The Division keeps a quota sheet by town. When a quota opens, the new license is sold by competitive bid with a minimum bid of 75% of market value; otherwise you buy and transfer an existing license, and the Division approves the buyer, the premises and the floor plan before anything is poured. The all-beverages license also allows gambling machines; a beer and wine licensee cannot pour spirits.
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 Montana Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
Sources and dates
MCA 16-4-201, 16-4-430 and 16-4-501; Department of Revenue all-beverages license and on-premises beer and wine license guides. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
Yes. The Division keeps a quota sheet by town.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Montana it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Montana Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
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.
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