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This secure site allows
you to renew your City
of Vancouver Business
Licence by Visa,
MasterCard, or
American Express.

Renew your Business Licence Online

This on-line renewal option is for RENEWALS ONLY WITHOUT ANY CHANGES to most business licence categories OR WITH CHANGES if you have already submitted a Change of Information Form (for a change of address or name) and you have received a bill. You must have your account number from your previous year's licence or your new licence number from your renewal notice in order to use this on-line service.

If you have not renewed your licence for two consecutive years, you will be required to apply for a new business licence. Please see New Applications for more information.

Changes to your Licence

If you would like to make changes to your existing licence, you will be required to complete and submit a Business Licence Change of Information Form (pdf) with payment of the change and renewal fee. Changes include any amendments to a business name, trade name, address or classification. If a change of ownership has occurred, you must apply for a new licence or a transfer instead. Please see Changes for more information.

Changes can be made:

• By email at licenseoffice@vancouver.ca;
  
  
• By fax at 604.871.6394;
  
  
• By mail at:
  City of Vancouver
  Community Services
  Licence Office
  453 West 12th Avenue
  Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4
  
  
• In person at the City of Vancouver Licence Office, 2nd Floor East Wing, 453 West 12th Avenue between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday

Penalties

All business licences expire on December 31st of each year and payment must be received by our office by this date (not the postmarked date from the post office). There will be a penalty applied to late payments as set out in License By-Law No. 4450 (pdf). If the prescribed fee is paid after December 31st, a penalty will be charged of 10% of the licence fee or $40.00, whichever is greater.

If you are a contractor* with a business operating from an out-of-town location, then no late fee payment charges will apply if you have not started working in the City for the year. Please contact the Licence Office (3-1-1) for assistance in processing your payment.

*Contractor includes the following classifications: Contractor, Contractor-Special Trades, Electrical Contractor, Electrical - Security Alarm Installation, Gas Contractor, Plumber, Sprinkler Contractor, Plumber & Gas Contractor, Plumber & Sprinkler Contractor, Plumber & Sprinkler & Gas Contractor, and Sprinkler & Gas Contractor.

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Comments or questions? Send mail to licenseoffice@vancouver.ca or call the License Office at (604) 873-7568.

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