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
9 metros, 35 business categories, and 859 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