Apply for an Alcoholic Beverages Local Retail License (ABCC)

New retail license applications require the prior approval of both the local licensing authorities (the LLA) and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC).

All general on premises businesses, restaurants, taverns, clubs, veterans clubs, hotels, package stores, conveniences stores, and supermarkets require a license that has been granted by the LLA and approved by the ABCC. The ABCC approves approximately 13,000 such transactions a year.

Apply for a Local Retail License based on the city or town

Abington	Hadley	Phillipston
Acton	Halifax	Pittsfield
Acushnet	Hamilton	Plainfield
Adams	Hampden	Plainville
Agawam	Hancock	Plymouth
Alford	Hanover	Plympton
Amesbury	Hanson	Princeton
Amherst	Hardwick	Provincetown
Andover	Harvard	Quincy
Aquinnah	Harwich	Randolph
Aquinnah	Hatfield	Raynham
Arlington	Haverhill	Reading
Ashburnham	Hawley	Rehoboth
Ashby	Heath	Revere
Ashfield	Hingham	Richmond
Ashland	Hinsdale	Rochester
Athol	Holbrook	Rockland
Attleboro	Holden	Rockport
Auburn	Holland	Rowe
Avon	Holliston	Rowley
Ayer	Holyoke	Royalston
Barnstable	Hopedale	Russell
Barre	Hopkinton	Rutland
Becket	Hubbardston	Salem
Bedford	Hudson	Salisbury
Belchertown	Hull	Sandisfield
Bellingham	Huntington	Sandwich
Belmont	Ipswich	Saugus
Berkley	Kingston	Savoy
Berlin	Lakeville	Scituate
Bernardston	Lancaster	Seekonk
Beverly	Lanesborough	Sharon
Billerica	Lawrence	Sheffield
Blackstone	Lee	Shelburne
Blandford	Leicester	Sherborn
Bolton	Lenox	Shirley
Boston	Leominster	Shrewsbury
Bourne	Leverett	Shutesbury
Boxborough	Lexington	Somerset
Boxford	Leyden	Somerville
Boylston	Lincoln	South Hadley
Braintree	Littleton	Southampton
Brewster	Longmeadow	Southborough
Bridgewater	Lowell	Southbridge
Brimfield	Ludlow	Southwick
Brockton	Lunenburg	Spencer
Brookfield	Lynn	Springfield
Brookline	Lynnfield	Sterling
Buckland	Malden	Stockbridge
Burlington	Manchester	Stoneham
Cambridge	Mansfield	Stoughton
Canton	Marblehead	Stow
Carlisle	Marion	Sturbridge
Carver	Marlborough	Sudbury
Charlemont	Marshfield	Sunderland
Charlton	Mashpee	Sutton
Chatham	Mattapoisett	Swampscott
Chelmsford	Maynard	Swansea
Chelsea	Medfield	Taunton
Cheshire	Medford	Templeton
Chester	Medway	Tewksbury
Chesterfield	Melrose	Tisbury
Chicopee	Mendon	Tolland
Chilmark	Merrimac	Topsfield
Clarksburg	Methuen	Townsend
Clinton	Middleborough	Truro
Cohasset	Middlefield	Tyngsborough
Colrain	Middleton	Tyringham
Concord	Milford	Upton
Conway	Millbury	Uxbridge
Cummington	Millis	Wakefield
Dalton	Millville	Wales
Danvers	Milton	Walpole
Dartmouth	Monroe	Waltham
Dedham	Monson	Ware
Deerfield	Montague	Wareham
Dennis	Monterey	Warren
Devens	Montgomery	Warwick
Dighton	Mount Washington	Washington
Douglas	Nahant	Watertown
Dover	Nantucket	Wayland
Dracut	Natick	Webster
Dudley	Needham	Wellesley
Dunstable	New Ashford	Wellfleet
Duxbury	New Bedford	Wendell
East Bridgewater	New Braintree	Wenham
East Brookfield	New Marlborough	West Boylston
East Longmeadow	New Salem	West Bridgewater
Eastham	Newbury	West Brookfield
Easthampton	Newburyport	West Newbury
Easton	Newton	West Springfield
Edgartown	Norfolk	West Stockbridge
Egremont	North Adams	West Tisbury
Erving	North Andover	Westborough
Essex	North Attleborough	Westfield
Everett	North Brookfield	Westford
Fairhaven	North Reading	Westhampton
Fall River	Northampton	Westminster
Falmouth	Northborough	Weston
Fitchburg	Northbridge	Westport
Florida	Northfield	Westwood
Foxborough	Norton	Weymouth
Framingham	Norwell	Whately
Franklin	Norwood	Whitman
Freetown	Oak Bluffs	Wilbraham
Gardner	Oakham	Williamsburg
Georgetown	Orange	Williamstown
Gill	Orleans	Wilmington
Gloucester	Otis	Winchendon
Goshen	Oxford	Winchester
Gosnold	Palmer	Windsor
Grafton	Paxton	Winthrop
Granby	Peabody	Woburn
Granville	Pelham	Worcester
Great Barrington	Pembroke	Worthington
Greenfield	Pepperell	Wrentham
Groton	Peru	Yarmouth
Groveland	Petersham

Additional Resources

ABCC Calendar Year 2017 Legal Holidays and Dates of Observance