Licenses Checklist by Business Type

Which licenses apply to your specific kind of business — food, retail, or manufacturing — in one checklist.

Anyone trying to figure out which combination of licenses actually applies to their business, before starting five separate applications blind.

What's Included

✓Food & Beverage: Shop Act, Trade License (food category), FSSAI, Legal Metrology (if packaged)

✓Retail Shop: Shop Act, Trade License (retail category), Legal Metrology (if packaged goods)

✓Manufacturing: Shop Act, Trade License (manufacturing category), Legal Metrology, ISO (if pursuing tenders)

✓Any business with employees: Professional Tax registration (state-dependent)

✓Any business renting premises: Landlord NOC for address proof

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