Memphis, TN business license requirements
A new business in Memphis, TN needs a general local business license or registration, called Business license (a combined City of Memphis and Shelby County Business License for a business inside Memphis), according to the source cited below.
- General local business license required
- Yes
- License name
- Business license (a combined City of Memphis and Shelby County Business License for a business inside Memphis)
- Issuing office
- Shelby County Clerk, Business Tax Division
- Fee
- The excerpt of the source page gives a $15 license fee for the Shelby County business license and says a business within the municipal boundaries of Memphis needs a combined City of Memphis ($15 license fee) and Shelby County Business License ($15 license fee); the business tax itself is separate and its rates are not in the excerpt
- Renewal
- Not stated on the source page; the excerpt says gross receipts are reported to the Tennessee Department of Revenue on an annual basis
- Where to apply
- No separate application page was found; start from the official source below.
- Official source
- https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/559/Business-Tax-Division
- Excerpt supporting this summary
- “all businesses operating within Shelby County are required to obtain a business license and report their gross receipts to the Tennessee Department of Revenue on an annual basis” Copied by an AI agent from a search-result excerpt of the official source: https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/559/Business-Tax-Division
- Verified date
- 2026-10-06
- How this summary was compiled
- The official source page above could not be fetched directly, so an AI agent read excerpts of it returned by a web search limited to the official domain; this summary is less complete for that reason and should be confirmed on the city page first.
The verified date is the day this summary was compiled. Fees, forms and deadlines change: confirm them with Shelby County Clerk, Business Tax Division before filing.
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