Sioux Falls
City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office
In short
City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office issues 6 permits we publish for Sioux Falls, last verified 2026-09-14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — City of Sioux Falls position (enumerated licenses only)only if it applies to you | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | No fee | not applicable to a general license; under §110.011 all licenses take effect when issued and terminate on December 31 of the year for which issued unless otherwise provided | 2026-09-14 |
| Salon and Barber Shop — State License; City Licenses Tattooing (Sioux Falls)only if it applies to you | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | No fee | not applicable to a salon; a tattoo license terminates December 31 | 2026-09-14 |
| Fitness Studio — City Licensing Position (Sioux Falls)only if it applies to you | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-14 |
| Mobile Food Vending Permit | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | A mobile food vending permit is $75.00 for the calendar year under §117.123. A peddler license is a separate $35.00 non-refundable application fee, and sidewalk or furniture-zone vending under §117.063 is $35.00 for the calendar year. The truck must also hold a valid food service license and operating permit on the §110.029 schedule. | the permit remains in effect until December 31 of the year of issuance | 2026-09-14 |
| Contractor and Trade Licenses | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | Terms differ by trade. Biennial electrical licenses under §110.028: an electrical contractor or Class B electrician is $200.00 new and $100.00 to renew, a sign wiring contractor the same, a journeyman electrician $40.00 and $40.00, an apprentice $20.00 and $20.00, Class I and Class II maintenance $200.00 and $100.00, and an inactive electrical contractor $20.00. Biennial mechanical licenses: a mechanical contractor, refrigeration contractor or fireplace contractor is $200.00 new and $100.00 to renew, with inactive master mechanic and inactive refrigeration mechanic at $20.00. Biennial plumbing licenses: a master plumber or landscape irrigation contractor is $200.00 new and $100.00 to renew, a journeyman plumber $40.00 and $40.00, an apprentice registration $20.00, and inactive master or journeyman licenses $20.00. Triennial: a residential building contractor or residential roofing and repair contractor is $300.00 new and $150.00 to renew, with an inactive construction supervisor at $25.00. A sign and outdoor advertising contractor is a biennial $200.00. The residential contractor's license examination is $75.00. | biennial for electrical, mechanical, plumbing and sign contractors; triennial for residential building and roofing contractors | 2026-09-14 |
| Veterinary Practice — State Board License Applies (Sioux Falls)only if it applies to you | City of Sioux Falls Licensing Office, City Attorney's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-14 |
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
General Business License — City of Sioux Falls position (enumerated licenses only)
The City's Licensing page states that 'Not all businesses and professions need City licensing' and points to §110.026 for the complete list of licenses, which names no general business license, so this record carries no fee. Title XI of the Code (Business Regulations) is organised in chapters 110 Licenses, 111 Alcoholic Beverages, 112 Food and Food Handlers, 113 Amusements, 114 Hospitals, 116 Pawnbrokers, 117 Peddlers and Vendors, 118 Escort Services, 119 Alarm Systems, 120 Pest Control, 121 Medical Cannabis, 122 Tattooing, 123 Cable Service and 124 Transportation Services. That chapter list includes no chapter for salons, veterinary practice, fitness or auto repair. Enumerated licenses that could reach a business include a fortuneteller or palmist at $35.00, a motion picture theater from $50.00 to $225.00 by seating, a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer at $25.00, livery vehicles at $25.00 for the first and $10.00 for each additional, an alarm installation or monitoring company at $35.00 annually with a $75.00 application fee, pest control, extermination or fumigation at $24.00, an arborist at $150.00 application and $100.00 annual license, and a manufactured home park at $100.00. Section 110.011 sets the common term: licenses 'take effect when issued and shall terminate on December 31 in the year for which issued.'
Salon and Barber Shop — State License; City Licenses Tattooing (Sioux Falls)
The §§110.026 to 110.037 fee schedule and Title XI's chapter list name no hair or nail salon license, so this record carries no fee for one. The City's own licensing page routes the nearest analogue outward, listing the 'State of South Dakota / Board of Massage Therapy — Message Therapist and Establishment License' rather than a city equivalent. Salons and nail salons are licensed by the South Dakota Cosmetology Commission at state level. One adjacent trade is genuinely licensed here and distinguishes Sioux Falls from both Rapid City and Aberdeen, neither of which licenses it: tattooing, under Chapter 122, at $60.00 annually for a tattoo artist and $173.00 for a tattoo establishment, with a $28.00 fire inspection under §110.035 on top. A salon adding tattooing or permanent cosmetics picks that up.
