Quick Glance: Common Business Licenses & Permits for Singapore Companies
Advertising Sign/ Signboard Licence: All businesses intending to display any outdoor sign such as an advertisement or directional sign, signboard, animated billboard, balloon sign or banner are required to obtain a licence from BCA — Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
Estate Agent Licence and Salesperson Registration: To conduct estate agency work such as marketing, buying, selling and/or leasing properties for third parties — Council for Estate Agencies (CEA)
Tobacco Retail Licence: For the retail of tobacco products — Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
Certificate of Registration and Hotel-keeper’s Licence: For premises with 4 or more rooms to carry out the business of providing accommodation as a hotel — Hotels Licensing Board (HLB)
Licence for the Provision of Broadcasting Services
Licence for the Distribution / Exhibition of Films
Licence/Permit for Newspaper & Printing Press
Licence for the Provision of Arts Entertainment — Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA)
GST Registration: GST is a broad-based consumption tax levied on the import of goods (collected by Singapore Customs), as well as nearly all supplies of goods and services in Singapore — Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)
Bus Service Licence (BSL)
Bus Service Operator’s Licence (BSOL) — Land Transport Authority (LTA)
Halal Certification: This application allows you to make a new Halal certification application for your business — Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)
Harbour Craft Licence
Harbour Craft Manning Licence
Permit to Break-up a Vessel in Port
Permit to Launch a New Vessel in Port
Permit to Lay-Up a Vessel in Port — Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
Application for Permit to conduct Fund-Raising Appeal for Foreign Charitable Purposes
Registering A New Charity or IPC Status — Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Hospital Licence
Medical Clinic Licence
Nursing Home Licence — Ministry of Health (MOH)
Registry of Societies — Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
Moneylender’s Licence
Pawnbroker’s Licence — Ministry of Law (MINLAW)
Employment Agency Licence
Work Passes and Permits — Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
Application for Money Broker
Finance Company Licence
Money-Changer’s Licence
Trust Business Licence — Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Fund raising Permit — National Council of Social Service (NCSS)
Cleaning Business Licence
Fumigation Permit
Funeral Parlour Licence — National Environment Agency (NEA)
CITES Permit
Non-CITES Certificate — National Parks Board (NParks)
Plumber Licence: Application to be a Licensed Plumber to carry out water service and sanitary plumbing works — Public Utilities Board (PUB)
Application for Temporary Fire Permit / Fire Safety Certificate
Plan Approval For Fire Safety Works — Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
Food Export Certificate
Food Shop Licence
Food Stall Licence
Hawker Stall Licence
Supermarket Licence
Licence to Operate a Food Processing Establishment — Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
Application of Registering Property
Temporary Occupation Licenses — Singapore Land Authority (SLA)
Public Entertainment Licence
Class 5 – Temporary Liquor Licence
Liquor Licence (Class 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4)
Liquor Licence – Extension of Operating Hours
Liquor Consumption Permit
Massage Establishment Licence
Massage Establishment Licence- Employee Registration — Singapore Police Force (SPF)