Business Licensing & Operations in Mississippi (2026)

Unincorporated Jackson County bans selling or consuming alcohol, beer or light wine in any commercial venue that…

In the City of Southaven, Sec. 8-264 allows sexually oriented businesses only in the M-1 and M-2 zoning districts and…

Adult entertainment businesses may operate only in Gulfport's I-1 and I-2 industrial zones, at least 1,000 feet from…

Hinds County confines adult entertainment businesses to I-2 Heavy Industrial districts under Zoning Ordinance Section…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Jackson without a city license, or employing an unlicensed worker at one, is…

Rankin County confines adult entertainment businesses to the C-4 Adult Entertainment Commercial District and requires…

Massage parlors in Gulfport pay a $500 annual establishment license plus $25 per massagist, and cannot open before 8:30…

Operating a massage parlor or working as a masseur or masseuse in Jackson without a permit from the chief of police is…

In the City of Southaven, Mississippi, no one can operate a massage parlor or work as a masseur or masseuse without a…

Jackson County allows massage therapy businesses only in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District and any district that…

Rankin County's Zoning Ordinance lists massage spas as a use permitted by right in the C-2 General Commercial district…

A tattoo parlor needs Planning Commission approval to operate in Gulfport's B-2 or B-4 business districts and is…

Tattoo parlors need a Board of Supervisors conditional use permit in Rankin County's C-2 General Commercial district…

In the City of Southaven, Mississippi, a tattoo shop is a site plan review use in only three districts: M-1 light…

Tattoo and body piercing establishments are zoned into Jackson County's C-2 Community Commercial District under Table…

Mississippi regulates the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems through its tobacco statutes, requiring buyers…

Selling cigarettes or smoking tobacco at retail in Jackson requires an annual $5.00 privilege license per location…

In the City of Southaven, every junk dealer, pawnbroker and secondhand dealer must make written reports to the chief of…

Anyone buying used furniture, household goods, tools or building materials for resale in Gulfport must log every…

Every secondhand and junk dealer in Jackson must report each transaction to the police chief within 24 hours under Sec…

Pawn shops need a Board of Supervisors conditional use permit in Rankin County's C-2 General Commercial district, and…

Pawn shops in unincorporated Jackson County are confined to the C-2 Community Commercial District under Table 5-3.12 of…

In the City of Southaven, Mississippi, every junk dealer, pawnbroker and secondhand dealer must give the chief of…

Fixing cars for pay at a City of Jackson house does not qualify as a Home Occupation, so it cannot be run from a…

Harrison County's home-based-business rules single out one automotive use for exclusion: Section 819.05(c) of the…

Hinds County's Zoning Ordinance does not license an auto repair business run from a home, and its home occupation rules…

Gulfport allows vehicle repairs at a house only if the car under repair is registered to the resident doing the work or…

In the City of Southaven, Mississippi, an inoperable vehicle kept on a residential premises or yard counts as blighted…

In the City of Southaven, Mississippi, a towing company on the Southaven Police Department wrecker rotation, as…

Any towing service that removes a car from private property in Gulfport without the owner's consent needs a city…

Jackson requires wrecker services storing a towed vehicle more than five days to report it in writing to the police…