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Springville City issues its own business licenses through the Business Licensing Office in Community Development, and every application goes through an online portal called Civic Review. This page covers only Springville: the forms, the fee schedule, the home business rules and the renewal process. For the county-wide picture, start with our Utah County guide.
To open a business in Springville, register with the State of Utah first (unless you are a sole proprietor using your own name), then file the Business License Application on Springville's Civic Review portal. Springville's FY 2026 fee schedule lists a $377 standard license with a $60 renewal, $393 for a general retail business under 15,000 square feet, and $40 for a home office license. Call the Business Licensing Office at (801) 491-7811 to confirm the fee for your business type.
In Springville the license comes from the Business Licensing Office, part of the city's Community Development department. The phone number is (801) 491-7811, and the city's application page lists the office hours as 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Another page on the same site prints those hours as 10:00 pm to 3:00 pm, which looks like a typo, so call before you go.
Everything is filed online through Civic Review. The city's application page lists eleven forms: Business License Application, Home Office Business Application, Business Change/Relocation Within Springville/Addition of Unit(s) Form, Beer/Alcohol License Application, Mobile Food Business Application, Itinerant Merchant Application, Solicitor Application, Short-Term Rental Application, Temporary Use Permit Application, and separate Indoor and Outdoor Firework License applications. After you submit, the Business Licensing Officer reviews it and emails you if anything is missing.
Springville's FAQ says to register your business with the state before you apply to the city. The one exception is a sole proprietor who uses their own name as the business name. Registration goes through the Utah Division of Corporations, which also walks you through whether an LLC, a corporation or a sole proprietorship fits. The Articles of Organization are the document you get from the state when you set up an LLC or corporation.
Sales tax is separate. The city's FAQ says you must charge it if you sell tangible personal property, or if you charge for labor to repair, renovate or clean tangible personal property, and it sends you to the Utah State Tax Commission to confirm. If you collect sales tax, the number has to list Springville as the outlet before the city will renew your license. For the filings that come before any city license in the county, see our Utah County business license guide.
The fees below come from Springville's FY 2026 Comprehensive Fee Schedule, the version posted on the city's finance site when we checked on November 3, 2026. Springville's fiscal year starts July 1, so ask the licensing office whether any amount changed this year. The schedule lists fees by type of business and does not say which row your business falls under. If the right row is not obvious, that is the question for the office.
Springville's FAQ also says a license is required for a commercial space used only for storage, and that one act of selling goods or services, soliciting business or acquiring premises in the city counts as being in business. Beer, restaurant, bar and tavern licenses have their own rows on the schedule, mostly $300. The city adds a 2% surcharge on credit and debit card payments.
| Springville license (FY 2026 schedule) | Fee | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| Standard license | $377 | $60 |
| General retail, under 15,000 sq ft | $393 | $49 |
| General retail, 15,001 to 60,000 sq ft | $393 | $63 |
| Industrial | $393 | $77 |
| Home Office | $40 | Not renewable |
| Home Occupation | $101 | $26 |
| Short-term rental | $110 | $22 |
| Food truck | $37 | $18 |
| Itinerant merchant | $214 plus $300 cash bond | Not listed |
| Relocation within Springville | $30 | Not listed |
Springville's licensing FAQ says you do not need a city business license if your business meets all four conditions: fewer than six customers a day visit your home, there are not multiple vehicles parked at your home for the business, the business is contained 100% within the home, and it creates no odor, fumes, dust, light, glare, noise or vibration that would disturb the neighborhood. You still register with the State of Utah. A daycare run from home always needs both the city license and state registration.
If your business goes past those limits, the fee schedule has two home rows: Home Office at $40 and Home Occupation at $101, with a $26 renewal. The renewals page says Home Office licenses are not renewable, so you file a new application each year instead. The schedule does not define the difference between the two, so ask the office which one you would file.
A home rented to guests is its own category. A rental of under 30 days needs a short-term rental business license, and the FAQ says you must live in the main dwelling and be present as the host. A long-term rental in an accessory dwelling unit needs an ADU permit, which the FAQ calls a permit and not a business license.
Springville's FAQ explains that moving into a space that was used for something else can mean a Change of Use Permit from the Building Division. Its example is a unit that was storage and is now a print shop, which changes the occupancy load, the ADA requirements and the number of restrooms. For that permit you submit a code analysis from an architectural design professional and a floor plan with overall measurements, the use of each room and the size of each room. A hand drawing is acceptable and does not have to be to scale. You apply through the city's MyCityInspector portal and choose the permit type "change of use."
A business installing pallet racking needs an engineered drawing from an engineer for that permit. The FAQ also lists what the Fire Marshal looks for: at least one 5 lb ABC fire extinguisher mounted no higher than five feet and tagged every year, exits that open from inside without a key, no extension cords used as permanent wiring, and storage kept at least 18 inches below sprinkler heads. A conditional use permit costs $414 on the same fee schedule.
Ask about all of this before you sign a lease. The license application depends on the space being approved for what you plan to do in it.
Renewals are online in Civic Review. The city emails a reminder 30 days before expiration, then a notice of expiration if you miss the date, and no further notices after that. After you submit, the office reviews it and emails you a link to pay, then emails again when the license is ready to print in Civic Review.
Your state registration has to be active, your DOPL license (if your trade needs one) must be current, and your sales tax number must list Springville. If you moved, renamed the business or changed owners, a separate Change Form goes in with the renewal. If the license expired more than 60 days ago, contact the office. The city says it is unlawful to operate on an expired license. The fee schedule sets the penalty for operating without a license at 100% of the license fee for the first year plus a pro-rata share of a 125% penalty for the time you were unlicensed, and reinstating an inactive license costs $60 plus what is owed.
Set up a free Google Business Profile with the name and address exactly as they appear on your license. Our Google Business Profile guide for Utah County covers verification, and the Local Directory is another place to list the shop.
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