Permitting and Licensing Software for Local Government
Any Permit, Any License, On One Configurable Engine
GovOwl is a configurable permitting and licensing engine for cities and counties: one system that issues and renews any permit or license type your jurisdiction handles. You define the forms, fees, rules, and renewal cycles, so it fits how your office already works instead of forcing you into a fixed catalog. We’ll set it all up. Whether you issue a handful of license types or hundreds across several departments, they all run on one engine and one record.
Every License Type, One System
Set up each license with its own application, fees, and renewal rules. The engine is built for any license type your jurisdiction issues. Food establishment, septic maintenance, pool operator, and childcare licenses run on it today, alongside business, animal and pet, alcohol and liquor, contractor, rental, cannabis, and occupational.
Every Permit Type, One System
The same engine issues your permits. Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and zoning permits run from one place, alongside the building permits your departments handle, each tied to the property and the applicant. Issue food, septic, pool and all environmental health permits. Every permit type carries its own forms, fees, and routing, so the path from application to issuance matches your process, not a generic template.
Renewals That Run Themselves
Licensing lives or dies on renewals, and that is where paper and spreadsheets fall behind. The engine tracks every expiration, sends renewal reminders on your schedule, calculates fees and penalties, and lets the holder renew and pay online. Your staff works the exceptions instead of chasing the whole list.
Built for the Combined Department
One small office often runs several of these at once: a clerk issuing business licenses, a tech pulling permits, a code officer tracking rentals. GovOwl puts every permit and license type in one system instead of a separate tool for each, sized and priced for small to midsized cities and counties. It is the system that replaces the legacy licensing software, or the spreadsheets, you have outgrown.
Related Programs
Permitting & Inspection | Portal | Online Applications | Online Payments | Environmental Health | Building
Tell Us What You Issue
Tell us what you issue and how your renewals work. We will show you how it runs on one engine.