The Grass Doctor

Do you need a business license for a lawn care business in AL?

Public Comments

1. Yes, of course you do.
2. the real answer is 'PROBABLY'. 1 especially if u have employees 2 to obtain a business bank account 3 to shield u from some liability 4 not to mention its much more professional would your customers who don't know u like to write checks to tom smith, or "tom smith executive lawnscape perfection services" i'd highly recommend incorporating. some type of business entity to take the brunt of liability! i mean u are in alabama so its not like here in california (the sue capital of the world lol) but u know here if i had your business and my employee tripped on the lawn and cracked his skull opened and died AND EVEN IF HE WAS DRUNK AND HIGH ON DRUGS, i'd be sued and they'd probably win!!!! now if i had a corporation, (i'd prefer LLC, but u should talk to a lawyer in your area of course) i'd have insurance to cover that! and i wouldn't go to jail for his irresponsible action.
3. Yes. You must have this to get liability insurance. If you don't have liability insurance, you are playing with fire. Somebody could be walking along and all of a sudden a rock from your mower hits them in the temple and they die. Of course you will get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars! Of course, what is more likely to happen is that a rock will get slung into their new car and you will be out a lot of money. To answer your question, to be legal you do have to have a business license. By the way, better places to ask these questions are www.lawnsite.com and www.lawncafe.com. You can find about anything you want to know about the lawncare business on these sites.