As of December 1, 2016 an annual Business License for all home based and non-home based businesses in Pleasant Prairie is required pursuant to Article VII of Chapter 420 in the Village Municipal Code.  This article is not a regulation of occupation but rather to verify locations of active business operations, to obtain emergency contact information in order to notify and provide efficient public safety services to the business, to support economic development activities and to verify compliance with the site and operational zoning regulations of the Village.

The information gathered from the business license application and the annual renewal is essential to performing the community’s public safety and public works related services. The information obtained from the business license application and annual renewals is also important to the community for the purposes of its overall economic development business attraction and retention strategy insofar as the Village will be able to track and maintain an accurate listing of all active businesses, relevant contact information, employment counts and anticipated employment growth projections on an annual basis.

NEW Business License Applications
Business License Application (non-home based)
Home Business License Application
Community Living Arrangement Business License Application

NEW BUSINESS LICESNSES AND RENEWALS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO BE COMPLETED ONLINE: 
Permit and License Portal

Specific instructions to activate your account and to create or renew your license online through the new portal can be found: in this link to the New Business License Procedures or Business License Renewal Procedures. 

If you choose not to use the online process, then the appropriate business license renewal application shall be completed and submitted with the required renewal fee via mail or in person at the Village Hall.

RENEWAL Applications
Business License Renewal Application (non-home based)
Home Business License Renewal Application
Community Living Arrangement Business License Renewal Application

Your business license shall be renewed by January 15th of every year. If your business license is not renewed by January 15 you will be assessed an additional $10 late fee (per license). All business licenses not renewed by March 1 may be issued municipal citations.

BUSINESS LICENSE FEES: 

Initial application fee: $25 per business per site/$10 per non-profit business* per site 

Annual renewal application fee: $25 per business per site/$10 per non-profit business* per site

Annual renewal late fee: If the business fails to renew the license by January 15 of each year, then a late fee of $10 will be assessed to the applicant.

*The Village may require additional information for verification of any non-profit status.

(Note: A service fee will be charged to renewal your license online: 3.15%, minimum of $2.95 for credit card or
$1.00 for E-check transactions.)

Beginning in November 2025 renewal notices are intended to be system generated on November 15 of each year for you to renew your license(s) for the following year. NOTE: All emails generated from the SmartGov software will be sent from the email address “[email protected]”

Questions

Carrie Borland
Community Development Administrator
Community Development Department
9915 39th Avenue
Pleasant Prairie WI 53158 
Telephone:  262.925.6717
Email: [email protected]