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Chesterfield County

Chesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue

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Chesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue issues 6 permits we publish for Chesterfield County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
BPOL (Business, Professional and Occupational License) Registration and Flat-Fee BracketChesterfield County Commissioner of the RevenueA business with gross receipts under $10,000 pays $0. A business with gross receipts of $10,000 up to $549,999.99 pays a flat $10 a year (Code § 6-4, as amended by Ord. of 07-23-2025(2), effective January 1, 2026, which raised the bracket's ceiling from $500,000 to $550,000). A business with gross receipts of $550,000 or more instead pays the percentage tax recorded separately in the next record.calendar year; renew by March 12026-10-02
BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Limited Mixed Beverage Restaurantonly if it applies to youChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue$100–$400 a year, by restaurant seating capacity: $100 (100 seats or fewer), $250 (101-150 seats), $400 (more than 150 seats)annual2026-10-02
BPOL Percentage Tax on Gross ReceiptsChesterfield County Commissioner of the RevenueApplies to the portion of gross receipts at or above the county's $550,000 reduction threshold (see the registration/threshold record below). Current published per-$100-of-gross-receipts rates: Contractor $0.14 (Code § 6-25(a)); Retail Merchant $0.19 (§ 6-26(a)); Personal & Business Services (including barbershops, beauty parlors, daycare, massage therapists/clinics, and 'reducing salons or health clubs') $0.20 (§ 6-30(a)); Repair Service, which covers auto repair, $0.20 (§ 6-30(b)); Professional Service, which covers full-service veterinary practice, $0.20 (§ 6-29); Computer Service $0.03 (§ 6-30(f)); Wholesale Merchant $0.10, capped at $20,000 a year (§ 6-33(a)).calendar year; renew by March 12026-10-02
BPOL No-Tax-Below / Percentage-Tax Reduction ThresholdChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue$550,000 gross receipts a year — the amount below which the flat $10 fee applies instead of the percentage tax, and the amount subtracted when computing the percentage tax above itcalendar year2026-10-02
BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Beer and Wine Retaileronly if it applies to youChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue$20 a year, flat, in addition to the retail BPOL taxannual2026-10-02
BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Mixed Beverage Restaurantonly if it applies to youChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue$200–$500 a year, by restaurant seating capacity: $200 (100 seats or fewer), $350 (101-150 seats), $500 (more than 150 seats)annual2026-10-02

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

BPOL (Business, Professional and Occupational License) Registration and Flat-Fee Bracket

Every business with situs in Chesterfield County must register for a BPOL license with the Commissioner of the Revenue within 30 days of starting operations (Code § 6-2), and the license year runs on the calendar year with renewal due March 1 (Code § 6-15). Zoning compliance is the applicant's own responsibility before the license is issued (Code § 6-9). Gross receipts under $10,000 owe no fee; $10,000 up to $549,999.99 owes a flat $10 a year — Code § 6-4's current text reads '$10,000.00 or more, but less than $550,000.00' for this bracket, reflecting Ord. of 07-23-2025(2)'s two-step increase of the ceiling from $500,000 to $550,000, effective January 1, 2026. A contractor additionally needs a Virginia DPOR Class A, B or C registration before the county will issue the license (Code § 6-25(b)), and an out-of-county contractor doing more than $25,000 of work a year in the county owes the tax regardless of a home-locality license (Code § 6-25(d)). Because Chesterfield has no incorporated towns, this registration requirement and fee bracket apply the same way everywhere in the county.

BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Limited Mixed Beverage Restaurant

A restaurant holding Virginia ABC's 'Limited Mixed Beverage Restaurant' sub-classification owes this lower county add-on instead of the standard mixed-beverage add-on above: $100 a year for 100 seats or fewer, $250 for 101 to 150 seats, and $400 for more than 150 seats (Code § 6-39.1(a)(1)-(3)). These three figures are likewise an exact, figure-for-figure match to the ceiling Code of Virginia § 4.1-233.1(A)(3)(g)(1)-(3) sets for this specific ABC sub-classification and seating tiers. The restaurant must already hold the active state ABC limited mixed-beverage license before this county tax applies (Code § 6-39.1(b)). Chesterfield has no incorporated towns, so this tax applies the same way everywhere in the county.

