Massage Therapy Permit Requirements in Wichita, KS

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC or corporation. Free from the IRS.

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   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

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1. Kansas — No State Massage Therapy License (city licensing applies)

   Kansas has no state massage therapy license and no Kansas Board of Massage Therapy; the state's licensing board for personal-appearance services, the Kansas Board of Cosmetology, covers only cosmetology, body art, and tanning. Regulation is municipal. Wichita licenses both massage therapists and massage businesses through Business Licensing. Overland Park is one of the few business categories the city licenses: therapists file a separate application with the City Clerk and carry identification cards for each work location. In Kansas City, KS a massage establishment is a regulated license routed through the Business License Division for police background check and chief's approval. National certification such as NCBTMB is employer-driven, not state-mandated.

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   No state fee. Wichita charges $75 for a 2-year massage therapist license and $200 for a 2-year massage therapy business license. Overland Park and Kansas City, KS set their own fees — ask the Overland Park City Clerk (913-895-6000) or the KCK Business License Division (913-573-8780).·Wichita advises allowing 30 days for approval of either massage license. Overland Park and Kansas City, KS do not publish a turnaround; KCK's route through a police background check adds time.

   No state fee. Wichita charges $75 for a 2-year massage therapist license and $200 for a 2-year massage therapy business license. Overland Park and Kansas City, KS set their own fees — ask the Overland Park City Clerk (913-895-6000) or the KCK Business License Division (913-573-8780).

   Wichita advises allowing 30 days for approval of either massage license. Overland Park and Kansas City, KS do not publish a turnaround; KCK's route through a police background check adds time.

2. Kansas Department of Revenue — Retailer's Sales Tax License

   Required for all businesses selling tangible personal property or taxable services in Kansas. Kansas charges a 6.5% state sales tax; local jurisdictions may impose additional taxes. Register with the Kansas Department of Revenue.

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   Free·Immediate (online)

   Free

   Immediate (online)

1. City of Wichita — No General Business License for Most Businesses

   Wichita does not require a general business license. The city's own Business Licenses page states it 'does not require a standard business license for all businesses that operate within the City limits — only for certain businesses,' and lists those categories: adult entertainment, advertising, animals, cemeteries, entertainment, lodging and residential (including Home Occupation and short-term rentals), sales and services (liquor, massage therapy, mobile food vendor, pawnbroker, precious metal dealer, secondhand dealer, tobacco, transient merchant and similar), security, special events, transportation, and wells. Businesses outside those categories need no city business license. Two things this does not cover: contractors and building permits go through MABCD, the joint City of Wichita/Sedgwick County building department, and state occupational licenses (cosmetology, barbering, real estate, insurance) apply regardless of city licensing.

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   No fee for business types the city does not license. Published examples for those it does: Home Occupation $35/year, mobile food vendor $350/year per vehicle ($50 per special event per vehicle), massage therapist $75 per 2 years, massage therapy business $200 per 2 years. MABCD trade certificates are $35.·Not applicable for unlicensed business types. Wichita advises about 2 weeks for a Home Occupation renewal and 30 days for massage licenses; MABCD says contractor license review can take up to two weeks.

   No fee for business types the city does not license. Published examples for those it does: Home Occupation $35/year, mobile food vendor $350/year per vehicle ($50 per special event per vehicle), massage therapist $75 per 2 years, massage therapy business $200 per 2 years. MABCD trade certificates are $35.

   Not applicable for unlicensed business types. Wichita advises about 2 weeks for a Home Occupation renewal and 30 days for massage licenses; MABCD says contractor license review can take up to two weeks.

2. Wichita — Massage Therapist and Business Licenses, plus Certificate of Occupancy

   Massage therapy is one of the specific categories the City of Wichita licenses, and it is the main local requirement — Kansas has no state massage licence. Both a Massage Therapist license for each practitioner and a Massage Therapy Business license for the establishment are issued by Business Licensing at 455 N. Main, Express Office, 1st floor (316-268-4553), under the city's massage therapy industry ordinance (No. 50-248), not by the City Treasurer. Separately, the commercial space needs a Certificate of Occupancy for the use, issued through MABCD, the joint City of Wichita/Sedgwick County building department, which also handles zoning verification and any buildout permits.

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   Massage Therapist license $75.00 for two years, with a $5.00 replacement photo ID card; Massage Therapy Business license $200.00 for two years. Certificate of occupancy and any buildout permits follow MABCD's published fee tables.·The city instructs applicants to allow 30 days for approval of either massage license, both of which are due for renewal every two years from the date of issuance. MABCD publishes no separate occupancy turnaround.

   Massage Therapist license $75.00 for two years, with a $5.00 replacement photo ID card; Massage Therapy Business license $200.00 for two years. Certificate of occupancy and any buildout permits follow MABCD's published fee tables.

   The city instructs applicants to allow 30 days for approval of either massage license, both of which are due for renewal every two years from the date of issuance. MABCD publishes no separate occupancy turnaround.

Official Sources

• City of Wichita City Treasurer

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