Business Licensing & Operations in Arizona (2026)

Avondale confines sexually oriented businesses to the General Industrial (A-1) zoning district and nowhere else, then…

Gilbert requires a Town sexually oriented business license under Code of Gilbert § 14-406, and the Land Development…

Buckeye requires a City-issued license for adult arcades, bookstores, cabarets, motels, and escort agencies, restricts…

Chandler requires a City permit before anyone may operate an adult bookstore, adult service business, or adult video…

Coconino County zoning drives an adult bookstore, adult theater, cabaret, or sexual encounter center into a single…

Glendale requires a separate City license for every adult business operator, manager and performer under Chapter 21.2…

Goodyear's Zoning Ordinance keeps adult bookstores, adult theaters, live-entertainment establishments and erotic dance…

Maricopa requires a city license plus a planning commission conditional use permit for adult-oriented businesses, and…

Mesa confines sexually oriented businesses to the C-3, M-1, M-2, and PEP zoning districts and bars them within 1,000…

Peoria requires a Conditional Use permit for any Adult Use and bars it from operating within 1,000 feet of a school…

Phoenix requires a City Clerk license to operate any adult arcade, cabaret, motel, or theater, and zoning bars these…

Adult activities facilities, arcades, adult bookstores, cabarets, adult theaters and massage establishments offering…

Unincorporated Pinal County confines adult oriented businesses to CI-1, CI-2, I-2 and I-3 industrial zoning districts…

Sexually oriented businesses in Queen Creek need a town license under Town Code Section 8-5-4 and cannot locate within…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Sahuarita requires a town clerk-issued license under Town Code Chapter 5.30…

Scottsdale requires a sexually oriented business license before conducting an adult service, adult video, or cabaret…

Adult entertainment establishments in Sedona need a conditional use permit and must clear strict distance rules: 1,000…

Surprise requires anyone operating or working at an adult service business, cabaret, or adult video facility to hold a…

Tempe requires every adult-oriented business, from adult retail stores and cabarets to video arcades, motels, theaters…

Tucson requires a separate adult entertainment enterprise license before any business can open, and the zoning code…

Yavapai County confines sex oriented businesses to C3, PM, M1 and M2 zoning districts under Planning and Zoning…

Yuma requires a sexually oriented business license and a separate employee license before anyone may operate or work at…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, adult oriented facilities must locate at least 1,500 feet from any other adult…

Chandler requires a current massage establishment permit before anyone may operate a massage business in the city. The…

Operating a massage establishment in Gilbert requires a Town massage therapy establishment license under Code of…

Anyone who operates a massage or bodywork establishment in Glendale must hold a city license separate from the state…

Massage establishments in Maricopa must hold a regulated business license, meet strict facility and staffing standards…

Maricopa County does not license ordinary massage businesses; only massage establishments offering "adult service"…

Operating a massage or bodywork establishment in Mesa requires a City license under Mesa City Code § 5-12-4(B)…

Anyone conducting or operating a massage or bodywork establishment in Peoria must hold a City license separate from the…

Operating a massage establishment in Phoenix without a City Clerk license is unlawful. Applicants face fingerprint…

The Town of Queen Creek regulates massage establishments as a supplemental zoning use under Zoning Ordinance Article…

Scottsdale requires anyone operating a massage facility to hold a city license issued by the director of licensing and…

Surprise requires every massage establishment to hold a city license issued under City Code § 26-97, backed by…

Tempe requires a City license to operate a massage establishment, sets minimum facility standards for lighting…

Any massage establishment in Buckeye needs a City license conditioned on inspection, requiring separate male and female…

Anyone operating a massage establishment in Sahuarita must hold a town clerk-issued license under Town Code Chapter…

Operating a massage establishment in Tucson without a city license is unlawful under City Code § 7-133. The license…

A massage establishment counts as a permitted use only in Pima County's CB-2 general business zone under Pima County…

Chandler's City Center District, the historic downtown blocks around A.J. Chandler Park, flatly prohibits body-piercing…

Glendale's zoning code keeps tattoo and piercing studios 1,000 feet from each other, pawn shops, liquor stores and…

