Utah County Community Development, Business Licensing Division

General Business License

Utah County issues this license only to a business whose base location sits outside every city's boundaries: the county's own Business Licensing page states directly that 'Utah County can only license businesses which have a base location that is outside of all city boundaries.' A Business License Zone Clearance from Planning & Zoning comes first, then the license application and fee. The license year runs July 1 to June 30, and an application filed after December 31 pays half the annual fee under Utah County Code §11-1-11(c). Operating without a license carries a penalty of 100% of the license fee for the first year and 125% for each additional year under §11-1-2(b)(1). Utah County Code §11-1-3 exempts agricultural production and produce sales, garage and yard sales, religious and charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofits, federally or state-exempted activity, and a child day care business run inside a residence that state law does not require to hold a state child care license or certificate. The dollar figures above are published in the Utah County Government Fee Schedule adopted October 6, 2021. Utah County recodified its ordinances and fee schedule onto a new online code platform, and the county's current Business Licensing page now links to that platform's own fee-schedule page rather than to the 2021 PDF; that platform page returns an Unauthorized Access response to direct requests, so the amounts above remain those published in the 2021 schedule, the most recent publicly posted version of this fee.