How to Obtain a California Business License

Find your city below for information about how to obtain a business license in California. In some cities and counties,  you may need a Business Tax Certificate or Occupational License instead of a Business License. Learn more about some of the benefits of getting a business license in California.

• Adelanto
  • Contact by phone at 760-298-5461 or by email
•  Alhambra
  • Contact by phone at 626-570-5020 or by email
• American Canyon
  • Contact by phone at 707-647-4580 or by email
• Anaheim
  • Contact by phone at 714-765-5194
• Antelope
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Antioch
  • Contact by phone at 925-779-7059 or by email
• Arden-Arcade
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Azusa
  • Contact by phone at 626-812-5249 or by email
• Bakersfield
  • Contact by phone at 661-326-3762
• Baldwin Park
  • Contact by phone at 626-960-4011
• Banning
  • Contact by phone at 951-922-3100 or by email
• Beaumont
  • Contact by phone at 951-769-8520
• Bell Gardens
  • Contact by phone at 562-806-7700
• Bellflower
  • Contact by phone at 562-804-1424 ext. 2008 or by email
• Belmont
  • Contact by phone at 650-453-0400 or by email
• Berkeley
  • Contact by phone at 510-981-7200 or by email
• Bloomington
  • Contact by phone at 909-384-5302 or by email
• Brea
  • Contact by phone at 714-886-6314 or by email
• Burbank
  • Contact by phone at 818-238-5280 or by email
• Burlingame
  • Contact by phone at 650-844-6689 or by email
• Camarillo
  • Contact by phone at 805-388-5300
• Campbell
  • Contact by phone at 408-866-2174 or by email
• Carlsbad
  • Contact by phone at 442-339-2495 or by email
• Carmichael
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Carson
  • Contact by phone at 310-952-1748 or by email
• Castro Valley
  • Contact by phone at 510-208-9770
• Cathedral City
  • Contact by phone at 760-770-0353 or by email
• Cerritos
  • Contact by phone at 562-916-1236
• Chico
  • Contact by phone at 530-879-7320 or by email
• Chino
  • Contact by phone at 909-334-3250 or by email
• Chino Hills
  • Contact by phone at 909-364-2740 or by email
• Chula Vista
  • Contact by phone at 619-585-5624
• Citrus Heights
  • Contact by phone at 916-727-4907 or by email
• Claremont
  • Contact by phone at 909-399-5398 or by email
• Clovis
  • Contact by phone at 559-324-2112 or by email
• Compton
  • Contact by phone at 310-605-5500
• Concord
  • Contact by phone at 925-671-3307 or by email
• Corona
  • Contact by phone at 951-736-2275 or by email
• Costa Mesa
  • Contact by phone at 714-754-5235 or by email
• Daly City
  • Contact by phone at 650-991-8088 or by email
• Davis
  • Contact by phone at 530-757-5651 or by email
• Diamond Bar
  • Contact by phone at 909-839-7030 or by email
• Downey
  • Contact by phone at 562-904-7246 or by email
• Eastvale
  • Contact by phone at 951-356-6394 or by email
• El Cajon
  • Contact by phone at 619-441-1668 or by email
• El Centro
  • Contact by phone at 760-337-4573 or by email
• Elk Grove
  • Contact by phone at 916-627-3279 or by email
• Emeryville
  • Contact by phone at 510-725-4161 or by email
• Encinitas
  • Contact by phone at 760-633-2600 or by email
• Escondido
  • Contact by phone at 760-270-9397 or by email
• Fair Oaks
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Folsom
  • Contact by phone at 916-458-4753 or by email
• Fontana
  • Contact by phone at 909-350-7675 or by email
• Fowler
  • Contact by phone at 559-834-3113 ext. 118 or by email
• Fremont
  • Contact by phone at 510-494-4455 or by email
• Fresno
  • Contact by phone at 559-621-6880 or by email
• Fullerton
  • Contact by phone at 714-738-6531
• Garden Grove
  • Contact by phone at 714-741-5074 or by email
• Gardena
  • Contact by phone at 310-217-9518 or by email
• Gilroy
  • Contact by phone at 408-337-0318 or by email
