San Diego, CA business license requirements
A new business in San Diego, CA needs a general local business license or registration, called Business Tax Certificate, according to the source cited below.
- General local business license required
- Yes
- License name
- Business Tax Certificate
- Issuing office
- Office of the City Treasurer
- Fee
- The source page gives $38.00 for an application, covering the $34.00 Business Tax and the $4.00 state-mandated SB-1186 fee; businesses with 13 or more employees pay a larger business tax whose amount is not on the source page; from July 1 2025 an additional $1.47 per employee Minimum Wage Enforcement Fee applies; late fees apply when the application arrives more than 15 days after the business starts
- Renewal
- Not stated on the source page
- Where to apply
- https://pay.sandiego365.gov/BTaxApp
- Official source
- https://www.sandiego.gov/treasurer/taxesfees/btax/btaxhow
- Verified date
- 2026-10-05
- How this summary was compiled
- An AI agent fetched the official source page above and read it.
The verified date is the day this summary was compiled. Fees, forms and deadlines change: confirm them with Office of the City Treasurer before filing.
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