Licenses
Does my business need a license?
The City of Hopkins does not have a general business license. The City does, however, license some businesses and business activities. The following require licenses:
- Billiard Table
- Bowling Alley
- Car Wash
- Contractors (needed in order to get a building or mechanical permit)
- Dance Hall
- Fireworks sales
- Food sales or food service
- Food sales - temporary
- Gasoline Station
- Ice Skating Rink
- Lodging: Motel, Hotel, Lodging House
- Massage
- Mechanical Amusement Device
- Motor Bike Rental
- Motor Vehicle Junk Yard
- Motor Vehicle Sales
- Movie Theatres
- Pawnshop
- Peddler and Hawker Vehicle
- Peddling
- Petroleum Storage, Bulk
- Refuse Collector
- Rental of residences
- Roller Skating Rink
- Sales: transient or temporary business sales
- Soliciting
- Stage Theatre, Acting House
- Tobacco Sales
- Video Arcade
If you have a question about whether you need a license or you need more information about licensing contact City Clerk Terry Obermaier at 952-548-6304.
