Licensing
Licensing Center
The Licensing Center issues business licenses and regulates various business activities per the County Code. In addition, staff monitors and investigates items/concerns related to Code Compliance throughout the active term of a license. This includes ensuring certain Use and Occupancy (U&O) permits are current and that licenses adhere to professional standards and operate in accordance with County Code.
Momentum: A New Process for BUSINESS LICENSES!
All Prince George's County Business Licenses are processed in Momentum, the County's new online system. The new system allows customers to submit applications, upload documentation and make payments online. When the applications have been reviewed and approved, customers will be able to print their licenses at work or at home.
- For more information about Momentum, registration, step-by-step instructions, and "how to" videos, click Momentum Information.
- To go straight to the application, click Momentum Portal.
LICENSING
Business Licenses
All Prince George’s County Business Licenses are processed in Momentum:
- Adult Book and Video Store
- Apprentice Electrician
- Building Contractor
- Benefit Performance (Bazaar, Bingo, Dinner, Pull Tabs, Raffle, Silent Auction, Other)
- Benefit Performance/Charitable Gaming
- Benefit Carnival
- Benefit Circus
- Charitable Solicitor
- Door-to-Door Solicitor
- Electrical Contractor
- Electrical Examination
- Food Truck Hub
- Fortune Telling
- Homeowner Waiver
- Journeyman Electrician
- Master Electrician/Master Electrician — Limited
- Mobile Vendors (Ice Cream Truck)
- Motor Vehicle Repair Facility
- Off-Road Vehicle Registration
- Pawn Dealer
- Pawn Dealer Employee
- Public Dance
- Secondhand Dealer
- Secondhand Dealer Employee
- Special Food Service Facility – Mobile Food Truck
- All required documents need to be uploaded into Momentum.
For questions regarding Prince George’s County Business Licenses, email dpiebusinesslicenses@co.pg.md.us.
Health Licensing
Visit DPIE's Health Licensing pages for questions about Food Service Facility, Public Pools and Spas, and other Health Licensing permits.
Rental Licenses
Please note that all Prince George's County RENTAL licenses (single family, multifamily and short-term rental) are monitored by DPIE's Enforcement Division, not the License Center. For more information, visit DPIE's Code Enforcement pages. For rental license complaints, please contact PGC311. For questions related to rental licenses, email dpierentallicenses@co.pg.md.us.
Convenience Store Registration
Mandatory online registration but not through Momentum portal, use the portal for
Convenience Store Registration.
NOTICE:
Farmers’ Market Procedures During COVID-19 Emergency
Modifications have been made to the Farmers’ Market Temporary Use Code Operations. For more information, view the Health Licensing’s Food Service Facility (FSF) Permits page and read the "COVID-19 Farmers’ Market Operations" list of vendor requirements.
NOTICE: Waiver of Extension Fees Is Expiring August 31, 2020
Please note that the waiver of extension fees on expired permits and late fees on licenses that DPIE granted beginning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 emergency is being phased out.
Beginning September 1, 2020, DPIE will require payment of extension fees per code(s) on any permits and late fees on licenses that will be expiring beginning that day.
For more information, call 301–636–2050 and select option 6 to speak to the Permits Office.
NOTICE
Electrical Examinations Temporarily Suspended
Attention: The Electrical Board will not be accepting applications for electrical examinations or requests for retakes until further notice. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.