Business Licensing & Operations in Montgomery County, MD (2026)

Montgomery County Code, Ch. 59 (Zoning Ordinance), § 59.3.5.10.A

The Adult Entertainment business must be located a minimum of 750 feet from any property that is i.   located in a Residential zone; or ii.   on which a school, library, park, playground, recreational facility, day care center, place of worship, or other Adult Entertainment business is located as a principal use. The distance must be measured in a straight line from the nearest lot line of the ...

Montgomery County Code § 24-8(c)(1)

Any massage establishment must have a license issued by the Director under this Section... A person must not own or operate a massage establishment without obtaining a massage establishment license. This requirement may be enforced by the Director or the Police Department. The Director or the Police Department may close an unlicensed massage establishment until the business and each person owni...

Montgomery County Code § 32-19D

A hookah lounge, tobacco shop, or vape shop may operate: (1) on Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; (2) on Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day; and (3) on Sunday... A hookah lounge, tobacco shop, or vape shop that operates outside of the hours permitted under subsection (c) is in violation of this Section.

Montgomery County Code § 44A-2

A person must not conduct the business of a dealer unless the person possesses a dealer's license issued by the Office of Consumer Protection, which must be displayed to the public wherever the person conducts the business of a dealer. An individual must not act as officer, employee or agent, and in that capacity engage in transactions involving secondhand personal property, for a person requir...

Montgomery County Code § 31A-2

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business, occupation, profession or trade of repairing or maintaining motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, or towing motor vehicles, unless such person, firm and corporation shall have first registered with the county. Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to pu...