Henrico County

Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section

In short

Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section issues 5 permits we publish for Henrico 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
Permit	Issuing agency	Fee	Renews	Last checked
BPOL Business License — Professional / Business Services	Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section	No tax due if gross receipts are $1,000,000.00 or less. Above that threshold, the tax is the greater of $30.00 flat or 0.20% of the amount by which gross receipts exceed $1,000,000.00.	Annual; due March 1. License year ends December 31.	2026-10-02
BPOL Business License — Retail Merchant	Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section	No tax due if gross receipts are $1,000,000.00 or less. Above that threshold, the tax is the greater of $30.00 flat or 0.20% of the amount by which gross receipts exceed $1,000,000.00.	Annual; due March 1. License year ends December 31.	2026-10-02
BPOL Business License — Fee-Basis Contractor	Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section	No tax due if gross fees are $1,000,000.00 or less. Above that threshold, the tax is the greater of $30.00 flat or 1.50% of the amount by which gross fees exceed $1,000,000.00.	Annual; due March 1. License year ends December 31.	2026-10-02
BPOL Business License — Contract-Basis Contractor	Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section	No tax due if gross receipts are $1,000,000.00 or less. Above that threshold, the tax is the greater of $30.00 flat or 0.15% of the amount by which gross receipts exceed $1,000,000.00.	Annual; due March 1. License year ends December 31.	2026-10-02
BPOL Business License Application (All Industries)	Henrico County Department of Finance, Business License Section	A business license application is required before operating in unincorporated Henrico, regardless of revenue. No tax is due if gross receipts are $1,000,000.00 or less; above that threshold, the amount due is set by whichever BPOL category applies to the business — Retail Merchant, Professional/Business Services, Fee-Basis Contractor, or Contract-Basis Contractor, each listed separately for this jurisdiction.	Annual; due March 1. License year ends December 31.	2026-10-02

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 License — Professional / Business Services

A veterinary practice, and a fitness studio whose activity is classified as a professional or business service rather than as retail, owe Henrico's BPOL tax under this Professional/Business Services category, read directly from Henrico Code §§20-414 and 20-475. As with every BPOL category listed for Henrico, the percentage rate applies only to the amount by which gross receipts exceed $1,000,000 in a license year, not to the full receipts figure: no tax is due at or below that threshold, though an application is still required, and above it the tax is the greater of a flat $30.00 or 0.20% of the excess over $1,000,000. A fitness studio classified as retail instead falls under the Retail Merchant category listed separately for this jurisdiction.

BPOL Business License — Retail Merchant

Henrico's BPOL tax for a retail merchant is calculated only on the portion of gross receipts that exceeds $1,000,000 in a license year, not on the full gross-receipts figure: a retailer with $1.5 million in receipts owes tax on the $500,000 above the threshold, not on the full $1.5 million. Below $1,000,000 an application is still required, but no tax is due. Above it, the tax is the greater of a flat $30.00 or 0.20% of the excess over $1,000,000, as set directly in Henrico Code §20-648, read from the county's own codified Chapter 20 ordinance text. This category applies to a retail-store business, and also to a salon, fitness studio, or auto-repair business whose activity is classified as retail rather than as a professional or business service under the ordinance's own definitions — the Professional/Business Services category listed separately for this jurisdiction applies instead when a business is service-classified.

BPOL Business License — Fee-Basis Contractor

A contractor operating on a 'fee contractor' basis in Henrico — the ordinance's own term for a contractor compensated by fee rather than by contract price — owes BPOL tax under Henrico Code §20-559(a)(1) only on the amount by which gross fees exceed $1,000,000 in a license year, not on the full gross-fees figure: a fee contractor with $1.5 million in gross fees owes 1.50% of the $500,000 above the threshold, not 1.50% of the full $1.5 million. No tax is due at or below $1,000,000, though an application is still required. Contractors must also show a state DPOR Board of Contractors license or certificate number, or a sworn affidavit of exemption, at application, under Henrico Code §20-569, and certify workers' compensation compliance under Henrico Code §20-567.

BPOL Business License — Contract-Basis Contractor

A contractor operating on a basis other than 'fee contractor' — the ordinance's residual category, a contractor compensated by contract price — owes BPOL tax under Henrico Code §20-559(a)(2) only on the amount by which gross receipts exceed $1,000,000 in a license year, not on the full receipts figure: a contractor with $1.5 million in gross receipts owes 0.15% of the $500,000 above the threshold, not 0.15% of the full $1.5 million. No tax is due at or below $1,000,000, though an application is still required. A non-resident contractor who has already paid a license tax to their home locality is exempt from Henrico's BPOL tax unless their Henrico business exceeds $25,000 per year, under Henrico Code §§20-563 and 20-568, in which case §20-559 applies in full.

BPOL Business License Application (All Industries)

Every business operating a fixed or mobile location in unincorporated Henrico — all ten industries this site tracks, including a restaurant, coffee shop, food truck, or childcare facility that does not fit neatly into one of the four category-specific BPOL records listed for Henrico — must file a business license application with the Department of Finance before operating, regardless of revenue, per Henrico Code §§20-414(b), 20-475(b), 20-559(b), and 20-648(b), read directly from the county's own codified ordinance text. No tax is owed if gross receipts are $1,000,000 or less in a license year. Above that threshold, the tax amount due depends on which BPOL category applies to the specific business: Retail Merchant, Professional/Business Services, Fee-Basis Contractor, or Contract-Basis Contractor, each listed as its own requirement for Henrico with its own rate.

Contact

Jurisdiction: Henrico County
Phone: Not verified — use the website
Website: henrico.gov/finance/business-license/

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.

Henrico County Code, Chapter 20, Taxation (BPOL license tax, Article XI, §§20-350–20-821)Henrico County Attorney's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
Henrico County Department of Finance — Business License pageHenrico County Department of Finance · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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