Cleveland
City of Cleveland Division of Assessments and Licenses
In short
City of Cleveland Division of Assessments and Licenses issues 3 permits we publish for Cleveland, last verified 2026-09-04. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street Vendor's Licenseonly if it applies to you | City of Cleveland Division of Assessments and Licenses | $60 a year for the badge; a zone permit is a further $60, or $30 a day / $125 a year for a mobile food shop zone | annual — expires July 31 | 2026-09-04 |
| Barbershop License | City of Cleveland Division of Assessments and Licenses | $50 a year; a barber college is $170 | annual — every license expires December 31 following the date of issuance | 2026-09-04 |
| Motor Vehicle Repair Garage License | City of Cleveland Division of Assessments and Licenses | $75 per location, a year; each additional location is a further $75 | annual — expires June 1 | 2026-09-04 |
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
Street Vendor's License
Cleveland licenses no universal general business — this street-level vendor's license, plus a small set of other named categories the city itself describes as covering 'over 140 types of licenses and permits,' is the closest analog for anyone selling on city streets or in city rights-of-way.
Barbershop License
This license covers barbershops and barber colleges specifically — Cleveland's own comprehensive licensing list has no equivalent category for a general cosmetology salon, which appears to rely on the state board license alone without a separate city facility fee.
Motor Vehicle Repair Garage License
The ordinance text explicitly reaches repair, service, maintenance, alterations, diagnostic testing or bodywork, so it covers both mechanical repair and body shops alike. Every individual technician performing this work must also separately register as a Motor Vehicle Repair Person for $20 a year, expiring June 30 — a genuinely distinct requirement layered on top of the shop's own license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cleveland
- Phone
- (216) 664-2264
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 of Cleveland — barbershop and barber college license application, Codified Ordinance Chapter 225Cleveland Department of Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- City of Cleveland — motor vehicle repair garage license, Codified Ordinance Chapter 676ACity of Cleveland · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- City of Cleveland — motor vehicle repair person registration, Codified Ordinance Chapter 657City of Cleveland · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- City of Cleveland — street vendor license and zone permit fees, annual expiration July 31City of Cleveland · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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