BPOL Percentage Tax on Gross Receipts

Once a business's gross receipts reach the county's current $550,000 reduction threshold, the percentage tax applies instead of the flat $10 fee, at a rate set by the business's BPOL classification. A contractor pays $0.14 per $100; a retail merchant $0.19; personal and business services such as barbershops, beauty parlors, daycare, massage therapists and clinics, and health clubs/reducing salons pay $0.20, the same rate as repair service (which covers auto repair under the ordinance's own definition) and professional service (which covers a full-service veterinary practice doing vaccination, surgery or euthanasia); computer service pays $0.03; a wholesale merchant pays $0.10, capped at $20,000 a year. Every rate above is read directly from its own code section rather than only the summary rate page, so a classification's exact figure can be checked against Code §§ 6-25 through 6-33. The classification a business falls into, not its industry label, controls which rate applies.

BPOL No-Tax-Below / Percentage-Tax Reduction Threshold

The current, county-administered threshold is $550,000: Code § 6-4 was amended by Ord. of 07-23-2025(2) to raise the flat-fee bracket's ceiling to $550,000 effective January 1, 2026, and the county's own live BPOL rate page and its own 2026 Business License Application form (Line 2: 'Enter $550,000.00 per license ONLY if Line 1 ≥ $550,000.00') both apply that same $550,000 figure when computing the percentage-tax reduction, not only the flat-fee bracket. Reading the amending ordinance's own enacting clause shows it amended 'Section 6-4 ... relative to license fees' only; Code § 6-23, the separate Article II section stating the percentage-tax exemption/reduction amount in its own words, was last textually amended in 2021 and still reads $400,000. That $400,000 text in § 6-23 has not yet been brought into line with the 2025 amendment to § 6-4 — a fact about the ordinance's own internal consistency, not an open question — and $550,000 is the figure the county currently publishes and applies on its own rate page and its own current-year application form.

BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Beer and Wine Retailer

A retailer selling beer and wine owes a flat $20-a-year add-on to its regular BPOL retail tax (Code § 6-38(a)), on top of holding the required Virginia ABC retail license. This $20 figure is the county's own flat tax, set under its general home-rule alcohol-taxing authority in Code of Virginia § 4.1-128(A), which permits a locality to impose a flat per-event or annual privilege tax on alcohol sales as long as it treats alcohol the same as non-alcoholic sales — it is not a match to any specific dollar ceiling written into Code of Virginia § 4.1-233.1, which has no $20 line for this category. That distinguishes it from the mixed-beverage add-on taxes recorded separately below, which are exact matches to a state-set ceiling. The business's own Classification Affidavit (Q9) also asks whether the applicant holds an active ABC license before this add-on applies. Chesterfield has no incorporated towns, so this tax applies the same way everywhere in the county.

BPOL Alcohol Add-On Tax — Mixed Beverage Restaurant

A restaurant holding a Virginia ABC mixed-beverage license owes this county add-on tax on top of its regular BPOL restaurant tax: $200 a year for 100 seats or fewer, $350 for 101 to 150 seats, and $500 for more than 150 seats (Code § 6-39(a)(1)-(3)). Unlike the beer/wine add-on above, these three figures are an exact, figure-for-figure match to the ceiling Code of Virginia § 4.1-233.1(A)(3)(a)(1)-(3) sets for this exact license category and seating tiers — the county has simply adopted the maximum the state statute allows, rather than setting its own lower figure. The restaurant must already hold the active state ABC mixed-beverage license before this county tax applies (Code § 6-39(b)), which the Classification Affidavit (Q9) also asks about. Chesterfield has no incorporated towns, so this tax applies the same way everywhere in the county.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Chesterfield County
Phone
804-748-1281

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.

  1. 2026 Application for Business License — Line 2 instructs filers to enter $550,000.00 when computing the percentage tax reductionChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Business License Classification Affidavit (10/2023) — Q8 VDH permit, Q9 ABC license, Q12 massage-parlor/Police-permit requirementChesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Business Taxes — current BPOL rates and the $550,000 thresholdChesterfield County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  4. Code of the County of Chesterfield, Chapter 6, 'Business Licenses' (full text, §§ 6-1 through 6-41.1)Chesterfield County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  5. Code of Virginia § 4.1-128, local alcohol taxing authority limitsVirginia Law Library (Code of Virginia) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  6. Code of Virginia § 4.1-233.1, local mixed-beverage license tax ceilings by seating tierVirginia Law Library (Code of Virginia) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  7. Ordinance of 07-23-2025(2) — amends Code § 6-4 only, raising the BPOL flat-fee/no-tax-below threshold from $500,000 to $550,000 effective January 1, 2026Chesterfield County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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