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Does Doordash & FedEx need a separate business license in every city that they do business in?
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Zigner
Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Do you have an actual legal matter related to this, or are you just wondering?
Taxing Matters
Overtaxed Member
Door Dash drivers are independent contractors in most states and have to meet whatever the locality they are based in require. FedEx doesn't need a local business license simply to deliver packages to a particular city but may have local taxes to pay if the company has a FedEx office location there.
Bug businesses?
Intelligently answering this question would require reviewing thousands upon thousands of local ordinances. That said, having to get business licenses in every city in which these businesses make deliveries would make the businesses prohibitively expensive, so one could reasonably assume that the answer to the first part of your disjunctive is no.
Zigner
Senior Member, Non-Attorney
The OP was sooooo close. "Bug"="big."
quincy
Senior Member
A friend of mine is a DoorDash driver and he helped to finance a trip out West by driving for DoorDash in the states he passed through. A DoorDash driver makes connections through the app not through the cities.
It of course helps if the drivers familiarize themselves with the local areas first so they know how to get from points A to points B without delays.
It of course helps if the drivers familiarize themselves with the local areas first so they know how to get from points A to points B without delays.
LdiJ
Senior Member
Most of them use GPS, so they don't even really need to be familiar with the area. They wouldn't know the shortcuts though or the traffic patterns.
quincy
Senior Member
… or how dangerous an area might be.
It managed to work out okay for my friend, although I wouldn’t necessarily recommend others do the same.
LdiJ
Senior Member
… or how dangerous an area might be.
It managed to work out okay for my friend, although I wouldn’t necessarily recommend others do the same.
I didn't even think of that aspect!
quincy
Senior Member
Drivers in general - DoorDash, pizza delivery, taxi service, Uber, EMTs, etc - never really know what they will find when they arrive at their destination. It sometimes can be a pretty scary world out there.
sorry for the delay in responding, I am at the very preliminary stages of a startup (I have identified an industry that doesn't have a doordash delivery system yet.) So I am preparing if I will need a business license for every city or if there is a general DOT license for delivery services.
PayrollHRGuy
Senior Member
DoorDash and FedEx are two VERY different business models.
quincy
Senior Member
Whether licenses or permits are needed can depend on what your business markets and what you intend to deliver.
It is at the preliminary stages when any business most needs personal advice and direction from a business law attorney. I recommend you go over your business plans with an attorney in your area.