• Glendora
  • Contact by phone at 626-376-4678
• Glendale
  • Contact by phone at 818-548-2115
• Grand Terrace
  • Contact by phone at 909-954-5200 or by email
• Hawthorne
  • Contact by phone at 310-349-2935 or by email
• Hayward
  • Contact by phone at 510-583-4600 or by email
• Hemet
  • Contact by phone at 951-765-2358 or by email
• Hesperia
  • Contact by phone at 760-947-1311
• Huntington Beach
  • Contact by phone at 714-536-5267 or by email
• Imperial
  • Contact by phone at 760-355-4371
• Indio
  • Contact by phone at 760-391-4000 or by email
• Inglewood
  • Contact by phone at 310-412-5230
• Irvine
  • Contact by phone at 949-724-6470 or by email
• Jurupa Valley
  • Contact by phone at 951-332-6464 ext 209 or by email
• Kingsville
  • Contact by phone at 519-733-2305
• La Mesa
  • Contact by phone at 619-667-1118
• La Puente
  • Contact by phone at 626-855-1500
• Lake Forest
  • Contact by email
• Lake Elsinore
  • Contact by phone at 951-674-3124 or by email
• Lakeside
  • Contact by phone at 619-615-1500 or by email
• Lakewood
  • Contact by phone at 562-866-9771 ext 2622 or by email
• Lancaster
  • Contact by phone at 661-723-6100 or by email
• Lawndale
  • Contact by phone at 213-974-0093
• Lemon Grove
  • Contact by phone at 619-825-3800
• Lincoln
  • Contact by phone at 916-295-6174
• Livingston
  • Contact by phone at 209-394-8041
• Lodi
  • Contact by phone at 209-718-5936 or by email
• Lomita
  • Contact by phone at 310-325-7110 ext 137
• Long Beach
  • Contact by phone at 562-570-6211 or by email
• Los Alamitos
  • Contact by phone at 562-321-5683 or by email
• Los Angeles
  • Contact by phone at 844-663-4411 or by email
• Lynwood
  • Contact by phone at 310-928-1639
• Madera
  • Contact by phone at 559-675-7703 or by email
• Manteca
  • Contact by phone at 209-456-8500 or by email
• Martinez
  • Contact by phone at 925-273-7439 or by email
• Menifee
  • Contact by phone at 951-723-3786
• Merced
  • Contact by phone at 209-385-6843
• Milpitas
  • Contact by phone at 408-586-3100
• Mission Viejo
  • Contact by phone at 949-470-3055
• Modesto
  • Contact by phone at 209-577-5200
• Montclair
  • Contact by phone at 909-625-9477
• Montebello
  • Contact by phone at 323-248-8614 or by email
• Monterey
  • Contact by phone at 831-646-3944 or by email
• Monterey Park
  • Contact by phone at 626-307-1338
• Moreno Valley
  • Contact by phone at 951-413-3080 or by email
• Morgan Hill
  • Contact by phone at 669-454-3100 or by email
• Mountain View
  • Contact by phone at 650-903-6317 or by email
• Murrieta
  • Contact by phone at 951-304-2489
• Napa
  • Contact by phone at 707-492-5154 or by email
• National City
  • Contact by phone at 619-382-2596 or by email
• North Highlands
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Norwalk
  • Contact by phone at 562-929-5713 or by email
• Novato
  • Contact by phone at 415-899-8917 or by email
• Oakland
  • Contact by phone at 510-238-3704 or by email
• Oakley
  • Contact by phone at 925-625-7000 or by email
• Oceanside
  • Contact by phone at 760-435-3520 or by email
• Ontario
  • Contact by phone at 909-395-2022 or by email
• Orange
  • Contact by phone at 714-744-2270 or by email
• Orangevale
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Oxnard
  • Contact by phone at 805-385-7817 or by email
• Palm Springs
  • Contact by phone at 760-323-8299
• Palmdale
  • Contact by phone at 661-247-8384 or by email
• Pasadena
  • Contact by phone at 626-744-4166 or by email
• Perris
  • Contact by phone at 951-943-6100
• Pico Rivera
  • Contact by phone at 562-222-8750 or by email
• Pittsburg
  • Contact by phone at 925-252-4955
• Pleasant Hill
  • Contact by phone at 925-671-5234 or by email
• Pleasanton
  • Contact by phone at 925-931-5440
• Pomona
  • Contact by phone at 909-620-2343
• Port Hueneme
