A trade licence is permission from your local municipal body to run a specified trade at a specified address. There is no national process and no national fee, which is why most of what you will read about it online is wrong for your city.
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Timeline: 7 to 15 days
Timeline: 7 to 15 days
Timeline: 7 to 15 days
Government fee — paid by you at actuals
The municipal fee is paid at actuals and varies by city, trade category and premises area — we quote yours before you commit. There is no national fee schedule, and anyone giving you a single national figure has not looked at your city. Fire department and pollution control board NOC charges, where your trade needs them, are also paid at actuals.
Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.
All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.
The issuing body is the municipal corporation, municipality or panchayat covering your premises, under state municipal law. We confirm which one and what it charges before you pay anything.
Submitted with premises proof, property tax receipt, site plan and photographs, plus any NOC your trade category needs.
The local body inspects the premises for safety, hygiene and zoning compliance where its process requires it.
Issued and displayed at the premises. Most run for a financial year, though some cities issue longer terms.
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In Kolkata the KMC issues a Certificate of Enlistment, which is what people there mean by trade licence. In Maharashtra, a Gumasta licence under the Shops and Establishments Act does much of the same work. In Delhi it depends on the trade and whether a health trade licence applies.
Municipal fees vary by city, trade category and premises area. If anyone quotes you a single national fee, they have not looked at your city.
Food businesses need FSSAI, health trades need a health trade licence, and certain manufacturing needs a factory licence and pollution consent. We map what your trade actually requires.
GST is a tax registration. A trade licence is municipal permission to operate at the premises. They are different things and most businesses need both.
Any change in premises, trade or business constitution needs the licence amended rather than carried over.
Penalty, sealing of the premises and prosecution, depending on the local Act. Separately, banks, landlords and increasingly marketplaces all ask for it.
