Business licences & permits across Rhode Island
Do I need a business licence or permit? What does it cost?
29 of 39 municipalities in Rhode Island have an adopted ordinance on business licences & permits on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Town |
Chapter 124: Licenses and Permits | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Bristol Town |
Chapter 9 - Business and Regulations | — | None |
| Burrillville Town |
Chapter 6 - Business and Regulations | — | None |
| Central Falls City |
Chapter 10 - Business and Regulations | — | None |
| Charlestown Town |
Chapter 147: Licenses and Business Regulations
adopted 2010-04-12 |
— | None |
| Coventry Town |
Chapter 153: Licensed Businesses | — | None |
| Cranston City |
Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations | — | None |
| Cumberland Town |
Chapter 8: Businesses (Article II: Licenses) | — | None |
| East Greenwich Town |
Chapter 174: Peddling and Soliciting
adopted 1993-06-22 |
— | None |
| East Providence City |
Chapter 8, Article VIII: Itinerant Vendors | — | None |
| Glocester Town |
Chapter 191: Itinerant or Temporary Vendors
adopted 2019-09-05 |
— | None |
| Hopkinton Town |
Chapter 5.4: Businesses and Licensing | — | None |
| Johnston Town |
Chapter 125: Business Registration and Operating License
adopted 1979-12-10 |
— | 2026-06-05 |
| Lincoln Town |
Chapter 161: Licenses and Business Regulations — Town of Lincoln, RI
+1 more |
— | 2026-06-05 |
| Little Compton Town |
General Licensing — Town of Little Compton, RI | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Middletown Town |
Chapter 115: Peddlers, Vendors, Solicitors, Junk Stores — Town of Middletown, RI | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Narragansett Town |
Chapter 14, Article XI: Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors — Town of Narragansett, RI | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Newport City |
Title 5: Business Licensing and Regulations — City of Newport, RI | — | 2026-06-05 |
| North Kingstown Town |
Chapter 9: Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations — Town of North Kingstown, RI | — | 2026-06-05 |
| North Smithfield Town |
Chapter 217: Licensing | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Pawtucket City |
Chapter 260: Licensing | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Providence City |
Chapter 14: Licenses | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Scituate Town |
Chapter 4: Business Licenses and Regulations | — | 2026-06-05 |
| South Kingstown Town |
Chapter 9: Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Warren Town |
Chapter 11 – Licenses and Business Regulations | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Warwick City |
Chapter 8 – Business Regulations | — | 2026-06-05 |
| West Warwick Town |
Chapter 10 – Licenses and Business Regulations | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Westerly Town |
Chapter 158 – Licensing | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Woonsocket City |
Chapter 13 – Licenses and Permits | licence required: True · who must license: Persons conducting businesses listed in Sec. 13-3 fee schedule, street vendors, drainlayers, rooming houses, tattooists, barbers, tobacco dealers, short-term lenders. · fee: Varies per Sec. 13-3 table: Auction '$ 2.00 per day', Automobile Junkyard '100.00', Tobacco Product '75.00'. | 2026-06-05 |
Nothing on file for business licences & permits
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Other ordinances on file, none on this topic (10) — Exeter, Foster, Jamestown, New Shoreham, North Providence, Portsmouth, Richmond, Smithfield, Tiverton, West Greenwich.