Pick your city
Every city charges businesses differently. Some tax your gross receipts, some charge flat license fees, some have no general business license at all. Pick your city for an honest, free estimate built from the city's own published fee schedules.
Los Angeles
Gross receipts business tax by category, with a small-business exemption. See what you actually owe.
Estimate LA costs →San Francisco
Prop M graduated gross receipts tax plus the business registration fee. Big numbers, made plain.
Estimate SF costs →Philadelphia
BIRT on gross receipts and net income, plus the commercial activity license. Both taxes, one estimate.
Estimate Philly costs →Atlanta
Occupation tax on gross receipts by NAICS class, plus the admin fee. Find your class, see your cost.
Estimate Atlanta costs →Seattle
B&O tax under 2026 Prop 2, with the first $2 million exempt. Check where your revenue lands.
Estimate Seattle costs →Fort Worth
No general business license here, just activity-specific permits. See exactly which ones you need.
Estimate Fort Worth costs →Nashville
Tennessee business tax by receipts band and classification, on a $15 license per jurisdiction. See which band you land in.
Estimate Nashville costs →Las Vegas
Nevada state license plus the city application fee, with a semiannual city fee set by revenue. See the verified numbers.
Estimate Las Vegas costs →Miami
County and city Business Tax Receipts plus the Certificate of Use. Florida calls it a tax receipt — see what you owe.
Estimate Miami costs →Why we built this
City fee pages are hard to navigate and national "business license" websites get the details wrong. We read the actual fee schedules, published by the cities themselves, and turned them into simple calculators. Every estimate is dated and sourced, and we re-verify the numbers every July.
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