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Alameda County, California · Business and licensing

Close or update a business license in Alameda County

Find instructions for closing a license or reporting ownership, address or business changes.

4 providers · 5 official links (3 online) · sources checked October 28, 2026

In Alameda County, 3 city governments and 1 county department publish 5 official links for this service, 3 of them online. 1 provider publishes reviewed fee items and 1 provider lists forms on their guides.

These are the Alameda County providers with a reviewed service link for this task. Other offices may also help, and a provider may serve only part of the county: check each service area. Fees and forms stay on each office’s guide, where their sources are cited.
City government

City of Albany — Business licensing information

City of Albany

Close or update a business license — City of Albany (opens in a new tab)Official instructions

If you have ceased doing business in the City, please call HdL customer service or update your account in the customer portal.

Service area: City of Albany

Source & saved evidence

Albany municipal government · Albany — business licensing discovery (opens in a new tab)

Visible topic-specific information on the official page

If you have ceased doing business in the City, please call HdL customer service or update your account in the customer portal.

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Contacts & sources

City government

City of Pleasanton — Business licensing information

City of Pleasanton

Close or update a business license — City of Pleasanton (opens in a new tab)Official instructions

Close your Business License Account

Service area: City of Pleasanton

Source & saved evidence

Pleasanton municipal government · Pleasanton — business licensing discovery (opens in a new tab)

Visible topic-specific information on the official page

Close your Business License Account

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Contacts & sources

City government

Oakland — Finance — Revenue Management Bureau Business Tax

City of Oakland business licensing or tax certificates.

Request closure of a city Business Tax account (opens in a new tab)Online service

Use the portal closure request for this city tax account; other entity or permit closures are separate.

Service area: City of Oakland business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.

Source & saved evidence

Oakland — city-referred Revenue Management Bureau portal · Oakland — Business Tax portal activities (opens in a new tab)

Reviewed business licensing instructions

Request to Close Business Tax Account

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Update city Business Tax account information (opens in a new tab)Online service

Use the account update action for the listed business/mailing address, telephone or email changes. Do not assume a transfer to a new owner.

Service area: City of Oakland business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.

Source & saved evidence

Oakland — city-referred Revenue Management Bureau portal · Oakland — Business Tax portal activities (opens in a new tab)

Reviewed business licensing instructions

Update Account Information

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Contacts & sources

County government

Treasurer-Tax Collector

Close an existing Alameda County business license (opens in a new tab)Online service

Official county portal referral for an existing business-license account.

Service area: Closure of an existing Alameda County business-license account.

Source & saved evidence

Alameda County official website · Alameda County — business licensing discovery (opens in a new tab)

Reviewed business licensing instructions

Renew or Close Existing Alameda County Business License

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Contacts & sources · 1 fee published by this office · 2 forms

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