Every individual and/or firm that does business in San Carlos must complete a business registration form and pay an annual business registration tax.

Follow this link to the most frequently asked questions on obtaining a business license.

• Business Registration Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Please take the time to understand the business registration process and thus be able to take the necessary steps to obtain your business license in a timely and trouble free manner.

• Business Registration Flow Chart

• Business Registration Application Form - 2010 (  PDF , 151K)

• Business Registration Application Form for Out of Town Businesses - 2010.
  If you are an out of town contractor doing work in our city, and your business location is outside of San Carlos, please fill out this form. (PDF , 22K)

The on-line version of the Business Registration rules and rates is a hypertext document with five major sections. To get to the information, simply click on the link below:

• On-Line Business Registration Ordinance

If you are unable to view/download the Acrobat PDF version of the form, you'll need to install the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.