Business & Development
Build and grow in Tontitown
Tontitown is one of the fastest-growing cities in Northwest Arkansas. Whether you are opening a storefront or breaking ground on a subdivision, here is where to start.
Open or move a business
Most businesses operating in Tontitown need a City business license. Start with the application and the City Clerk will walk you through the rest.
Build or develop
Building permits, inspections, and development review run through Planning & Building. Larger projects go before the Planning Commission.
Check zoning & parcels
Confirm zoning, setbacks, and City boundaries before you buy or build. The City's GIS map shows parcels and zoning districts.
Water & sewer connections
New construction needs water and sewer service. The Water & Wastewater department handles new connections and capacity questions.
Follow the decisions
Rezonings, plats, and development items are decided in public. Read the agendas, track a project, and plan to comment.
Research the record
Look up past ordinances, rate schedules, and Council actions that affect a property or project.
Growth, handled with care
Tontitown nearly doubled in population between 2010 and 2020. The City's role is to keep permitting clear and predictable, protect water and road capacity, and help good projects move quickly.
The current site keeps permit applications, licensing, and the GIS map in separate corners. This page gathers the whole “doing business with Tontitown” path into one place, which matters for a city growing this fast. On a live site, the buttons above would point at the City's online permit and licensing portal; here they route to the relevant department pages and the City's existing GIS map.