10 licenses, permits and registrations, in the order to get them, each with the agency, the fee and the official page, and what the Census counts of wine bars in Oregon say.
Draft. These 10 rows were drafted from the agencies' own pages in October 2026 and 1 still waits to be confirmed against the agency; one carries a note on what to check. Open the official page before you pay anything.
10 licenses, permits and registrations, in the order to get them
Step 1 of 6Set up the business. Now: Articles of organization (LLC) and the annual report
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File online through the Oregon Business Registry. The articles name a registered agent with an Oregon street address. The Division mails a renewal notice about 45 days before the anniversary; a missed report puts the LLC in inactive status and then dissolves it.
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Needed whenever the business trades under any name other than the owner’s legal name or the LLC’s registered name, in the counties where it operates. Registered through the same Oregon Business Registry as the LLC.
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Needed to hire, to open a business bank account and for the Oregon payroll tax registration. Issued at once online.
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Register for taxOpens after step 1
Register for the BIN through Revenue Online before the first paycheck; it is the one account for withholding, unemployment insurance, the statewide transit tax and Paid Leave Oregon, all filed on the combined quarterly return. A storefront under the CAT thresholds has no state tax registration to make until it hires.
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Register with the Portland Revenue Division within 60 days of starting business in the city or county. Elsewhere ask the city clerk or finance office whether a license applies; Eugene licenses only a few activities, and some cities license every storefront.
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Approve the spaceOpens after step 2
Confirm the zoning allows your use before signing; a change of occupancy needs building permits and inspections, and the certificate of occupancy comes before the county health license and the OLCC license, which both ask the local government to sign off on the premises.
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Get the permits for your kind of businessOpens after step 3
Submit the plan review with the menu, the floor plan and the equipment list before building out, then pass the pre-opening inspection. Restaurants, bars, coffee shops, bakeries and ice cream shops with seating are all restaurants under ORS 624; a counter-only shop may qualify as limited service. The license expires December 31 whatever the opening date, and an expired license costs $100 to reinstate.
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Oregon does not require a certified food protection manager; instead every cook, server, dishwasher and delivery driver who handles food holds an Oregon food handler card within 30 days of starting, from the state’s own online test or an approved provider. A food manager certificate is accepted in place of the card. Cards from other states are not valid.
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Alcohol permitsOpens after step 4
A full on-premises license is for a business that serves meals or runs a commercial establishment; it covers spirits by the drink, and the limited license covers beer, wine and cider. Apply online with the floor plan and the lease, take it to the city or county for its recommendation, and expect the OLCC investigator’s visit; servers hold an OLCC service permit and the business carries liquor liability insurance. Allow 60 to 90 days.
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Before the first hireOpens after step 5
Workers’ compensation coverage is required for every employer with any employee, full or part time, from the first hire, and must be posted. Report each new hire, and each contractor expected to work more than 20 days, within 20 days.
The free location checkWho lives and works around an address, the wine bars already there and the traffic on its road, from public records.
The full reportWhether the rules allow a wine bar at that address, the rent it supports, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
No account. The wine bar check reads public records at the address itself.
Sources and dates
Corporation Division business registry fee schedule and Oregon Business Registry pages; Corporation Division assumed business name pages and fee schedule (ORS 648); IRS EIN page; Department of Revenue withholding and payroll tax pages; Corporate Activity Tax pages (ORS 317A); Portland Revenue Division business tax pages; Multnomah County Business Income Tax; city ordinances; Building Codes Division pages; city and county development codes; ORS 624.490 (license fees); OAR 333-012-0053 (county fees); Multnomah County restaurant license page; Oregon Health Authority food safety program; Oregon Health Authority food handler card page; OAR 333-175; OLCC annual license fee schedule (rev. 1.01.24) and license type sheet (rev. 11.15.24); ORS 471.175 and 471.178; ORS 471.311 (fees); Employment Department current tax and contribution rates (2026); Paid Leave Oregon employer pages; Department of Revenue statewide transit tax page; Child Support Program new hire reporting; ORS 656.017; U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023; U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.
Questions about opening here.
10 items, in order: articles of organization (llc) and the annual report, assumed business name registration (dba), employer identification number (ein), business identification number (combined payroll tax registration); corporate activity tax, city business license or business license tax and zoning approval and certificate of occupancy, and 4 more.
Oregon Secretary of State, Internal Revenue Service, Oregon Department of Revenue, Your city, Your city or county planning and building departments and Your county environmental health office, and 3 more.
With articles of organization (llc) and the annual report (Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division), then assumed business name registration (dba). The steps run structure, tax, space, permits, alcohol and employer, in that order.
Yes, to sell it: full on-premises sales license, or limited on-premises sales license (beer, wine and cider). The local license usually comes first.
Each item's fee, renewal cycle and official page are shown to members, as the agency published them on the date checked. Cities and counties add their own fees.
How to open a wine bar in Oregon (2026) | DoorWorthy
