Business licences

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) update: business licence

September 3, 2021: Access to the Business Licence Office is by appointment only. Walk-in service and drop-in appointments are not available.

To help process your applications more quickly, we have moved to a digital approach for applications, enquiries, and payments:

Submit your business licence application by mail or email
Renew your business licence online
Customers enquiries, email licenceoffice@vancouver.ca
( The licenceoffice@vancouver.ca inbox will close permanently on October 31, 2021, and will be replaced by an online form on October 4, 2021.)

Processing times are currently delayed. We will contact you with questions or next steps once we have processed your request.

Any organization doing business in or from Vancouver must have a business licence.

Apply for and manage your business licence. Explore the types of businesses that require a business licence.