Business Licensing & Operations in Utah (2026)

South Jordan requires a sexually oriented business license to operate and bars these businesses from locating within…

Sexually oriented businesses in unincorporated Utah County need a county license, can't operate within 500 feet of…

Washington County confines sexually oriented businesses to I-1 zoned land and requires a county license for each one…

West Valley City confines sexually oriented businesses (adult bookstores, adult theaters, seminude entertainment…

Davis County requires a separate sexually oriented business license under Chapter 5.04 Article J before operating an…

Eagle Mountain requires a separate sexually oriented business license under EMMC 5.20.040, on top of any zoning…

Layton requires a separate city license before anyone may operate a sexually oriented business, and a separate employee…

Lehi confines sexually oriented businesses to zones set by Development Code section 12.190 and requires a separate…

Orem confines adult businesses, seminude entertainment businesses, and seminude dancing bars to zones set out in…

Provo confines every sexually-oriented business to its SOB Overlay Zone and bars it from operating within 1,000 feet of…

Sexually oriented businesses need a city business license and must clear a 1,000-foot buffer from schools, parks…

Any sexually oriented business in unincorporated Salt Lake County, adult businesses, nude entertainment venues, outcall…

Sandy City requires a sexually oriented business license before any adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult…

St. George confines sexually oriented businesses to the M-1 manufacturing zone and requires a city permit, with a…

Weber County requires a separate sexually oriented business license, plus an individual employee license, before anyone…

West Jordan confines sexually oriented businesses to M-2 zoning and requires 600 feet of separation from each other and…

Orem requires anyone operating a massage establishment to hold a City massage establishment license under Code 12-5-14…

Sandy requires a business license before anyone operates a massage establishment or works as a masseur, and every such…

South Jordan requires every massage business to hold a City license per premises, undergo background checks, and…

West Jordan requires anyone conducting a massage business to hold both a general business license and a specialty…

Massage therapy businesses in Eagle Mountain must hold a city business license and pass a required internet-based…

Operating a massage establishment anywhere in unincorporated Salt Lake County without a county business license is…

St. George requires a city business license to operate a massage establishment, and every technician or apprentice on…

Utah County requires anyone operating a massage parlor or working as a masseur in the unincorporated county to hold a…

A massage establishment operating in unincorporated Washington County is a permitted use in all four commercial zones…

West Valley City requires massage establishments to operate under the state Massage Therapy Practice Act, bars alcohol…

Eagle Mountain limits body art and tattoo businesses to a single business-park zone. EMMC 17.37.030's land use table…

Orem's zoning code does not allow standalone tattoo parlors. Appendix A's Specified Land Use Table lists SLU 6232…

Sandy's zoning code defines a tattoo parlor as any business that operates tattoo equipment to inject ink or otherwise…

West Jordan allows tattoo and body engraving establishments as a conditional use in only one commercial zone: SC-3, the…

St. George's zoning code defines tattoo establishments and locates them, by right, only in Commercial C-2/C-3/C-4…

A tattoo establishment operating in unincorporated Washington County must hold a County business license under § 3-1-2…

South Jordan allows tattoo parlors as a personal-service use citywide but expressly bars them, along with massage…

West Valley City's Commercial and Manufacturing Use Table at Municipal Code Section 7-6-301 permits Tattoo…

Eagle Mountain zoning caps tobacco specialty retailers, including vape and e-cigarette shops, to one per 10,000…

Layton requires a Retail Tobacco Specialty Business license before any store selling e-cigarettes, cigars or cigarettes…

Lehi retailers selling tobacco or e-cigarettes to anyone under 21 face escalating civil penalties up to $1,000 plus a…

A retail tobacco specialty business in Orem, a shop built around vape, e-cigarette, or tobacco sales, can't sit within…

Sandy's Land Development Code treats a vape shop as an "alcohol or tobacco specialty store" once it hits set sales or…

St. George requires a secondary tobacco sales business license limited to food stores, gas stations, bars, and…

West Jordan requires a retail tobacco specialty business, including vape and e-cigarette retailers meeting the state…

West Valley City keeps standalone tobacco shops away from schools, parks, and homes. Municipal Code § 7-7-121(2) bars a…

