Greensboro, NC Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

5, "Massage and Bodywork Therapy," adopted to protect public health, safety and morals from improper practice (Sec. 5-1). Sec. ch. 90, art. 36 is exempt from a separate city permit, but any business, corporation, LLC, LLP, partnership, or individual employer, that hires, contracts with, or otherwise engages others to perform massage is subject to a city business permit. 1 and 14-203–14-208, any prior license or permit revocation by another government, and any other business operated on the same or adjoining premises. Sec. 5-4(d) routes every application through the police department for an investigative report and through planning and fire for a zoning, building and fire-code compliance check.

Sec. 5-3 separately bars a permittee from employing anyone under 18 in a massage business or from letting an unlicensed massagist practice on the premises. Enforcement runs through Sec. 5-5: a notice of violation issues for chapter violations, unlicensed employees, zoning or fire-code breaches, or an employee's felony or sexual-misconduct conviction, and a second notice within a rolling twelve months triggers automatic permit revocation and forced closure of the business.