11 permits · verified 2026-09-14
What permits do you need to open a childcare centre in Casper?
In short
A childcare centre in Casper, WY has 5 permits that apply to every business of this type, plus 6 more that depend on your premises, signage or how you are set up. City of Casper, City Clerk's Office charges $50 per fiscal year license for the health license — child day care facility. 2 of the 11 are charged as a range or formula rather than a flat fee. Verified 2026-09-14 against the issuing agencies’ published fee schedules.
Permits particular to a childcare centre in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health License — Child Day Care Facility | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | $50 per fiscal year license | the City's fiscal year, July 1 to June 30 | 2026-09-14 |
| Child Care License | Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Care Licensing Program | $25 flat application fee, plus a flat $25 renewal fee — the same figure regardless of facility type or size | 1 year, or up to 6 months under a Provisional License while a facility works toward full compliance | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
Local permits that apply to every type of business in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional Use Permit / Variance / Site Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division | $NaN per application | one-time per application | 2026-09-14 |
| Building Permit | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division | Varies — formula on the Casper page | a permit is good for 180 days once issued | 2026-09-14 |
| Fire Inspection (self-inspection programme; fee not published) | Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction Division | No fee | self-inspections are completed annually by December 31; on-site inspections run on a rotational basis averaging no more often than once every three years | 2026-09-14 |
| Certificate of Occupancy (required; no fee line in the published schedule) | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division | No fee | one-time, issued on completion | 2026-09-14 |
| General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)only if it applies to you | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable to a general license; the enumerated licenses run either the calendar year or the July 1 to June 30 fiscal year depending on category | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
WY registrations that apply to every type of business
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — Wyoming Positiononly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Report License Taxonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | Varies — formula on the WY page | annual — due in the entity's own anniversary month of formation; may be filed up to 120 days early | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
How much does it actually cost to permit a childcare centre in Casper?
There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 11 records listed for a childcare centre in Casper, WY, 5 apply to every business of this type and 6 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.
Of the 5 that always apply, 2 carry a flat fee, coming to $75.00. That is a floor, not a total. 2 of the 11 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 4 have no fee published at all.
The other 2 variable fees belong to permits that apply to every type of business here; their formulas are set out on the Casper permits page and the WY state page.
Which offices issue these permits in Casper?
Permits for a childcare centre in Casper, WY come from 6 separate offices: City of Casper, City Clerk's Office, City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division, City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division, Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction Division, Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division, Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Care Licensing Program. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.
- City of Casper, City Clerk's OfficeIssues 2 permits on this page: Health License — Child Day Care Facility, General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-7568www.casperwy.gov/government/clerk/index.php
- City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Conditional Use Permit / Variance / Site Plan Review200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8241www.casperwy.gov/services/planning_and_zoning/index.php
- City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection DivisionIssues 2 permits on this page: Building Permit, Certificate of Occupancy (required; no fee line in the published schedule)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8254www.casperwy.gov/services/building_and_inspections/permit_requirements.php
- Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Fire Inspection (self-inspection programme; fee not published)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8278www.casperwy.gov/community/fire_ems/index.php
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business DivisionIssues 4 permits on this page: General Business License — Wyoming Position, Articles of Organization (LLC), Articles of Incorporation, Annual Report License TaxHerschler Building East, Suite 101, 122 W 25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7311sos.wyo.gov/Business/default.aspx
- Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Care Licensing ProgramIssues 1 permit on this page: Child Care License(307) 777-7564dfs.wyo.gov/providers/child-care-2/licensing-rules
What does a childcare centre need in Casper that other businesses do not?
2 of the 2 permits particular to a childcare centre here apply to no other business type we cover in Casper: Health License — Child Day Care Facility and Child Care License.
Health License — Child Day Care Facility
Casper is unusual, compared with Cheyenne and Gillette, in requiring a city license for childcare at all — Cheyenne charges a planning application and Gillette charges nothing. Section 8.12.020 makes both credentials necessary together: a facility must hold 'a current health license and a current certificate from the Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services,' so the $50.00 city license sits alongside the state license, which the Department of Family Services prices at $25.00 to apply and $25.00 to renew under its rules as rewritten effective April 21, 2026. Zoning is the second variable and §8.12.040(B) sets it out by format: a family day-care home is permitted in any residential zone; a group day-care home is 'a permitted use in R-3, R-4 and PUD; requiring a special use permit in R-1, R-2 and R-5'; and a group day-care centre or infant day-care centre requires 'a special use permit in all residential zones.' The February 2, 2026 fee schedule prices a conditional use permit at $600.00, the same figure Resolution 17-220 set in 2018; confirm with the Planning Division whether a childcare special use permit is billed at that rate.
Child Care License
A genuinely flat fee — Wyoming licenses a Family Child Care Home, a Family Child Care Center and a Child Care Center under three different regulatory categories, but charges the identical $25 application and $25 renewal fee across all three rather than scaling by capacity the way most other states do.
The other 5 local permits in the tables apply to every type of business in Casper, WY; what each one involves is set out on the Casper permits page. The 4 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across WY and are covered on the WY state page.
How does a childcare centre compare with other businesses in Casper?
The closest match is a auto repair shop, which shares 0 of these permits. A childcare centre also needs Health License — Child Day Care Facility and Child Care License. A auto repair shop needs Sign Permit (required; no published fee line), Auto Repair Shop — City of Casper position and Auto Repair Shop Licensing — Wyoming Position, which a childcare centre does not.
| Business | Its own permits | Shared with a childcare centre | Only a childcare centre needs | Only it needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto repair shops | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Coffee shops | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Contractors and trades | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Fitness studios | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Food trucks | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Restaurants | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Retail stores | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Salons and barbers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Veterinary clinics | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Sources
Every figure for the permits explained on this page was read from one of these government pages on the date shown. Sources for the permits that apply to every type of business are listed on the Casper permits page and the WY state page. Confirmed by Editorial Team.
- Health Licenses — the City's own current fee table for businesses affecting the public health, listing restaurants at $100 plus $25 with alcohol, bars at $100 plus $25 with food, groceries and food processors at $75 with $25 additions, child day cares at $50, swimming pools at $75, body art at $25, lodging at $25 and school food service at no feeCity of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Casper Municipal Code, Supplement 96, codified through Ordinance 03-26 (4-21-2026) — §5.04.040 (the seven enumerated license categories), §5.08.170 and §5.08.050 (alcohol fees), §5.38.020 (itinerant merchants), §8.04.010(B) (the mobile food vehicle exclusion added by Ordinance 06-25, 6-3-2025), §8.04.020 (health license fee classes), §8.04.030 (hardship license), §8.04.040 (fiscal year term), §8.12.020 and §8.12.040 (day-care standards and zoning), §10.36.031 (mobile vendor parking permits), §15.04.090 and §15.08.040 (certificate of occupancy), §15.04.100 (fees set by resolution), §15.12 (contractor licensing), §15.40.010 and §15.40.105 (fire code and self-inspection) and §17.96 (signs)City of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Wyoming child care licensing rules, Chapter 2 — flat $25 application and renewal fee, one-year termWyoming Department of Family Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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