor's office that does not fall into one of those named categories needs no City of Cedar Rapids business license.
Veterinary Clinic Licensing — City Clerk License List Position (Cedar Rapids)
No fee — the City Clerk's list of specifically-licensed activities names no veterinary, animal-hospital or kennel category, and the Fire Department's Operational Permit categories name none that extends to veterinary practice. Under those lists a Cedar Rapids veterinary clinic needs the generic building permit, sign permit and certificate of occupancy recorded above, on top of the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine's individual-practitioner license listed on this site's Iowa state page.
Mobile Food Vendor License
Requires a completed online license application (paper applications are no longer accepted as of the City Clerk's June 2025 Customer Self Service rollout), a copy of the operator's Linn County Public Health food service license, a Certificate of Liability Insurance and, for drivable vehicles, a copy of the vehicle registration and colour photographs of the unit. Mobile food vendors may not sell alcoholic beverages or merchandise. This is the City Clerk's vehicle-as-a-business license and is separate from both the Linn County Public Health food establishment license recorded above and the Fire Marshal's Office mobile-cooking-unit fire inspection recorded below.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cedar Rapids
- Phone
- (319) 286-5060
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.
- City Clerk Licenses and Permits — stating plainly that 'The City of Cedar Rapids does not issue general business licenses,' and listing the specific categories that are licensed (alcohol/tobacco, ambulances/pedicabs/taxicabs, mobile food/solicitors/transient merchants, after-hours businesses/auctioneers/business close-out sales/pawnbrokers)City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Other Licenses — business close-out sale ($150 + $50/extension) and pawnbroker ($100 annual) licence fees; confirming auctioneer licensing was repealed by Ordinance 041-24City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Vendor Licenses — Mobile Food Vendor licence fee table ($550 annual / $300 six-month / $100 one-week), the Linn County Public Health food-licence submission requirement, and the Transient Merchant licence ($100 one-week)City of Cedar Rapids, City Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
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