Colorado business license lookup
Look up any liquor license on file with Colorado's Liquor Enforcement Division by business name - taverns, retail liquor stores, hotel and restaurant licenses, brew pubs, manufacturers, and delivery permits.
What this search covers
Liquor Enforcement Division, Colorado Department of RevenueLiquor licenses20,429on file
Every class of state liquor license the Liquor Enforcement Division issues: tavern, hotel and restaurant, retail liquor store, beer and wine, brew pub, club, arts, liquor-licensed drugstore, plus manufacturers, wholesalers, and delivery permits. Any business selling or serving alcohol in Colorado holds one of these.
Most common
Hotel & Restaurant (city), Takeout & Delivery Permit, Fermented Malt Beverage and Wine (city)
A business that holds more than one permit appears once for each permit.
Keeping a Colorado license current
Questions
01How do I look up a Colorado liquor license?
Type the business name into the search above. Results come from the Liquor Enforcement Division's public registry and show each license's type, number, address, and what the state publishes about its status - no account needed.
02Why didn't a license I know exists show up?
This search covers Colorado's liquor license registry. Licenses issued by other agencies - professional licenses held by a person rather than a business, or city-level permits - live in other systems.
03Does this replace the state's own lookup tools?
No. This is a convenience search across Colorado's public open-data registry. For a legal record, check with the issuing agency directly.
04How current are the results?
Colorado refreshes this registry monthly. A license issued or renewed since the last refresh does not appear yet.
05What does the On file badge mean?
The registry lists the license but publishes no expiration date for it, so we show it without claiming an active or expired status.
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