Selling cigars or tobacco in Salt Lake City, wholesale or retail, requires a city license before any sale, offer, or…

Running a retail tobacco specialty business, including a vape or e-cig shop, in unincorporated Salt Lake County without…

Salt Lake City requires anyone buying, bartering, or selling secondhand goods, junk, or precious metals to hold a city…

Sandy requires a City license, backed by a Sandy Police Department background check, before anyone deals in used or…

West Valley City requires secondhand and junk dealers to post a $1,000 bond, pass a police background check, and keep…

Layton requires junk dealers and secondhand dealers to hold a $100 City license, keep an ink-recorded purchase ledger…

Orem dealers in secondhand, junk, or antique property and precious metal must hold every item for thirty days from the…

Provo licenses secondhand dealers under the same chapter as pawnbrokers, but a straight resale of used goods with no…

Secondhand merchandise dealers in South Jordan need a city license, must keep their inventory within their principal…

St. George requires secondhand dealers to obtain a business license, keep detailed transaction records, and hold items…

Secondhand, junk, and precious-metal dealers in unincorporated Utah County must log every transaction in a bound ink…

Weber County requires anyone principally engaged in buying and selling old metal, glass, rags, rubber, paper, or other…

West Jordan requires a general business license plus a special secondhand/junk license to operate as a secondhand…

Eagle Mountain restricts pawn shops to one of its three commercial zones. EMMC 17.35.030's land use table lists 'Pawn…

Layton pawnbrokers must hold a $100 annual license approved by the City Council, post a $1,000 bond, and keep detailed…

Salt Lake City requires a city license before anyone can operate as a pawnbroker, backed by a $5,000 bond and strict…

Sandy requires every pawnbroker to hold a City license before operating, with a mandatory Sandy Police Department…

Pawnbrokers in South Jordan must obtain a city business license, pass a police department background check, and post a…

West Valley City pawnbrokers must operate in a partitioned, standalone business space and hold pledged items for six…

Before Orem issues a pawnshop or dealer business license, City Code section 12-5-5 requires the operator to post a…

Provo requires anyone operating as a pawnbroker to hold a City business license and post a $1,000 surety bond before…

St. George requires anyone running a pawnbroker, secondhand, or precious-metals/gem dealing business to hold a city…

Pawnbrokers in unincorporated Utah County must write up a serially numbered pawn ticket in triplicate for every loan or…

West Jordan pawnbrokers must hold a general business license plus a special pawnshop license and post a $5,000 bond…

Eagle Mountain flatly bans automobile-related businesses, including auto repair, body work, and painting, from…

Salt Lake City flatly bans running an auto repair business out of a home. It's listed first among businesses that can…

You can't run an auto repair, body or towing business out of your Salt Lake County home. County Code §19.85.010.B…

Sandy City Code § 21-11-5 flatly prohibits auto body repair, motor vehicle repair, and the storage, service, or sale of…

Unincorporated Utah County will not permit a residential auto repair, body, or paint shop as a home occupation under…

Weber County flatly prohibits auto, truck, or recreational vehicle repair or sales as a home occupation anywhere in the…

South Jordan prohibits operating an auto repair or body shop as a home occupation, only allowing residents to store…

West Jordan does not list vehicle or engine repair among its permitted home occupations, and its zoning code defines a…

Washington County allows vehicle or engine repair at home only as a major home occupation, capped at three engines or…

Lehi City requires anyone who tows vehicles or boots cars for compensation within city limits to hold a Lehi City…

Any tow truck or parking-enforcement business based in Provo must hold a city business license, post a $1,000 surety…

Salt Lake City licenses wrecker services and bars non-consent tows from private property unless the lot is posted with…

West Jordan bars wreckers and tow operators from moving a vehicle off a public street, or off private property, without…

Eagle Mountain authorizes towing to impound any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of its parking article, at the…

No one can run a commercial towing or parking-enforcement business in Orem without Utah Department of Transportation…

South Jordan requires a city license for tow truck operators, vehicle immobilizers, and tow lots, and limits nonconsent…

St. George requires a City business license, a $10,000 surety bond, current DOT certification and liability insurance…

West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah, requires every tow truck service to hold a business license and meet extra…