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Business licenses and permits in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County, New Jersey, seat Freehold Borough. The county's municipalities page lists 53 municipalities. The Monmouth County Health Department (Office of Public Health, under the Monmouth County Board of Health) says on its About page that it is one of five health departments in the county and serves these 34 municipalities: Aberdeen, Allentown, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Eatontown, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Hazlet, Highlands, Holmdel, Howell, Keansburg, Keyport, Lake Como, Little Silver, Manasquan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown, Millstone, Neptune City, Neptune Township, Oceanport, Ocean Township, Red Bank, Roosevelt, Shrewsbury Borough, Shrewsbury Township, Union Beach, Upper Freehold and West Long Branch. Freehold Borough is not on that list; according to the Freehold Area Health Department's own page, that department serves Freehold Township, Freehold Borough, Manalapan Township, Tinton Falls Borough and Wall Township. In its member towns the county Board of Health charges plan review and re-inspection fees under its Program and Service Fee Ordinance (Ordinance 1-2020). Its plan review forms state that the Health Department does not license or issue permits and that licenses and permits are issued by the municipality. The Division of Engineering issues Road/Bridge Permits for work in the county right-of-way, and the Planning Board's Development Review Committee reviews site plans and subdivisions affecting county roads and drainage facilities. Each municipality's own licenses, permits, building and zoning approvals sit alongside these county records and are not itemised in this entry. The population figure of 647,520 is the 2024 Census estimate supplied with the assignment.
What are you opening in Monmouth 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
- Fitness studiosPrepaid memberships trigger state registration and often a surety bond, which catches operators who budgeted only for the fit-out.See the full permit list
- Childcare centresThe heaviest permit load of any small business: state agency licensing, per-person background checks, and a stricter fire standard than ordinary commercial use.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
- Auto repair shopsOrdinary commercial permitting plus an environmental layer: waste oil, solvents and stormwater are each registered separately.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in Monmouth County?
Permitting in Monmouth 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.
Monmouth County issuing agencies
- Monmouth County Health Department (Office of Public Health), Monmouth County Board of HealthServes as health department for the 34 member municipalities listed on its About page · Charges plan review and re-inspection fees under Monmouth County Board of Health Ordinance 1-2020 for retail food establishments, public recreational bathing facilities, animal facilities and childcare immunization re-inspections · Its plan review forms state that it does not license or issue permits; licenses and permits are issued by the municipality5 permits
- Monmouth County Division of EngineeringIssues Road/Bridge Permits for any work, occupancy or events in the county right-of-way, according to its permit application (06/2026)1 permit
- Monmouth County Planning Board, Development Review CommitteeActs on behalf of the Planning Board on approval of subdivisions and site plans affecting county roads and drainage facilities or county-owned or maintained properties, according to the Development Review page · Collects review fees under the Addendum A-3 Fee Schedule effective August 1, 20261 permit
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