Jamestown · Upper Cumberland
Starting a business in Fentress County.
Where to go, what it costs, and what is particular to Fentress rather than true everywhere. The rules are Tennessee’s; the office, the hours and the number of licences are local.
Where you go
Fentress County Clerk
Amanda Hicks
101 N Main St, Jamestown, TN 38556
Post: PO Box 823, Jamestown, TN 38556
Open: Mon to Fri 8am to 4pm; Sat 8am to noon
What it costs in Fentress
$30inside those city limits
$15 to the county clerk, and another $15 to the city if you are inside Jamestown. Two licences, two offices, one business. Outside those limits it is just the county one.
The $15 is set by state law, so it is the same in every Tennessee county. You need it once you expect more than $3,000 a year.
Worth knowing: tn.gov says 101 Main St SOUTH; two Fentress County sources say North. North is used here. Hours rest on tn.gov alone.
Town by town
Allardt
Call to check
We could not confirm from an official source whether Allardt charges its own licence, and we would rather say so than guess.
The rest of it is the same everywhere
Choosing between a sole proprietorship and an LLC, registering with the Secretary of State, sales tax, and the order to do it all in are Tennessee-wide rather than Fentress-specific. The full guide covers them, including why an LLC costs $300 rather than the hundred or so most people expect.
Read the full guideWe serve Fentress County
The Biz Foundry is a non-profit in Cookeville and coaching is free across all fourteen Upper Cumberland counties, in person or over video. There is no office in Jamestown; there is a person who will talk to you about Jamestown.
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