Orem, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Orem City Code 12-5-14 requires a City massage establishment license before anyone may operate, conduct, carry on, or maintain a massage establishment, in addition to the license every masseur must hold under the Utah Massage Therapy Practice Act (Utah Code Title 58, Chapter 47B). To qualify, an applicant, or the person holding the largest ownership interest if the applicant is an entity, must be at least 21 years old, hold all state licenses required by the Massage Therapy Practice Act, and comply with rules of the Utah State Board of Massage Therapy.

The application must disclose the business address, any felony, theft, fraud, or moral-turpitude convictions from the past five years, a Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigations background check completed within the prior 60 days (plus an out-of-state check within 180 days for non-Utah residents), a list of every other massage establishment the applicant has run in the past five years, and proof that every masseur at the location holds a valid state massage license. The City can deny, suspend, or revoke the license for a conviction within the past five years involving felony, theft, fraud, prostitution, or other moral-turpitude offenses, for a prior license revocation or suspension in any jurisdiction, or for operating contrary to state statute or City ordinance; suspension and revocation follow the procedures in Sections 12-4-3 and 12-4-4.

If the City Manager's designee finds at least three separate violations at one location within a rolling twelve-month period, no new massage establishment license may be issued for that same location for a full year. Licensed establishments must post all state and City licenses, and every masseur must carry personal photo ID and their masseur license on the premises. It is unlawful to serve alcohol on the premises, to let employees live or sleep there, or for a masseur to touch a patron's specified anatomical areas, meaning the pubic region, genitals, perineum, anal region, or female breasts.