Deerfield Beach, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)
Key Facts
- Massage Establishment/Salon fee
- $117.60 per year
- Massage Therapist Licensed fee
- $58.80 per year
- Receipt period
- October 1 through September 30
- Late renewal penalty
- 10% + 5%/month, capped 25%
- Unlicensed operation penalty
- 25% of tax due
- State license prerequisite
- Active DBPR license required first
Summary
Deerfield Beach requires every massage establishment and every licensed massage therapist to hold a city local business tax receipt before opening. The annual tax is $117.60 for a Massage Establishment/Salon and $58.80 for a Massage Therapist Licensed, billed under the city's SIC-coded business tax schedule.
Sec. 38-285. - Schedule of local business taxes. Local business tax receipts shall be issued to cover only one location and only one of the occupations or business classifications set out in this section, unless permitted under this article. The amount assessed as local business taxes against the various trades, businesses and professions are hereby fixed as follows: ... 7299 Massage Establishment/Salon 117.60 ... 7299 Massage Therapist Licensed 58.80
Full Breakdown
Under City Code § 38-263, no one may engage in or manage a business, profession or occupation in Deerfield Beach, including operating a massage establishment or working as a massage therapist, without first obtaining a city local business tax receipt for the current tax year; the receipt must be secured before the business opens and runs October 1 through September 30. 80, each billed annually per location or per practitioner. S. Chapter 480; the city receipt does not substitute for that state license. Section 38-262 additionally requires that the location comply with the city's zoning ordinance and the Florida Building Code before a receipt issues.
Receipts obtained between October 1 and April 1 are billed the full annual tax; those obtained April 1 through September 30 are billed half the annual tax. A receipt is valid only for one location and one classification per § 38-285's opening sentence, so a spa offering massage alongside other services may need a receipt for each classification it operates under.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a required receipt is a separate offense for each day of unlicensed operation (§ 38-269) and draws a penalty of 25 percent of the local business tax determined due, on top of the tax itself (§ 38-268). Receipts not renewed by October 1 are delinquent and accrue a 10 percent penalty for that month plus 5 percent for each additional month of delinquency, capped at 25 percent of the tax owed.
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