Weber County
Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management)
In short
Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) issues 5 permits we publish for Weber County, last verified 2026-09-30. 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 — Regular (Retail) | Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) | $75 a year | annual (calendar year, January 1 to December 31); a license issued mid-year is prorated to year-end | 2026-09-30 |
| General Business License — Contractor | Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) | $75 a year | annual (calendar year, January 1 to December 31); a license issued mid-year is prorated to year-end | 2026-09-30 |
| General Business License — Hair Salon | Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) | $75 a year | annual (calendar year, January 1 to December 31); a license issued mid-year is prorated to year-end | 2026-09-30 |
| General Business License — Restaurant | Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) | $100 a year | annual (calendar year, January 1 to December 31); a license issued mid-year is prorated to year-end | 2026-09-30 |
| General Business License — Home Occupationonly if it applies to you | Weber County Business License Division (Department of Operations Management) | $35.00 a year for a home occupation with no visiting clientele (Weber County Code § 16-4-20), conditioned on meeting the county's Title 108, Chapter 13 zoning requirements for a home occupation; $75.00 a year if the business receives visiting clientele at the home, per the Business License Portal's separate 'Home Occupation with visiting clientele' category. | annual (calendar year, January 1 to December 31); a license issued mid-year is prorated to year-end | 2026-09-30 |
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 — Regular (Retail)
A retail store operating in unincorporated Weber County is billed under the Business License Portal's 'Regular' category, priced at $75.00 a year, which the Portal's own definitions page describes as covering businesses 'such as retail shops.' That figure matches the codified residual rate at Weber County Code § 16-4-21 ($75.00 'for all businesses and occupations not otherwise provided for in this title'), so the ordinance and the live application portal agree on this figure rather than conflicting, unlike the Land Use Permit fee, which is a separate Weber County requirement. The license runs the calendar year with the same proration, late-penalty and no-refund rules as every other Title 14 license (§§ 14-4-10, 14-6-1, 14-4-12). This requirement applies only in unincorporated Weber County — Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Avon, Causey and Monte Cristo since Ogden Valley City's January 2, 2026 incorporation — not inside any of the county's incorporated cities, each of which runs its own separate license.
General Business License — Contractor
A contractor operating in unincorporated Weber County applies under the Business License Portal's own named 'Contractor' category, priced at $75.00 a year — the portal names this category explicitly, distinct from its 'Regular,' 'Commercial' and other listed categories, even though Weber County Code Title 16-4 has no separately codified contractor line of its own; the $75.00 figure happens to match the ordinance's residual/default rate at § 16-4-21. This is the general county business license only, separate from the contractor's own Utah Division of Professional Licensing credential (state layer) and from any Weber County Title 12 building-permit fee tied to a specific job. It runs the calendar year with the same proration, late-penalty and no-refund rules as every other Title 14 license. Applies only in unincorporated Weber County — Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Avon, Causey and Monte Cristo since Ogden Valley City's January 2, 2026 incorporation — not inside any incorporated city.
General Business License — Hair Salon
A hair salon operating in unincorporated Weber County applies under the Business License Portal's own named 'Hair Salon' category, priced at $75.00 a year — the portal names this category explicitly, and the figure happens to match the ordinance's residual/default rate at Weber County Code § 16-4-21. This county license is separate from each stylist's or barber's own individual Utah Division of Professional Licensing credential (state layer), which the county does not duplicate. It runs the calendar year with the same proration, late-penalty and no-refund rules as every other Title 14 license. Applies only in unincorporated Weber County — Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Avon, Causey and Monte Cristo since Ogden Valley City's January 2, 2026 incorporation — not inside any of the county's incorporated cities, each of which runs its own separate salon-licensing process.
General Business License — Restaurant
Any restaurant or coffee shop operating in unincorporated Weber County needs this license — Weber County Code § 14-1-2 makes it unlawful to operate a business in the county without first obtaining one, and § 16-4-13's fee table sets $100.00 a year for 'any place where food or drink is prepared, served or offered for sale or sold for human consumption, on or off the premises,' a definition that covers both a restaurant and a coffee shop on its plain wording. The license runs the calendar year, January 1 through December 31, with a mid-year start prorated to year-end; a payment more than 45 days late adds a 25% penalty, and a further 25% applies after three months (§ 14-6-1); no fee is refunded once the license issues (§ 14-4-12). This requirement applies only in unincorporated Weber County — following Ogden Valley City's January 2, 2026 incorporation, that area now covers only Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Avon, Causey and Monte Cristo; a restaurant inside any incorporated city, including Ogden Valley City, instead needs that city's own license.
General Business License — Home Occupation
Any of the ten covered industries — restaurant, coffee-shop, food-truck, retail-store, childcare, fitness-studio, contractor, auto-repair, veterinary or salon — operated as a home-based business in unincorporated Weber County is billed under the Home Occupation category rather than its ordinary business-license rate: $35.00 a year with no visiting clientele (Weber County Code § 16-4-20), conditioned on meeting the county's Title 108, Chapter 13 zoning requirements for a home occupation, or $75.00 a year if the business receives visiting clientele at the home, per the Business License Portal's separate 'Home Occupation with visiting clientele' category. Utah Code § 17-53-216(5)(a) additionally bars the county from charging any home-based-business fee unless the combined offsite impact of the home business and the residential use materially exceeds the residential use alone. This license runs the calendar year with the same proration, late-penalty and no-refund rules as every other Title 14 license, and applies only in unincorporated Weber County — Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Avon, Causey and Monte Cristo since Ogden Valley City's January 2, 2026 incorporation.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Weber County
- Phone
- (801) 399-8374 (shared with the Planning Division; this is the number the Business License Portal's own FAQ page lists for license questions)
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.
- Utah Code §17-53-216, county business-licensing authority, including the home-based-business fee limit at §(5)(a)law.justia.com (Utah Code mirror) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
- Weber County Business License Portal — Business Definitions (named license categories and fees, including Beer License Type Definitions)Weber County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
- Weber County Code Title 14, Business LicensingWeber County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
- Weber County Code Title 16, County Fee Schedule (§§ 16-3, 16-4 business and beer licence fees)Weber County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
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