Running a service business in Delaware

IntelliDrive OS is point-of-sale, quoting, inventory and customer software for service businesses such as locksmiths, plumbers, HVAC companies and electricians. This page collects the tax and licensing facts for Delaware that those businesses ask about, each linked to the official source we read, and shows how IntelliDrive OS fits them.

Last checked October 4, 2026

What tax applies to sales in Delaware?

Gross receipts tax (instead of a sales tax)

Delaware has no general state sales tax.

Delaware charges no sales tax at the state or local level. Instead, a gross receipts tax is levied on the seller of goods or services rather than on the consumer, at rates that currently range from 0.0945% to 1.9914% depending on the business activity.

Who licenses locksmiths and the trades in Delaware?

From each agency's own page. Check with your city or county for any local license as well.

Locksmiths

We could not confirm a state-level locksmith license for Delaware from an official source. Check with your city or county.

Plumbing: Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation)

Title 24, Chapter 18 of the Delaware Code sets up the board and provides a separate plumbing license.

Electrical: Delaware Board of Electrical Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation)

Title 24, Chapter 14 of the Delaware Code sets up the board and provides for an electrical license.

HVAC / air conditioning: Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation)

Title 24, Chapter 18 of the Delaware Code sets up the board and provides a separate license for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration.

More facts for Delaware service businesses

The Division of Revenue lists locksmiths among the service businesses that need a Division of Revenue business license, and it treats electricians and plumbers as contractors, who need a contractor business license.

How does IntelliDrive OS fit Delaware’s tax and paperwork?

What the software does today, nothing more. It does not file your returns or give tax advice.

Records kept digitally

Invoices, receipts, signatures and photos are kept digitally for your records, and you can send a receipt to the customer by email or text.

Payment-link evidence

Payment links through your own account

Text or email a payment link through your own QuickBooks Payments, Square or Stripe account. On a payment-link sale the record keeps the customer’s signature, the terms they accepted, IP address and device, photos, and location when their browser shares it.

Payment processing

Stock by shop and van

Each shop, and each van you set up as its own location, keeps its own stock, with reorder points, counts and exact transfers between locations.

Inventory

Your team, hours and commission

Time clock, timesheets, pay rates and per-technician commission reporting, with role permissions and staff limited to their own shop.

Workforce

QuickBooks Online, when you choose

Push sales and payments from IntelliDrive OS to QuickBooks Online. It is a one-way push that you start yourself.

QuickBooks integration

Scheduling and dispatch (add-on)

Scheduling, dispatch, live GPS and ETA texts come with the GetTimePad add-on at $199/month. It is not part of the $79 plan.

Scheduling

Delaware questions, answered

What tax does Delaware charge instead of a sales tax?

Delaware has no general state sales tax. Delaware charges no sales tax at the state or local level. Instead, a gross receipts tax is levied on the seller of goods or services rather than on the consumer, at rates that currently range from 0.0945% to 1.9914% depending on the business activity. Source: Delaware Division of Revenue.

Who licenses plumbers, electricians and HVAC contractors in Delaware?

Plumbing: the Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation). Electrical: the Delaware Board of Electrical Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation). HVAC / air conditioning: the Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation). Sources: Delaware Code Online and Delaware Division of Professional Regulation.

How much does IntelliDrive OS cost in Delaware?

$79/month per business, billed monthly, the same everywhere in the US. New accounts have unlimited users. The first 30 days are free; a card is required at signup and the first charge is on day 31.

These facts summarize the official pages linked next to each one. Rates and rules change, so check the source before you rely on a fact. This is not legal or tax advice.

Last checked October 4, 2026.

Facts for other states

Run your Delaware service business on IntelliDrive OS

$79/month per business, billed monthly, with unlimited users.

The first 30 days are free. A card is required at signup and the first charge is on day 31; cancel in Settings → Billing before then and you pay nothing.