Peoria treats tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as conditionally permitted personal-service uses under its…

Tattoo shops must secure a discretionary use permit before opening in Phoenix's C-2 Intermediate Commercial zone, but…

Sedona requires anyone operating a tattoo, piercing or other body art business to hold a body art establishment permit…

Surprise requires every tattoo and body piercing establishment and artist to hold a city license under City Code §§…

Tempe tattoo and body piercing shops need a Use Permit and must clear strict distance buffers: 1,320 feet from another…

Avondale's zoning code confines tattoo parlors to the C-2 Community Commercial district. Section 28-53's land use…

Buckeye requires a City license for every tattoo and body-piercing establishment and artist, mandates two-ID age checks…

Tattoo and piercing studios in Gilbert may serve walk-in customers only between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., a Land…

Goodyear treats tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as regulated uses that need Zoning Administrator sign-off and…

Tattoo and body-piercing shops in Maricopa need a regulated business license and must post sterilization procedures…

Mesa doesn't operate a separate license for tattoo or body piercing studios, but Title 6, Chapter 17 makes it unlawful…

A stand-alone smoking lounge, the zoning category Gilbert's Land Development Code applies to hookah lounges, cigar…

Glendale zones smoke and vape shops by commercial district: Table 2.500-1 under Section 35.2.502 bans a 'Retail, Smoke…

Tobacco-oriented retailers in Maricopa must sit 1,000 feet from schools, parks, daycares and other tobacco retailers…

Every store that sells cigarettes, vape products, or other tobacco items in Tempe needs an annual $300 tobacco sales…

Operating a Tucson smoke shop, any store where tobacco product sales or display fills 15% or more of the sales area…

Vape shops and tobacco retailers in Buckeye must sit at least 1,000 feet from another tobacco retailer, school, park…

Vape and tobacco shops are a permitted commercial use in Phoenix but must sit 500 feet from another such shop and 1,320…

Queen Creek requires any business selling tobacco or vaping products to keep them out of self-service reach, stored or…

Chandler requires secondhand dealers, junk dealers, antique dealers, and auction houses to hold an annual City permit…

Secondhand and junk dealers operating in Gilbert must hold a Town business license and pay a reporting fee under Code…

Glendale requires a special regulatory license for anyone buying, selling or trading secondhand goods, with exemptions…

Peoria requires a license for every secondhand sales business, including antique dealers and automated kiosks, with a…

Secondhand dealers in Phoenix must hold a City Clerk license before operating, and must report and hold every…

Scottsdale bars anyone from operating as a junk dealer or secondhand dealer without first obtaining a city license…

Tempe requires anyone buying, selling or trading secondhand goods, jewelry or precious metals to hold an annual license…

Tucson secondhand dealers must obtain a finance department license, pay a $1,000 occupational license tax under §…

Buckeye, Arizona requires secondhand and junk dealers to hold a city license, report every item taken in trade or…

Secondhand dealers, pawnbrokers, scrap dealers and auctioneers must hold a city regulated-business license, get…

Secondhand and antiques dealers in Mesa need a City license under Code § 5-7-2(C) before opening. Section 5-7-6(B)…

Secondhand and junk dealers in unincorporated Pima County must hold every item they buy or take in pledge for 15 days…

Surprise requires every secondhand dealer and auction house to file an electronic report with the city's LeadsOnline…

Yuma's Chapter 74, titled Secondhand Dealers, actually licenses only pawnbrokers and auction houses by name. Ordinary…

Chandler pawnbrokers must hold an annual City permit, electronically report every pledge or purchase to Police within…

Every pawnbroker operating in Gilbert must hold pawned or purchased items for at least 20 days after filing an…

Glendale defines a pawnshop by reference to the state pawnbroker's license under A.R.S. § 44-1627, requires a City…

No one may run a pawnshop in Maricopa County without a license issued by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. State…

Peoria pawnbrokers must electronically report every pledge or purchase within two business days, including the seller's…

Pawn shops, precious metals dealers and non-chartered financial institutions such as check-cashing and title-loan…

Scottsdale requires pawnbrokers to hold a city license under § 16-331 and imposes a pawn-specific 20-day holding period…

