By Milton Kirby | Atlanta, GA | September 17, 2025

The City of Atlanta has launched ATL BIZ, a modern, user-friendly online platform that replaces ATL CORE as the city’s primary portal for business services. With its intuitive design and easy navigation, ATL BIZ is designed to streamline processes and better support the city’s business community. It will serve as a one-stop hub for managing occupational tax certificates, permits, taxes, and payments, making it easier and more convenient for our users.

“We are proud to provide this new way of doing business with the City of Atlanta for our business community. ATL BIZ offers Atlanta businesses a modern, more user-friendly and intuitive way to meet their finance needs,” said Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens.

“This furthers our Administration’s mission of making it easier to connect with our business community, both large and small, ensuring we are a city built for the future.”

Managed by the Department of Finance’s Office of Revenue, the platform includes several upgrades:

• A streamlined interface that is easier to navigate
• Faster processing times for applications and payments
• Enhanced features to support business needs
• A centralized dashboard to view balances, credits, and messages
• The ability to manage multiple revenue types in one place
• Options to renew occupational tax certificates, pay via ACH, and track status in real time

To ensure a smooth transition, all existing records from ATL CORE are being automatically transferred to ATL BIZ. This convenient feature eliminates the need for manual data migration, providing reassurance and comfort to our users. Step-by-step login instructions are available online, and the system is live at atlbiz.atlantaga.gov.

 Background and Context

Atlanta remains one of the nation’s top hubs for entrepreneurship. Over the past five years, the city has averaged 28.5 new business applications per 1,000 residents — nearly double the national city average. Metro Atlanta is home to more than 150,000 businesses, and across Georgia, business formation filings have surged in recent years, with 323,669 new filings in 2021, a record high. The state now has more than 1.5 million active business entities, from small LLCs to Fortune 500 corporations.

While no public data is available on the number of users who relied on the former ATL CORE platform, city officials emphasized that ATL BIZ is designed to handle the growing demand for online business services more efficiently.

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