Virginia Beach
City of Virginia Beach, Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue
In short
City of Virginia Beach, Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue issues 1 permit we publish for Virginia Beach, last verified 2026-09-05. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL) | City of Virginia Beach, Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue | Flat fee below $200,000 in annual gross receipts: $25 (up to $25,000), $40 (up to $100,000), $50 (up to $200,000). Above $200,000, a per-$100-of-gross-receipts rate applies by classification: Contracting $0.16, General/personal/business services $0.36, Professional/financial/real estate services $0.58, Retail merchant $0.20, Wholesale merchant (on gross purchases) $0.12. | annual | 2026-09-05 |
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
Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL)
The underlying guide is dated 'Revised 12.29.2022' and was re-fetched directly for this record — it is still that same document, not a newer republication. Other Virginia cities (Richmond, confirmed separately) raised their BPOL exemption threshold to $500,000 effective January 1, 2026; the Commissioner of the Revenue's own rate pages and the City's own published fee-change bulletins show no comparable Virginia Beach ordinance, so the $25/$40/$50 thresholds at $25,000/$100,000/$200,000 above remain the City's own currently published figures for tax year 2026 — verify directly with the Commissioner of the Revenue at (757) 385-4515 before relying on this for a specific filing. Barbershops, beauty parlors and nail/tanning salons are billed under this same general-services rate (City Code section 18-56) rather than a separate salon license; general contractors are likewise billed under the Contracting classification with no separate city registration or bond confirmed.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia Beach
- Phone
- (757) 385-4515
- Website
- cor.virginiabeach.gov/
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.
- City of Virginia Beach — Application Process for Business License (revised December 29, 2022)City of Virginia Beach, Commissioner of the Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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