Tempe requires anyone operating as a pawnbroker to hold an annual license from the Financial Services Director, backed…

Tucson pawnbrokers must report every reportable transaction to the police chief under City Code § 7-98, pay a $3 report…

Yuma pawnbrokers pay a $30 quarterly occupational license tax and then answer to Chapter 74's dedicated rules: posted…

Avondale pawnbrokers must report every item taken in pawn, pledge, trade, or purchase to the chief of police within 24…

Buckeye, Arizona requires anyone running a pawnshop in city limits to hold a city license, report every pawned or…

Maricopa requires pawnbrokers to hold a regulated business license, file every transaction with police, and hold items…

A pawnbroker must obtain a Mesa business license under City Code § 5-7-2(C) before operating, on top of state law…

Phoenix does not license pawnbrokers itself. Arizona does. City law layers on a $3.50 per-report transaction fee and a…

Pawnbrokers operating in unincorporated Pima County, outside Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita and South Tucson…

Surprise pawnbrokers must electronically report every pawn, pledge, trade or purchase transaction worth more than $25…

Running an auto repair or service garage business from a Coconino County home is barred twice over: the Zoning…

Goodyear's home occupation rules flatly exclude on-site vehicle repair from qualifying as a home-based business…

Peoria outright bans auto repair as a home occupation. City Code Section 21-320(B)(3)(e) lists 'vehicle services such…

Scottsdale flatly bars using a home carport or garage for any home occupation, which rules out running a paid…

Surprise won't let you run a vehicle repair or paint business out of your house. Land Development Ordinance Sec…

Tempe's home occupation rule flatly excludes motor vehicle repair from the businesses a resident may run out of a…

Tucson flatly bans running an auto repair business out of a home. UDC Section 4.9.7.E.14 names Automotive - Service and…

Yuma's home occupation rules flatly exclude non-mobile motor vehicle repair from residential zoning districts. City…

Fixing cars at a Gilbert home is boxed in from two directions: the noise code bars repairing, rebuilding or testing any…

Running an auto repair business from a home in unincorporated Maricopa County is boxed in tight: no power tools or…

Phoenix zoning bars outdoor storage or display of machinery, parts, or inoperable and non-resident vehicles when…

Queen Creek's home-occupation performance standards effectively close the door on running an auto repair business from…

Avondale allows vehicle repairs at a residence only if the car is titled to the resident, the work is incidental to…

Buckeye's Property Maintenance Code lets a homeowner overhaul one vehicle at a time on a residential lot only inside an…

Maricopa bars repairing, rebuilding or testing vehicles in residential areas between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. if the noise…

Unincorporated Pima County allows non-commercial home auto repair on your own vehicle, but caps how many inoperable…

Unincorporated Pinal County has no license requirement for home auto repair, but County Code Section 10-24(2)(b) bans…

Sedona forbids repairing, rebuilding or test-driving a motor vehicle in a residential area between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Yavapai County bars fabrication welding, frame or body work, unscreened parts storage, and open-air repair work under…

A private towing carrier in Glendale cannot tow a vehicle off private property without the owner's permission unless…

A tow company that hauls a vehicle from a private Mesa parking lot without the owner's consent must have a signed…

A Peoria property owner must post signs stating the parking restrictions, the disposition of violating vehicles and the…

Private towing carriers who tow vehicles from Tempe private property without the owner's consent must have written…

Code of Gilbert § 62-5 lets a private property owner authorize the town to post no-sale/no-parking signs and remove…

Private towing carriers that tow vehicles from private lots without owner consent face strict fee caps, mandatory…

A tow operator who moves or tows a vehicle in Queen Creek without the owner's consent, into a garage, lot, storage yard…

Scottsdale caps non-consent towing at $125, including the first 72 hours of storage, and requires posted signs, police…

Surprise caps what private towing carriers can charge for non-consent tows under City Code Sec. 54-117. The city…

Tucson towing carriers may only remove a vehicle from private property with the vehicle owner's consent or a signed…

Before towing any vehicle without the owner's express permission, a Yuma tow operator must first notify the Police…