Los Santos Government

LOS SANTOS GOVERNMENT
Business Registration Office

IN EFFECT FROM 23RD MAR 2023
Updated on: 21th MAR 2024

To legally operate as a business in the county you will first need to obtain a Business Operation License. As you apply for your Business Operation License, we ask that you provide a summary of the intended business.
With the provided information as a basis, we will make an evaluation and respond back to you with a list of the needed licenses as well as the total cost. 

For an applying business, the cost to obtain the Business Operation License is $5,000.
To make updates or changes to an existing business, a handling fee of $1,000 will be applied. The handling fee is already added onto the price of the Business Operation License.

Examples:
A; Joe wishes to open up a restaurant, provides the necessary information where he explains that he intends to serve alcohol. No other relevant information is provided.
In this case, Joe will be asked to transfer a total of $17,300 for the licensing. The licenses Joe receives are a Business Operation License ($5,000), a Food Industries License ($3,330) and a Liquor License ($9,000).

B; Jane owns a cafe specialized in sandwiches and coffee. She decides to increase her opening times along with steering it into more of a pub like or bar like business. She contacts us and explains her situation.
After our evaluation, she will be asked to transfer a total of $10,000 for the Handling Fee ($1,000) & Liquor License ($9,000) to obtain the aforementioned licensing changes. 

C; Carl has decided to make his passion for cars into a business and opens up a mechanics workshop. He attaches the relevant information and describes his business idea.
We get in touch with Carl and ask him to transfer $19,000 for a Business Operation License ($5,000) and a Automotive Mechanic License ($14,000).

Below you can find the current Licenses one is able to receive as of further notice.

To apply for business licensing, please fill out the below written format and attach it to an e-mail to [email protected] (( Post in Business Registration Section - Note that applications can be viewed ICly by the public, but the only information available to the public is name of business, business address and who owns the business. Nothing else is viewable.))

Template Any business caught operating without proper licensing will be issued a warning as well as prompted to apply on the spot. Continued operating without a license will promptly result in the business getting closed down.