Businesses
Licenses, Permits, & Fees
Occupation Registration
Each year on January 1, every person engaged in any business, trade, profession or occupation, whether for-profit, not-for-profit or charitable, in the county, shall register such business, trade, profession or occupation and, except for exemptions and exclusions, shall pay an occupation registration fee for such business, trade, profession or occupation. More information may be obtained by contacting the Planning and Development Office, 117 Putnam Drive, Suite B, Eatonton, GA, (706) 485-2776.
| Occupation Registration Fee | $160.00 |
| Home Occupation Registration Fee | $100.00 |
In the case of establishments that serve alcoholic beverages or furnish rooms, lodging or accommodations, please also contact the County Clerk’s Office, 117 Putnam Drive, Suite A, Eatonton, GA, (706) 485-5826. For more information click HERE.
Alcohol License
| Retail Package Sale of Malt Beverages
Retail Package Sale of Wine |
$220
$220 |
| Retail Consumption on Premises of Malt Beverages and/or Wine
Retail Consumption on Premises of Distilled Spirits |
$440
$730 |
| Retail Package Sale of Distilled Spirits | $3,520 |
| Permanent Caterer License for Retail Consumption on Premises of Malt Beverages and/or Wine | $440 |
| Permanent Caterer License for Retail Consumption on Premises of Distilled Spirits | $730 |
| Temporary Caterer License for Retail Consumption on Premises of Malt Beverages and/or Wine | $220 |
| Temporary Caterer License for Retail Consumption on Premises of Distilled Spirits | $370 |
| Brewery | $440 |
| Brewpub | $1170 (fee will be waived if licensee already holds a Retail Consumption on Premises Malt Beverages and/or Wine and Distilled Spirits License) |
| Farm Winery - Wholesaler of Farm Winery Production | $880 |
| Farm Winery - Retail Package Sale of Wine | $220 |
| Farm Winery - Retail Sales of Wine for Consumption on Premises | $440 |
| Distillery - On-Premises Production of Distilled Spirits | $1460 |
| Distillery - On-Premises Sale of Distilled Spirits | $730 |
| Fingerprinting | $50 |
| Late Fee (for applications received after December 31) | $185 |
Lodging or Short-Term Vacation Rentals
(specifically any operation of rooms, lodgings or accommodations regularly furnished for value)
House Bill 465 (passed by both the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate and signed by Governor Deal) authorizes the governing authority of Putnam County, Putnam County Board of Commissioners, to levy an excise tax at a rate not to exceed 8 percent of the charge for furnishing for value to the public of any room or rooms, lodgings, or accommodations by any person or legal entity licensed by, or required to pay business or occupation taxes to, the county for operating a hotel, motel, inn, lodge, tourist camp, tourist cabin, campground, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly or periodically furnished for value. For more information click HERE.
| Annual Permit (per establishment) | $500.00 |
