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.

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Momentum: A New Online Licensing Experience!

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.
  • To go straight to the application, click Momentum Portal.

LICENSING

Business Licenses

All Prince George’s County Business Licenses listed below are processed in Momentum:

  • Adult Book and Video Store
  • 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 — Limited
  • Food Truck Hub
  • Fortune Telling
  • Homeowner Waiver
  • 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.

The County Business License Center is not to be confused with the State Business License Division, which issues licenses for certain specified Maryland businesses located within Prince George's County. To find out whether you are required to obtain a business license from the Clerk's Office, go to State of Maryland Business License Information System (BLIS).


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Notice - Change in Electrical Licenses

NOTICE
Electrical Examinations Temporarily Suspended

Attention:  The Electrical Board will not be accepting applications for Master Electrician Limited examinations or requests for retakes until further notice. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

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Health Licensing

Visit DPIE's Health Licensing pages for information 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.

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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.