  • Contact by phone at 805-986-6500
• Poway
  • Contact by phone at 858-668-4401 or by email
• Quartz Hill
  • Contact by phone at 844-663-4411 or by email
• Rancho Cordova
  • Contact by phone at 916-851-8737 or by email
• Rancho Cucamonga
  • Contact by phone at 909-919-2948 or by email
• Rancho Santa Margarita
  • Contact by phone at 949-635-1800 ext. 6101
• Red Bluff
  • Contact by phone at 530-527-2605
• Redding
  • Contact by phone at 530-225-4056 or by email
• Redlands
  • Contact by phone at 909-479-2111 or by email
• Redondo Beach
  • Contact by phone at 310-318-0603 or by email
• Rialto
  • Contact by phone at 909-820-2517
• Richmond
  • Contact by phone at 510-620-5555 or by email
• Riverside
  • Contact by phone at 951-826-5465
• Rocklin
  • Contact by phone at 916-625-5166 or by email
• Roseville
  • Contact by phone at 916-727-6868 or by email
• Sacramento
  • Contact by phone at 916-874-6644 or by email
• Salinas
  • Contact by phone at 831-758-7211 or by email
• San Bernardino
  • Contact by phone at 909-384-5302 or by email
• San Diego
  • Contact by phone at 619-615-1500 or by email
• San Fernando
  • Contact by phone at 747-210-9154 or by email
• San Francisco
  • Contact online
• San Jose
  • Contact by phone at 408-535-7055 ext 2
• San Lorenzo
  • Contact by phone at 510-208-9770
• San Luis Obispo
  • Contact by phone at 805-781-7100
• San Marcos
  • Contact by phone at 760-744-1050 ext. 3101 or by email
• San Mateo
  • Contact by phone at 650-363-4161
• San Pablo
  • Contact by phone at 510-215-3030 or by email
• Sanger
  • Contact by phone at 559-365-7064 or by email
• Santa Ana
  • Contact by phone at 714-647-5447 or by email
• Santa Barbara
  • Contact by phone at 877-779-7222 or by email
• Santa Clara
  • Contact by phone at 408-615-2450 or by email
• Santa Clarita
  • Contact by phone at 661-255-4347 or by email
• Santa Paula
  • Contact by phone at 805-933-4211 ext. 219 or by email
• Santa Rosa
  • Contact by phone at 707-606-0046 or by email
• Santee
  • Contact by phone at 619-258-4100 ext. 146 or by email
• Seal Beach
  • Contact by phone at 562-269-2894 or by email
• Selma
  • Contact by phone at 559-891-2205 or by email
• Shafter
  • Contact by phone at 661-746-5001
• Simi Valley
  • Contact by phone at 805-583-6769 or by email
• Sonoma
  • Contact by phone at 707-206-7095 or by email
• South El Monte
  • Contact by phone at 626-332-5797 or by email
• South Gate
  • Contact by phone at 323-563-9527
• Stockton
  • Contact by phone at 209-937-8313 or by email
• Suisun City
  • Contact by phone at 707-421-7328
• Sunnyvale
  • Contact by phone at 408-730-7620 or by email
• Temecula
  • Contact by phone at 951-693-3933 or by email
• Temple City
  • Contact by phone at 626-656-7316 or by email
• Thousand Oaks
  • Contact by phone at 805-449-2201 ext 3
• Torrance
  • Contact by phone at 310-618-5923 or by email
• Tracy
  • Contact by phone at 209-826-1827 or by email
• Turlock
  • Contact by phone at 209-668-5570 or by email
• Tustin
  • Contact by phone at 714-573-3144 or by email
• Vacaville
  • Contact by phone at 707-449-5100 or
• Vallejo
  • Contact by phone at 707-302-6074
• Ventura
  • Contact by phone at 805-658-4715 or by email
• Victorville
  • Contact by phone at 760-955-5072 or by email
• Visalia
  • Contact by phone at 559-713-4359 or by email
• Vista
  • Contact by phone at 760-639-6174 or by email
• Walnut Creek
  • Contact by phone at 925-393-7732 or by email
• Westminster
  • Contact by phone at 657-622-0222 or by email
• West Covina
  • Contact by phone at 626-939-8400
• Whittier
  • Contact by phone at 562-567-9880
• Wildomar
  • Contact by phone at 951-677-7751 ext 215 or by email
• Woodland
  • Contact by phone at 530-661-5820 or by email
• Yuba City
  • Contact by phone at 530-822-4618 or by email
• Yucaipa
  • Contact by phone at 909-797-2489 ext. 243