San Francisco, CA business license requirements
A new business in San Francisco, CA needs a general local business license or registration, called Business Registration, according to the source cited below.
- General local business license required
- Yes
- License name
- Business Registration
- Issuing office
- Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector
- Fee
- Registration fee from $55 to $60,000 based on prior-year San Francisco gross receipts, plus a $4 state fee; administrative offices pay by payroll expense, from $500 to $35,000
- Renewal
- Annual; the registration runs April 1 to March 31 and is renewed by the last day of February
- Where to apply
- https://etaxstatement.sfgov.org/NewBusinessRegistration/application
- Official source
- https://sftreasurer.org/business/register-business
- 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 Treasurer & Tax Collector before filing.
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