Anderson County, SC Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

00 permit fee covering administrative costs. Applicants must submit their legal name and aliases, age, date and place of birth, physical description, home and work address, driver's license and Social Security numbers, proof of being at least 18, a photo and fingerprints, a five-year license history, and any prior criminal convictions (§ 10-79(b)). The development standards department refers the application to the sheriff's office for investigation, to be completed within ten days, and must deny the license if the applicant lied on the application, is under 18, has a disqualifying conviction, would work in a business prohibited by law, or had a license revoked within the prior two years (§ 10-79(c)).

Licenses are subject to annual renewal by the development standards department and sheriff's office based on continued clean conduct and a renewal fee set by county council resolution (§ 10-79(d)). Employees must keep the license on the premises for inspection at any time (§ 10-73(c)), and knowingly employing a worker without a valid license under section 10-79 is grounds for the county to suspend the massage parlor's own sexually oriented business permit under section 10-75(a)(6).