Local Taxes & Fees in Alameda County, CA (2026)

1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 6 cities in Alameda County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Alameda County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Business Tax Classification

Alameda County's business license tax sorts businesses operating in the unincorporated area into distinct classes, retail, grocer, contractor, and more, each taxed at its own per-thousand-dollar gross-receipts rate.

Alameda County Business Tax Classes

Some Restrictions

Alameda County Code § 3.04.240

Every person engaged in the business of selling any goods, wares, products, or raw materials, or merchandise at retail, and not otherwise specifically taxed by other provisions of this chapter, shall pay an annual business tax of twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of gross receipts.B.For the purpose of this section "a retail sale" or "sale at retail" means a sale of...

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