Fitness Studio — City Licensing Position (Sioux Falls)
The §§110.026 to 110.037 fee schedule lists no fitness license, so this record carries no fee. The nearest candidate chapter, Chapter 113, AMUSEMENTS, comprises only §113.001 on musical instruments in public places, §113.002 restricting shooting gallery locations, §113.003 requiring a bond or liability insurance for amusement rides, and §113.999. A studio's obligations are the building permit for fit-out, the sign permit, zoning approval where the district requires it, and a $28.00 fire inspection under §110.035 as an establishment requiring one, or an annual fire license at $58.00 under §110.033 if its occupancy is one the fire chief designates.
Mobile Food Vending Permit
Three obligations stack and §117.133(b) sets out two of them explicitly: the equipment 'be inspected upon application for a permit and shall be required to obtain a valid food service license and operating permit,' and each mobile vending truck must 'be inspected at a minimum of twice per year by the Sioux Falls Health Department.' So a truck holds both the $75.00 vending permit and a food service license on the size-banded schedule, and submits to inspection twice a year rather than once. Insurance is specified on the City's own page: 'A Certificate of Insurance ($1M per occurrence / $2M aggregate) that lists the City of Sioux Falls as an Additional Insured.' A Fire Marshal inspection is required where the truck uses propane, electricity or grease. The whole permit expires December 31 regardless of when issued, so a truck licensed in November pays the full $75.00 for two months.
Contractor and Trade Licenses
The City states the requirement broadly — 'A license is required of all contractors doing [work] within Sioux Falls city limits' — with a narrow exemption: 'Homeowners who live in and own single family dwellings are not required to obtain a license, but other rules apply.' Section 150.002 puts teeth in it for residential work by tying the building permit to the license. The staggered terms are worth noting for budgeting: most trades renew every two years while residential building and roofing contractors renew every three, and the inactive-status fees of $20.00 to $25.00 let a licensee hold a credential dormant rather than requalifying. Two license types appear on the City's contractor page but carry no fee in §110.028, for different reasons. Commercial Building Contractor is not a license at all: the City's own page for it states that 'The City of Sioux Falls does not require Commercial Building Contractors to be licensed at this time,' and directs commercial work through plan review and permits instead — so, per that page, a commercial general contractor needs the permits for the job rather than a Sioux Falls license. Right-of-Way Contractor is a real requirement but is administered as a bond-and-insurance registration by the City Engineering Division rather than as a priced license: the City asks for 'the required licensing (for sewer and water only), bond, and insurance documentation' and publishes no fee, and §110.028 sets none, so no amount is listed here. Note that the City's licensing page gives the contractor licensing telephone number as 605-367-8670 while its contractor page gives 605-367-8672, and its commercial contractor page gives Building Services as 605-367-8248.
Veterinary Practice — State Board License Applies (Sioux Falls)
Veterinary practice appears in neither the §§110.026 to 110.037 fee schedule nor Title XI's chapter list, so this record carries no fee. The South Dakota Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners licenses instead, describing its own remit as being 'to protect the public by licensing qualified individuals to practice as veterinarians and veterinary technicians,' which is individual rather than premises licensing. A clinic's Sioux Falls obligations are the building permit for fit-out, the sign permit, the $375.00 conditional use permit or other zoning approval where the district requires it, and the $28.00 fire inspection under §110.035 as an establishment requiring a fire department inspection.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Sioux Falls
- Phone
- (605) 367-8082
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.
- Code of Ordinances, City of Sioux Falls, current through local ordinance 54-26 (7-14-2026) — §§110.026 to 110.037 (the complete licence fee schedule, including §110.028 contractor licences, §110.029 food and health licences, §110.031 temporary event fee, §110.033 annual fire licences, §110.034 one-time fire permits and §110.035 fire inspections for other licences), §110.011 (calendar-year expiry), §111.002 and §111.009 (alcohol), §112.015 (food establishment licence required), §92.172 and §92.180 (family day care home registration and exemptions), §117.123 and §117.133 (mobile food vending), §150.017 and §150.002 (building permit tables), §155.030 (sign permit) and §§160.740 to 160.758 (certificates of occupancy and zoning fees)City of Sioux Falls, codified by American Legal Publishing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Contractor Licensing — the City's own current page confirming that a license is required of all contractors doing work within Sioux Falls city limits and that homeowners living in and owning single family dwellings are exempt subject to other rulesCity of Sioux Falls · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Licensing — the City's own current page stating that not all businesses and professions need City licensing and directing readers to §110.026 for the complete list, and confirming that the Licensing Office sits under the City Attorney's OfficeCity of Sioux Falls · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Peddler and Mobile Food licensing — the City's own current page giving the $75.00 annual mobile food vending fee, the December 31 expiry, the $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate insurance requirement naming the City as additional insured, and the Fire Marshal inspection stepCity of Sioux Falls · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
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