Find out what it actually takes
to open — before you sign.
Bentonville runs its own zoning, building and fire review, but food and personal-service licensing is handled by the State of Arkansas rather than the county — so the county layer that dominates Utah and Colorado is almost absent here.
Choose a business category on the left to generate your roadmap.
Four levels of government, one sequence
Federal, state, county, and city requirements merged into a single dependency graph with a real critical path.
The fees nobody quotes you
Change-of-use triggers and sewer capacity charges are itemized by agency before you sign a lease, not after.
Built for the pre-application meeting
Export a printable packet and a read-only link your planner can open without an account.
What this model covers today
15 metros, 35 business categories, and 1530 modeled requirements. New cities are added as config, not code.
Bentonville, Arkansas
33 agencies · separate Benton County
Provo, Utah
32 agencies · separate Utah County
Orem, Utah
33 agencies · separate Utah County
Littleton, Colorado
37 agencies · separate Arapahoe County
Thornton, Colorado
31 agencies · separate Adams County
Rexburg, Idaho
27 agencies · separate Madison County
Bowie, Maryland
42 agencies · separate Prince George's County
Rocklin, California
51 agencies · separate Placer County
Turlock, California
50 agencies · separate Stanislaus County
Celina, Texas
33 agencies · separate Collin County
Eagle Mountain, Utah
31 agencies · separate Utah County
Laurel, Maryland
41 agencies · separate Prince George's County
Prattville, Alabama
41 agencies · separate Autauga County
Paso Robles, California
50 agencies · separate San Luis Obispo County
Sarasota, Florida
39 agencies · separate Sarasota County