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Business licenses and permits in Bonneville County, Idaho
Bonneville County, Idaho, seat Idaho Falls; population 133,644 (U.S. Census Bureau 2024 estimate). The Bonneville County Clerk issues county beer, wine and liquor licenses to businesses that already hold a state retail alcohol license, at the prices on the Clerk's Beer and Alcohol License page, with every license expiring on September 30; the Clerk also issues alcohol beverage catering permits at the $20-per-day fee set by Idaho Code 23-934A. Since January 20, 2026, Bonneville County Planning & Zoning has processed electrical and plumbing permits and performed those inspections within the county's jurisdiction, services the county's notice says the State of Idaho no longer provides there. Eastern Idaho Public Health, the public health district serving Bonneville and seven other eastern Idaho counties, licenses food establishments, mobile food units and temporary food vendors under its own 2026 fee table. Idaho Code 23-1016 lets a city require its own beer license on top of the county one, and Idaho Code 23-1315 does the same for wine; each incorporated city's own license and permit rules for businesses inside its limits stack on these county, district and state records.
What are you opening in Bonneville County?
- RestaurantsFull-service restaurants carry the densest permit load of any small business: food, fire, occupancy, waste, and usually alcohol.See the full permit list
- Coffee shopsCafés are permitted as food service establishments even where no cooking happens, and the plan review step catches most operators by surprise.See the full permit list
- Retail storesRetail is the lightest common permit load, but the sales tax permit and the certificate of occupancy are non-negotiable in every jurisdiction.See the full permit list
- Food trucksMobile food is the one category with no certificate of occupancy — but it gains a commissary agreement, and the unit itself is inspected rather than the premises.See the full permit list
- Contractors and tradesLicensed at state board level rather than locally, and the only common category with no premises permits at all — the bond is usually the long pole.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in Bonneville County?
Permitting in Bonneville County is split across 3 agencies we hold records for, with tax registration handled at state level. No single office issues everything, which is why an opening usually means filing in several places rather than one.
Bonneville County issuing agencies
- Bonneville County Clerk, Auditor and RecorderCounty retail beer, wine and liquor licenses under County Code chapter 111 and Idaho Code 23-916, 23-1015 and 23-1315 · Alcohol beverage catering permits under Idaho Code 23-934A4 permits
- Eastern Idaho Public HealthPublic health district for Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison and Teton counties · Food establishment, mobile food and temporary food licenses under its Environmental Health fee table (effective 05/01/26)2 permits
- Bonneville County Planning & ZoningElectrical and plumbing permits and inspections within the county's jurisdiction, from January 20, 2026 · Building and zoning applications for the county's jurisdiction1 permit
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