County Websites
Florida has 67 diverse counties with local governments and ordinances that regulate according to the unique needs of their citizens. Prospective entrepreneurs should take some time to navigate their local county website homepage to discover any additional requirements that may apply to their business.
We have also made an effort to provide links to related webpages that have direct impact on local businesses in each county. These links include economic development assistance available to businesses, as well as links to each county’s building, code enforcement, licensing/permitting, planning and zoning departments (names often vary or are combined). Additionally, we have added links to each county property appraiser and tax collector.
State designated as Florida’s principal provider of small business assistance, Florida’s Small Business Development Center Network (FLSBDC) provides no-cost, professional business consulting, in-person and on-demand training, and access to business research resources to help Florida businesses—no matter their stage of business—grow and succeed.
Select the county name to go their homepage, or explore one of the other county resources.
Scroll alphabetically by county name: AB / C / DEF / G / HI / JL / M / NO / P / S / TUVW
AB
- Alachua – Building Department & Contractor Licensing / Business Resources / Growth Management / Home Based Business Permits / Tobacco 21 / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Baker – Chamber of Commerce / Community Development / Economic Development / Occupational Licenses / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Bay – Builders Services / Code Enforcement / Contractor Registration / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Bradford – Permit Applications, Building and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Brevard – Business Page / Contractor Licensing / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Broward – Contractor License Verification / Doing Business / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Taxes and Fees
C
- Calhoun – Departments / Industrial Development Authority / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Charlotte – Building Construction Services / Business (Working) / Economic Development / Permitting and Licensing / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Citrus – Code Compliance / Contractor Licensing / Doing Business / Growth Management / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Clay – Code Enforcement / Permitting / Business Resources / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Collier – Building Plan Review and Inspection / Business and Economic Development / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Doing Business / Planning / Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Columbia – Building and Zoning / Economic Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
DEF
- DeSoto – Code Enforcement / Contractor Registration / Economic Development / Permits / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Dixie – Building and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Duval – Business / Municipal Code Enforcement / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Escambia – Economic Development / Environmental Code Enforcement / Permitting / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Flagler – Businesses / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Franklin – Contractor Services / Planning and Building / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
G
- Gadsden – Building Inspection / Code Enforcement / Development Council / Permitting / Growth Management / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Gilchrist – Building, Planning and Zoning / Code Enforcement / Economic Advisory Council / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Glades – Building Division / Code Compliance / Economic Development / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Gulf – Building Department / Economic Development / Planning & Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
HI
- Hamilton – Building Department / Economic Development / Enterprise Zone Development / Planning, Land Use and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Hardee – Building Department / Code Enforcement / Planning & Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Hendry – Economic Development Office & Services / Licensing and Code Enforcement / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Hernando – Business & Occupancy Permit / Building Division / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Planning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Highlands – Development Services / Economic Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Hillsborough – Business Community / Codes and Ordinances / Contractor Licensing / Entrepreneur and Small Business Support / Permits and Records / Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Holmes – Building, Planning, & Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Indian River – Building / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Planning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
JL
- Jackson – Building / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Jefferson – Building / Economic Development / Planning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Lafayette – Building / Forms / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Lake – Building / Contractor Certification / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Permits and Licenses / Planning & Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Lee – Business Incentives / Community Development (Building, Permitting, Planning, Zoning, etc.) / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Leon – Business Resources / Building Plans Review and Inspections / Contractor Licensing / Development Services (Planning and Zoning) / Environmental Services / Minority, Women & Small Business Enterprises / Permit and Code Services / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Levy – Building, Permits and Zoning / Code Enforcement / Nature Coast Business Development Council / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Liberty – Building and Zoning / Economic Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
M
- Madison – Building / Code Enforcement / Development Council / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Manatee – Building Permits / Business Licenses / Code Enforcement / Contractor Registration / Doing Business with the County / Economic Development / Impact Fees / Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Program / Inspections / Planning and Zoning / Right-of-Way Use Permits / Utilities / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Marion – Building Codes, Inspections, Licensing and Permits / Contractor Licensing / Growth Services (Planning and Zoning) / Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Martin – Building and Permits / Business / Business Development Board / Contractor Licensing / Growth Management (Planning and Zoning) / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Miami-Dade – Regulatory and Economic Resources (includes links to: Building / Business / Environment / Licenses / Permits / Planning / Zoning ) / Contractors and Building Trades / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Monroe – Building and Permitting / Code Compliance / Contractor Information, Forms and Applications / Planning and Environmental Resources / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
NO
- Nassau – Building / Business Resources / Code Enforcement / Permitting / Planning and Economic Opportunity / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Okaloosa – Economic Development / Growth Management (Planning and Zoning) (includes links to: Building Inspection and Permit Fees / Code Enforcement / Licensing / Permitting ) / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Okeechobee – Doing Business / Building and Permitting / Business License / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Orange – Businesses / Economic Development / Permits and Licenses / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Osceola – Building, Licensing, Permitting / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Online Permit Center / Planning and Design / Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
P
- Palm Beach – Business Development Board / Business Services / Contractors Certification / Economic Council of Palm Beach County / Licenses and Registrations / Planning, Zoning and Building / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Pasco – Business Incentives / Contractor Licensing / Doing Business in Pasco / Economic Development Tools / One Stop Center / Pasco County Economic Development Council / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Pinellas – Business / Building Services / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Permits, Codes and Fees / Zoning and Land Use / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Polk – Building Permits, Contractor Licenses and Inspections / Central Florida Development Council / Code Enforcement / Economic Development Impact Fee Mitigation Agreement / Land Development / Local Business Tax Receipt / Planning and Development / Temporary Use Permit / Vendor Registration / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Putnam – Building, Permits and Inspections / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Online Services / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
S
- Saint Johns – Approval for Home Office, Rural Home Industry or All Other Non-residential Uses / Building Services, Permits and Inspections / Business Tax Receipt / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing Application / Economic Development Council / Planning and Zoning / St. Johns County Economic Development Office / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Saint Lucie – Building, Permits and Inspections / Code Compliance / Contractor Licensing / Economic Development / Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County / Permitting and Zoning / Planning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Santa Rosa – Business Receipt/License / Doing Business / Economic Development / Tangible Personal Property Tax / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Sarasota – Building / Economic Development / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Environmental Permitting / Planning and Development / Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Seminole – Building and Permitting / Business Resources / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Environmental Services / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Sumter – Building Services / Code Enforcement / Construction Industry Contractor Licensing / Development Review / Economic Development / Planning / Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Suwannee – Building and Permits / Code Enforcement / Contractor License Registration / Economic Development / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
TUVW
- Taylor – Building/Planning / Code Enforcement / Contractor Licensing / Permitting / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Union – Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Volusia – Building and Code Administration / Business Incubator / Contractor Licensing / Demographics/ Economic Development / Growth and Resource Management / Licenses and Permits / Planning and Development Services / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Wakulla – Applications and Forms / Building / Code Enforcement / Community Development / Economic Development Council / Planning and Zoning / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Walton – Building / Code Enforcement / Contractors License / Economic Development / Permits / Planning and Development / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector
- Washington – Building and Permits / Code Enforcement / Economic Development / Planning and Land Use / Property Appraiser / Tax Collector