City government · Alameda
City of Pleasanton — Business licensing information
City of Pleasanton
Business license directory or lookup — City of Pleasanton (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Pleasanton
California · find a service
Look up a business license in California
Use an official business license directory or account lookup. Check the type and area of license covered.
In California, 55 city governments and 4 county departments publish 59 official links for this service, 2 of them online. Reviewed requirements cover availability notices (1). 21 counties have a page for it below.
Before you start · 4 things to check
- Start with where your business is located and where it will operate. A county license may apply only to unincorporated areas or specific activities; cities can have their own requirements.
- Some county offices provide guidance or referrals and do not issue a general business license. Read the entry before choosing an application.
- A business license or tax certificate, an FBN/DBA filing, business entity registration and a professional license serve different purposes. Zoning, health and other activity permits may also apply. Business stormwater registration is a separate local programme where required.
- Check the license period, renewal date and rules for changes in ownership or location. A renewal may not cover a move or a new owner. Fees and application steps depend on the license category.
59 guides with reviewed service links · Reviewed local guides
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Showing 59 guides as a short list. Choose your county or type a city above to see each guide’s instructions, conditions and sources here.
City government · Alameda
Oakland — Finance — Revenue Management Bureau Business Tax
City of Oakland business licensing or tax certificates.
Search city Business Tax records (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Oakland business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
City government · Contra Costa
City of Pittsburg — Business licensing information
City of Pittsburg
Business license directory or lookup — City of Pittsburg (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Pittsburg
City government · El Dorado
City of South Lake Tahoe — Business licensing information
City of South Lake Tahoe
Business license directory or lookup — City of South Lake Tahoe (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of South Lake Tahoe
County government · El Dorado
Tax Collector
Business licensing
Business Search (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: County licenses for businesses located or operating in unincorporated El Dorado County; check the stated exemptions.
City government · Fresno
Fresno — Finance Department — Business Tax Division
City of Fresno business licensing or tax certificates.
Search the city business directory (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Fresno business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
City government · Los Angeles
City of Alhambra — Business licensing information
City of Alhambra
Business license directory or lookup — City of Alhambra (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Alhambra
City government · Los Angeles
City of Claremont — Business licensing information
City of Claremont
Business license directory or lookup — City of Claremont (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Claremont
City government · Los Angeles
City of Downey — Business licensing information
City of Downey
Business license directory or lookup — City of Downey (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Downey
City government · Los Angeles
City of Duarte — Business licensing information
City of Duarte
Business license directory or lookup — City of Duarte (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Duarte
City government · Los Angeles
City of La Cañada Flintridge — Business licensing information
City of La Cañada Flintridge
Business license directory or lookup — City of La Cañada Flintridge (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of La Cañada Flintridge
City government · Los Angeles
City of Lakewood — Business licensing information
City of Lakewood
Business license directory or lookup — City of Lakewood (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Lakewood
City government · Los Angeles
City of Lancaster — Business licensing information
City of Lancaster
Business license directory or lookup — City of Lancaster (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Lancaster
City government · Los Angeles
City of Monrovia — Business licensing information
City of Monrovia
Business license directory or lookup — City of Monrovia (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Monrovia
City government · Los Angeles
City of Palmdale — Business licensing information
City of Palmdale
Business license directory or lookup — City of Palmdale (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Palmdale
City government · Los Angeles
City of Rancho Palos Verdes — Business licensing information
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Business license directory or lookup — City of Rancho Palos Verdes (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Rancho Palos Verdes
City government · Los Angeles
City of San Dimas — Business licensing information
City of San Dimas
Business license directory or lookup — City of San Dimas (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of San Dimas
City government · Los Angeles
City of San Gabriel — Business licensing information
City of San Gabriel
Business license directory or lookup — City of San Gabriel (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of San Gabriel
City government · Los Angeles
Long Beach — Financial Management — Business License Division
City of Long Beach business licensing or tax certificates.
Look up a city business-license record (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Long Beach business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
County government · Los Angeles
Tax Collector
Business licensing
Find county instructions for an existing business-license search (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: Records of county licenses for specified activities in unincorporated areas and Malibu, Santa Clarita or Westlake Village.
City government · Marin
City of Novato — Business licensing information
City of Novato
Business license directory or lookup — City of Novato (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Novato
County government · Marin
Department of Finance — Central Collections business licenses
Business licensing requirements and referrals depend on the business activity and its location. Read the specific service scope before applying.
Search active county business licenses (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: Records of county business-license accounts for unincorporated Marin County.
City government · Napa
City of American Canyon — Business licensing information
City of American Canyon
Business license directory or lookup — City of American Canyon (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of American Canyon
City government · Orange
Anaheim — Planning & Building — Business License Division
City of Anaheim business licensing or tax certificates.
