The City offers a Business Assistance Program (BAP) to ensure Louisville maintains a competitive and vibrant economic climate. The BAP offers rebates, approved by the City Council, for those businesses locating or expanding within Louisville. 

• Business Assistance Program Highlights
• Program Application
• Program Rebate Request Form

If you would like to complete the application outside of Google Forms, please contact us: 303.335.4529. 

On March 1, 2022, City Council approved several changes to the Business Assistance Program. These additional items and process revisions are captured in the new application, including:  allow administrative approvals of incentives valued at under $50,000, add rebate of Sign Permit Fees, and create a Vacancy Bonus for certain eligible properties.

The City has completed incentive agreements with a variety of businesses since the program's inception, including recently approved agreements with:

• JumpCloud, Inc. (new business)
• 1882 Ventures, LLC- Tilt (expansion)
• Fresca Foods, Inc. (expansion)
• Duda, Inc. (expansion)
• Linmark, Inc.- Ace Hardware (new business)
• Corvus Nidus, LLC- The Rose and Raven (new business)
• Loxo Oncology (relocation/expansion)
• Emergy Foods (relocation/expansion)
• COplex Sports (new business)
• Bear Vault (new business)
• 824 South Street Inc. (new business)
• South Street Market LLC (new business)
• EarthHero LLC (new business)
• Louisville Cyclery LLC (relocation/expansion)
• Medspa Services of Colorado LLC (new business)
• C2X Group LLC- Louisville Beer Garden (new business)
• Studio Shed Acquisition LLC (expansion)
• Yoga Junction LLC (expansion)
• LuLu's Low Country Kitchen LLC (new business)
• Umoja Biopharma Inc (new business)
• Snarf's Louisville LLC (new business)
• AMP Robotics Inc (expansion)
• Pizza on Purpose Inc (new business)
• Ironton Distillery (relocation)

Types of Business Assistance

• Business Assistance is generally provided in the form of building permit fee rebates, construction use tax rebates, and sales and/or use tax rebates (if applicable).
• All rebates are based upon new dollars generated by the project at move-in and during the early years of operation. Rebates are only paid once projects are completed and have received final inspection.
  • All rebates exclude the Boulder County use tax (.985%), Fire District permit fees, and the following City taxes: open space and parks tax (.375%), historic preservation tax (.125%), and recreation/senior center tax (.150%).

Please contact Economic Vitality to start your BAP request today at 303.335.4529. 

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