Business License Applications and Information

There are different types of license applications for different types of businesses.  For license renewal, please use the same applications. A license application must accompany a renewal payment.  Applications and additional paperwork (as applicable) are required each year.

Please submit all documents along with fee and additional paperwork to the Deputy City Clerk. Click here for information on paying your Business License fee online.

Questions about licensing or applications? Please contact the Deputy City Clerk at 816-331-4331 or dgreener@belton.org. 

• General Business License Application(PDF, 456KB)    
  (use for most types of businesses - *Landlords, please use the Landlord Business License Application below)

• *Landlord Business License Application
  (PDF, 474KB) (use for residential landlords) 

• Belton Home Business License Application(PDF, 455KB)   
  (for home businesses physically located within Belton city limits)

• Belton Home Daycare/ Childcare Business License Application(PDF, 467KB)    
  (for residentially zoned daycares)

• Daycare/ Childcare Business License Application(PDF, 323KB)     
  (for commercially zoned daycares)

• Solid Waste/ Recycle/ Yard Waste Hauler Business License Application(PDF, 464KB)

• Massage Therapy Business License Application(PDF, 447KB)
  Massage Therapist Permit Application(PDF, 210KB)
  Massage Therapy Business and Therapist Informational Handout(PDF, 2MB)

• Ice Cream Vendor Business License Application(PDF, 632KB)    
  Ice Cream Peddler Permit Application(PDF, 212KB)

Additional Items

• Peddler/ Solicitor/ Door-to-Door Permit(PDF, 213KB)
  An active Business License must be on-file before a Peddler/Solicitor Permit can be issued. Each person going door-to-door must fill out an application and submit a fee.

• Emergency Service Information Form(PDF, 86KB)
  For businesses physically located within Belton city limits. Information provided on this form is shared with the Belton Police and Fire Departments. 

Additional Resources
If you have any questions about these additional resources, please contact the Deputy City Clerk at 816-331-4331 or dgreener@belton.org.  

• Retail businesses are required to submit with their Business License Application a statement from the Missouri Department of Revenue indicating the business has "no tax due." Use this link to log into your MoDOR account and download a No Tax Due statement. 
• The Missouri Secretary of State Corporations Unit requires all domestic and out-of-state business entities doing business in Missouri to be registered with the MoSOS. This includes corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, close corporations, and others. Use this link to register your company or print a Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Authority Business entities required to register with the MoSOS are required to submit with a NEW Business License Application either a Certificate of Good Standing or a Certificate of Authority. This is not required for RENEWAL Business License Applications.

• Workers' Compensation Affidavit of Exemption(PDF, 117KB)
  Contractors in the construction industry who are exempt from the requirements of the Missouri Workers' Compensation Law are required to provide with their General Business License Application either a signed Affidavit or a signed statement provided on page 2 of the Application.