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Business licences and permits in The Colony, Texas
The Colony publishes a health fee schedule with both a start and an end date — 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026 — which makes it one of the few jurisdictions here that tells you when its own figures expire. Food establishments are banded on gross floor area from $350 to $750, a convenience store is $265 and one with a deli $320, and warehouse, distribution and catering operations take the same $350 or $550 bands as a restaurant. The line most often missed is Pre-Opening or Change of Ownership at $75: buying an existing restaurant here triggers its own small fee before you trade.
What are you opening in The Colony?
- 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
- Salons and barbersPersonal care is licensed at state board level as well as locally, so the shop licence and the practitioner licences are separate obligations.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
- 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
- Veterinary clinicsA state facility permit, controlled substances registration at both state and federal level, and a medical waste manifest — none of which a general business licence covers.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in The Colony?
Permitting in The Colony 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.
The Colony issuing agencies
- City of The Colony Building InspectionsCommercial building permits and plan review · Certificates of occupancy · Electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits · Contractor registration · Sign permits · Building reinspections6 permits
- City of The Colony Health DivisionFood establishment health permits · Convenience store and grocery permits · Public and semi-public pool inspections · Health plan review · Temporary and seasonal food permits5 permits
- City of The Colony Fire MarshalFire alarm and fire sprinkler permits · Vent hood permits · Storage tank and fire line permits · Fire plan review and reinspections3 permits
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