Sales tax in St. Louis city, Missouri

What is the sales tax rate in St. Louis city?

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in St. Louis city, so the rows above do not add up to them.

What is the sales tax rate in each city in St. Louis city?

Missouri publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Missouri's own rate file. Where a city shows a range, a special district covers only part of it, so the rate depends on the exact address.

Source: Missouri rate file for October 1 to December 31, 2026, from Missouri's official rate page.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in St. Louis city?

At 9.679%, a $100 purchase carries $9.68 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $96.79, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 11.679%, the same purchases carry $11.68 and $116.79. That is general merchandise; Missouri taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

St. Louis city's lowest rate is the highest in Missouri. See every Missouri county.

Sales tax in counties next to St. Louis city

St. Louis city borders 3 counties, 2 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 6.6% in Madison County, IL, which is $30.79 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in St. Louis city.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Missouri charges 4.225 percent statewide and then stacks a county rate, city rates and special district rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. St. Louis city is an independent city that is also a county equivalent, so the 5.454 percent the state table shows as a city rate is the levy that covers the whole area. The floor of 9.679 percent is the rate across the city with no special district on top. The ceiling of 11.679 percent applies only inside 212 South Grand TDD and 212 South Grand CID. That ceiling comes from a community improvement district and a transportation development district, which in Missouri can cover a single shopping center or one development rather than a whole city, so most addresses pay less. Missouri's address level rate map is required by RSMo 32.310 and is operated for the Department of Revenue on a vendor domain, which is the map dor.mo.gov itself links.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in St. Louis city?

Use Missouri's own address lookup, which the state designates and an outside provider runs for it. In St. Louis city the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 9.679% to 11.679%.

Who has to collect sales tax in St. Louis city?

Any seller with a physical presence in Missouri collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Missouri's economic nexus threshold. Missouri sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into Missouri cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in St. Louis city

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how Missouri compares with the rest of the country.