Search city business licenses on the official map (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Anaheim business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
City government · Orange
City of Brea — Business licensing information
City of Brea
Business license directory or lookup — City of Brea (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Brea
City government · Orange
City of Cypress — Business licensing information
City of Cypress
Business license directory or lookup — City of Cypress (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Cypress
City government · Orange
City of Garden Grove — Business licensing information
City of Garden Grove
Business license directory or lookup — City of Garden Grove (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Garden Grove
City government · Orange
City of Huntington Beach — Business licensing information
City of Huntington Beach
Business license directory or lookup — City of Huntington Beach (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Huntington Beach
City government · Orange
City of San Clemente — Business licensing information
City of San Clemente
Business license directory or lookup — City of San Clemente (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of San Clemente
City government · Orange
City of Yorba Linda — Business licensing information
City of Yorba Linda
Business license directory or lookup — City of Yorba Linda (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Yorba Linda
City government · Orange
Irvine — Community Development — Business Licensing
City of Irvine business licensing or tax certificates.
Open the city-referred license-record search (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Irvine business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
City government · Placer
City of Lincoln — Business licensing information
City of Lincoln
Business license directory or lookup — City of Lincoln (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Lincoln
City government · Riverside
City of Corona — Business licensing information
City of Corona
Business license directory or lookup — City of Corona (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Corona
City government · Riverside
City of Norco — Business licensing information
City of Norco
Business license directory or lookup — City of Norco (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Norco
City government · Riverside
City of Palm Desert — Business licensing information
City of Palm Desert
Business license directory or lookup — City of Palm Desert (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Palm Desert
City government · Riverside
City of Temecula — Business licensing information
City of Temecula
Business license directory or lookup — City of Temecula (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Temecula
City government · Riverside
Riverside — Finance — Business Tax Office
City of Riverside business licensing or tax certificates.
Search city Business Tax Certificate records (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Riverside business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
County government · Sacramento
Finance — Business License Unit
Business licensing
Find instructions for searching county business licenses (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: Records of Sacramento County business licenses for the county licensing jurisdiction.
City government · Sacramento
Sacramento — Finance — Revenue Division Business Operations Tax
City of Sacramento business licensing or tax certificates.
Search the city Business Operations Tax database (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Sacramento business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
Service availability
Only the first twenty-five matching accounts are displayed; a limited result set is not proof that no other account exists.
Official information checked October 16, 2026 · Details & sources
City government · San Bernardino
City of Chino Hills — Business licensing information
City of Chino Hills
Business license directory or lookup — City of Chino Hills (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Chino Hills
City government · San Bernardino
City of Colton — Business licensing information
City of Colton
Business license directory or lookup — City of Colton (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Colton
City government · San Bernardino
City of Fontana — Business licensing information
City of Fontana
Business license directory or lookup — City of Fontana (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Fontana
City government · San Bernardino
City of Highland — Business licensing information
City of Highland
Business license directory or lookup — City of Highland (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Highland
City government · San Diego
City of El Cajon — Business licensing information
City of El Cajon
Business license directory or lookup — City of El Cajon (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of El Cajon
City government · San Joaquin
City of Tracy — Business licensing information
City of Tracy
Business license directory or lookup — City of Tracy (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Tracy
City government · San Luis Obispo
City of Atascadero — Business licensing information
City of Atascadero
Business license directory or lookup — City of Atascadero (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Atascadero
City government · San Luis Obispo
City of Pismo Beach — Business licensing information
City of Pismo Beach
Business license directory or lookup — City of Pismo Beach (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Pismo Beach
City government · San Luis Obispo
City of San Luis Obispo — Business licensing information
City of San Luis Obispo
Business license directory or lookup — City of San Luis Obispo (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of San Luis Obispo
City government · San Mateo
City of Pacifica — Business licensing information
City of Pacifica
Business license directory or lookup — City of Pacifica (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Pacifica
City government · Santa Clara
City of Cupertino — Business licensing information
City of Cupertino
Business license directory or lookup — City of Cupertino (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Cupertino
City government · Santa Clara
City of Gilroy — Business licensing information
City of Gilroy
Business license directory or lookup — City of Gilroy (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Gilroy
City government · Santa Clara
City of Morgan Hill — Business licensing information
City of Morgan Hill
Business license directory or lookup — City of Morgan Hill (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Morgan Hill
City government · Santa Clara
City of Mountain View — Business licensing information
City of Mountain View
Business license directory or lookup — City of Mountain View (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Mountain View
City government · Santa Clara
San Jose — Finance Department — Business Tax
City of San Jose business licensing or tax certificates.
Look up a city business tax record (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of San Jose business activity; city programme, not county-wide licensing.
City government · Santa Cruz
City of Santa Cruz — Business licensing information
City of Santa Cruz
Business license directory or lookup — City of Santa Cruz (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Santa Cruz
City government · Santa Cruz
City of Scotts Valley — Business licensing information
City of Scotts Valley
Business license directory or lookup — City of Scotts Valley (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Scotts Valley
City government · Solano
City of Vacaville — Business licensing information
City of Vacaville
Business license directory or lookup — City of Vacaville (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Vacaville
City government · Stanislaus
City of Modesto — Business licensing information
City of Modesto
Business license directory or lookup — City of Modesto (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Modesto
City government · Yuba
City of Marysville — Business licensing information
City of Marysville
Business license directory or lookup — City of Marysville (opens in a new tab)
Full guide, contact details & sources →Service area: City of Marysville