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Business License Application

  1. Updated Logo - 2019
  2. CITY OF ELLISVILLE 1 Weis Avenue * Ellisville, Missouri 63011 * Phone: 636-227-9660  *  Fax: 636-227-9486

           Business Licenses Application

         This Portion for NEW BUSINESSES ONLY

    See BELOW link to the ONLINE RENEWALS

  3. For questions regarding this application, please click here to contact the business license department or call 636-227-9660. A Business License is required to operate a business in the City of Ellisville. The following steps must be completed prior to submitting an application for a business license.

    1. Approval from the Director of Planning and Zoning. Click here to contact and/or submit information.

    2. The future site must be inspected by both the City Inspector and MetroWest Fire District 

    You can request a City inspection Here 

    You can request a MetroWest Fire Inspection here: MetroWest Fire District 

    For questions or to submit your business application, please click here to contact the Finance Department or you may call 636-227-9660

  4. For Business License paper application: Click here to download the Business License application 

    Or click here for ONLINE RENEWALS only:

  5. STEP 1: BUSINESS INFORMATION: Please supply the following information INCLUDING CURRENT VALID EMAIL:
  6. Number of individuals working in Ellisville (including yourself)
  7. (If no vending machines, please enter "N/A")

  8. STEP 2: ATTACH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: Applications will not be processed or approved unless the following information accompanies the application:



    1. Documentation verifying the gross receipts figures used in this application, as well as, documentation verifying amounts excluded from the gross receipts formula for businesses that use the Gross Receipts Method to Determine the license fee. If initial business license application, please submit documentation stating such, and provide a best estimate for 12-months of sales.

    2. Each contractor must provide a copy of their Certificate of Insurance for Workers Compensation coverage per Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 287. If no employees, please provide liability insurance certificate.

    3. A "No Tax Due" letter from the Missouri Department of Revenue for each business that has any retail sales. The contact information for the Missouri Department of Revenue is https://dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/filing-payment/no-tax-due/ or 573-751-9268.

    4. Complete and Submit "Emergency Contact(s) Form". Click here to submit online form. If not completed online, Upload Completed Emergency Contact Form here, unless submitted online: (Click here to download form)

  9. (Unless form was completed online) - Please upload your completed form.

  10. STEP 3: SIGNATURE: Please read the following agreement and sign below:
  11. I acknowledge that the information I have set forth in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I further acknowledge that the City of Ellisville may request additional documentation to support the information set forth in this application, and the City, if it so chooses, may audit the financial records of the business described in this application to determine if the information in this application is correct.

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