Vermont has 39 incorporated cities, towns and villages, home to 153,212 of the state’s 644,663 residents in 2025. Aria builds small business websites for companies in any of them for $89 a month, with domain, business email and hosting included and no setup fee.
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The largest Vermont cities
By population, the largest municipalities in Vermont are Burlington (44,019), South Burlington (21,394), Rutland (15,363), Essex Junction (10,921), Winooski (8,239), Barre (8,214), Montpelier (7,823), St. Albans (6,939), Newport (4,274) and Bellows Falls (2,706).
Vermont rules for a business with a website
- A Vermont business entity is formed and kept alive through the Secretary of State’s Business Services Division, filing online through the Online Business Service Center and staying in good standing with its annual or biennial report. Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division
- A sole proprietor doing business under a name other than their own, a general partnership, or an existing entity that wants to trade under a different name registers an assumed business name with the Vermont Secretary of State; an individual whose business name includes their full legal name is exempt. The registration must be renewed every five years. 11 V.S.A. Chapter 15 (Sections 1621 and 1623)
- Vermont’s sales and use tax rate is 6%, and some towns add a 1% local option tax on top of it. Vermont Department of Taxes
- A business that suffers a data breach involving Vermonters’ personal information must send a preliminary notice to the Attorney General within 14 days of discovering it and must notify the affected consumers as soon as possible, no later than 45 days after discovery. 9 V.S.A. Section 2435 (Vermont Security Breach Notice Act)
This is general information, not legal advice.
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- Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates for incorporated places.
- List of municipalities: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer (incorporated places).