Business Licensing & Operations in Idaho (2026)

Sexually oriented businesses in the City of Pocatello may only operate in the Commercial General zoning district, and §…

Ada County Code 8-4-3 keeps adult entertainment establishments at least 1,000 feet from any other adult entertainment…

Boise regulates sexually oriented businesses through zoning use standards instead of a separate license, imposing…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, no adult entertainment use is permitted within 500 feet of an establishment…

Bonneville County confines sexually-oriented businesses to the I&M-2 and I&M-3 zones (bikini bars only in C-2 zones)…

Caldwell requires any adult bookstore, adult video store, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, or adult theater…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an adult entertainment use needs a special use permit in a designated zone and…

Idaho Falls confines sexually oriented businesses to I&M-1 and I&M-2 zones, requires a city permit before opening, and…

Kootenai County allows a sexually oriented business by right only in the Industrial zone; it is prohibited everywhere…

Adult entertainment establishments need a conditional use permit and must sit 1,000 feet from churches, schools…

Nampa requires a city license to operate any sexually oriented business and bars new ones within 1,000 feet of a…

Boise requires every massage establishment to hold a City license before allowing anyone to practice massage therapy on…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 5.28.020 makes it unlawful to run a massage facility or spa, or do the business…

Kootenai County requires a license before anyone opens or operates a massage establishment or bathhouse in the…

Nampa requires every massage establishment to hold a city license issued through police fingerprint background checks…

Nampa doesn't license tattoo artists directly: it regulates parlors through zoning, permitting them by right only in…

Idaho regulates electronic cigarette and vapor product retailers under Idaho Code 39-5701 et seq., requiring permits…

Caldwell zoning bars a tobacco or vape shop from locating within 300 feet of a church, daycare, or school under City…

Tobacco and vape shops are permitted by right only in Nampa's BC (Community Business) zone, or with a conditional use…

Meridian bans under-18 entry, sets an 11 p.m.-6 a.m. closure, and bars on-site food or drink sales in smoking-product…

Ada County requires anyone buying used jewelry, silverware, or precious metals for resale to hold a county license…

Idaho Falls requires secondhand storekeepers and secondhand precious metals dealers to hold a City license, file…

Anyone buying, trading, or pawning gold, silver, platinum, or palladium items in Meridian for resale needs a Precious…

Nampa requires anyone doing business as a pawnbroker, pledging, buying, or trading used personal property, to hold a…

In the City of Pocatello, anyone loaning money against pledged personal property, effectively operating as a secondhand…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, a secondhand dealer is anyone who buys, accepts in trade or otherwise deals in…

Selling secondhand or salvage goods in unincorporated Twin Falls County, outside the cities' areas of impact, requires…

Boise requires anyone who buys used gold, silver, platinum, or gems for resale to get a City-issued precious metal…

Unincorporated Canyon County licenses secondhand dealers, including flea-market and swap-meet vendors selling more than…

Boise requires an annual City license, fingerprinting, and a police background check before anyone can lend money…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 8-102 makes it unlawful to run a pawnbroker business or pawnshop…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a pawnbroker is a used merchandise dealer and needs a license from the city clerk before…

Anyone acting as a pawnbroker in unincorporated Kootenai County needs a county license on top of any state license…

Meridian requires a city-issued pawnbroker license, background check, and Chief of Police approval before anyone can…

Nampa requires all pawnbrokers to obtain an annual city license, pass a fingerprint background check, and maintain a…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, no one can operate a pawnshop or secondhand store without a license from the city…

In unincorporated Bannock County, anyone running a pawnshop or pawnbroker business must first get a county license…

No one may operate as a pawnbroker in Caldwell without an annual license from the city clerk. Applicants face a…

Unincorporated Canyon County requires every pawnbroker to hold an annual $200 license from the Board of County…

Anyone operating a pawn business in the City of Pocatello must hold a pawnbroker's license under § 5.36.010 before…

Twin Falls County has no separate pawnbroker license. Outside the cities' areas of impact, the only county rule…

Meridian zoning bans vehicle repair as a home occupation accessory use, meaning no auto repair business may operate…

Pocatello's home occupation ordinance flatly bars motor vehicle servicing and repair as a home business. The Home…

Boise bars running an auto repair shop from a house; "Vehicle Repair" is a commercial use that isn't listed for any…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, automobile, truck and heavy equipment repair is a prohibited activity for Home…

Running an auto repair business from home in unincorporated Twin Falls County needs Zoning Administrator approval, and…

Caldwell's zoning code requires automotive repair businesses next to residential property to keep every repair job…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, storing wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicles or parts on private property is a…

Kootenai County lets homeowners run "automotive hobby activities" (restoring, maintaining, or repairing vehicles) under…

Nampa allows small-scale vehicle repair as a home occupation, but it must stay under 25% of floor area, avoid outside…

Non-consent law enforcement towing in unincorporated Ada County requires an annual license from the Ada County Sheriff…

Boise requires every non-consent towing company to hold a City license and caps what they can charge to release your…

No tow company may perform law enforcement towing in unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho without first being placed on…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a peace officer who finds a vehicle parked in violation of section 2-401 or…

The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, decides which tow truck operators it authorizes for its impound and abandoned-vehicle…