How do I get a California Sole Proprietor Business License?

There is no such thing as a "CA Sole Proprietorship Business License".

You are a sole proprietor in California by filing your income taxes as a sole proprietorship.

If you use any name besides your full name in your business name, you need a DBA (doing business as) = this is handled by your county records department.

John Smith Photography = does not need a dba

Smitty's Photograpy, John's Photography, JS Photography = need a dba

Best Darn Photograohy = needs a dba.

Business licenses are handled by your local government. Without knowing where you are and what you do would depend if you need a business license

- I'm in a city within LA County = every company (home based, retail, EVERYTHING) is required to have a business license

- The city next to me, only certain businesses types are required to have licenses.

You may need other licenses depending on what kind of business you have. For example: anyone who has anything to do with apparel has to have a California Garment Certification which also requires a health permit in most cases.

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How do I get a California Sole Proprietor Business License?

Someone please explain to me in steps on how to get a CA Sole Proprietorship business license! I'm not exactly sure how. THANX!

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Business licenses are usually obtained from the State and also either the City where the business is located or the County. The State of California has a website regarding business permits that is very helpful, which I've included below. I've also included a link to a free website where you can research "Business Licenses" in all of the Counties in the State. You can scroll to your specific County and City to locate any available link.