Business License Information

The City of West Sacramento requires that every person, firm, corporation, partnership or other business organization occupying real property within the City for business purposes shall obtain a Business License. In addition, similar businesses which are now engaged in business activity but have no fixed place of business in West Sacramento may be required to obtain a Business License. Accordingly, all business organizations, which contemplate doing business in West Sacramento, are required to complete a Business License Application.

The following information is for your use in complying with this requirement and allows citizens to see if a business has a valid business application on file.

  1. Read about the application process.
  2. Download the Business License Application.
  3. Search the Business Licenses database.
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