Who needs a retail liquor license, restaurant liquor license or bar and grill liquor license in Wyoming?
Issued by Your city or town council, or the county commissioners outside town limits (local licensing authority), with the Wyoming Liquor Division, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.
The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns. A restaurant liquor license has no quota but sells drinks only with food in the dining area and keeps food at 60% of sales. A bar and grill license needs 60% of revenue from food and entertainment, cannot sell to go, and its population cap is being phased out over ten years under the 2023 law (Laws 2023, chapter 20). Apply to the city or county clerk with the lease and floor plan; the authority publishes notice and holds a hearing. Wine and spirits are bought from the Wyoming Liquor Division, the state’s wholesaler. Ask the local licensing authority for its current fee and whether a license is available 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 Your city or town council, or the county commissioners outside town limits (local licensing authority), with the Wyoming Liquor Division.
Sources and dates
W.S. 12-4-104, 12-4-201 (population quota), 12-4-411 and 12-4-413; county clerk liquor license pages (Teton, Albany, Platte, Converse); Wyoming Liquor Division licensing pages. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
Yes. The retail liquor license is the full bar license and the only one that sells to go; towns of 500 people or fewer get two, then one more for each 500 residents up to 9,500 and one per 3,000 above that, and a county gets one per 500 residents outside its towns.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Wyoming it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Your city or town council, or the county commissioners outside town limits (local licensing authority), with the Wyoming Liquor 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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