Who needs a retailer permit: beer, wine or liquor (one-way, two-way or three-way) in Indiana?
Issued by Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, after a hearing before your county’s local alcoholic beverage board, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.
Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit. Quotas are reset after each census. Certain restaurant three-way permits in designated areas are issued outside the quota by auction, with a $35,000 minimum bid. Every employee who serves alcohol holds an employee permit from the Commission. Ask the Commission for the permit term and whether a quota permit is available in your city before signing a lease.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 5 of 6: Alcohol permits
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, after a hearing before your county’s local alcoholic beverage board.
Sources and dates
Indiana Code 7.1-4-4.1-9 (retailer permit fees), 7.1-3-22 (quotas) and 7.1-3-20-16 (non-quota restaurant permits); Alcohol and Tobacco Commission permit pages and 2026 fee schedule. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
Yes. Apply online; the Commission’s application checks whether a permit is available in your jurisdiction, then the county’s four-member local board investigates, hears the application and votes before the Commission issues the permit.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Indiana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, after a hearing before your county’s local alcoholic beverage board.
Step 5 of 6, alcohol permits. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space and get the permits for your kind of business.
Who needs a retailer permit: beer, wine or liquor in Indiana?
