Update an Existing Business Licence

Use this form to update your existing business licence with the City of Nanaimo.

If you're updating a business licence because you're a new owner of an existing business, please submit a new application. Business licences are not transferrable.

Existing Business Licence Account No. or Business Name

Type of licence

Effective date

If Non Resident, do you require the licence to be renewed next year?

Yes

Do you require an Inter-Community Licence?

Yes

An Inter-Community Business Licence allows qualifying mobile businesses to operate in participating Vancouver Island municipalities without requiring individual business licences. You must have a valid Nanaimo business licence before applying for an Inter-Community Business Licence. The fee is an additional $170 annually.

New Business Name

New Trade Name

New Business Address

City

Postal Code

Business Phone

Business Email Address

Personal Phone

Personal Email Address

New Mailing Address

City

Postal Code

Description of Business

Number of People Working in the Business

(Please indicate the number of people working at the business including owner operators)

Full-time Employees

Part-time Employees

Seasonal Employees

Commercial Business Premises

If your location has changed, are interior alterations or renovations planned?

Yes

If your location has changed, are plumbing fixtures being added and/or modified?

Yes

If yes to either of the above questions, have you applied for a building permit?

Yes

Please be aware that if a building permit is required your business licence will not be issued until the building permit is successfully completed.

If restaurant, how many seats are provided?

Is this a liquor-licensed establishment?

Yes

Home-Based Business Premises

Total floor area of business premises (sq. ft.)

Is the business mobile/online only?

Yes

No. of parking spaces (copy of plan preferred)

Do you rent?

Yes

Economic Development Information

The Economic Development Section collects data about the local economy. The information that you provide is summarized and analyzed by the Economic Development Section to measure trends in the local economy.

Ownership Structure

Proprietorship (single owner, not incorporated)

Partnership (multiple owners, not incorporated)

Limited Company (incorporated)

Type of Business

Locally owned and operated (independent)

Franchise

Branch (head office outside of Nanaimo)

Business not in Nanaimo

Do you rent/lease or own your business premises?

Rent or lease

Own

Principal Markets

Local - Nanaimo area

Regional - Vancouver Island

Provincial

National

International

Consent to receive updates

I agree to allow the City of Nanaimo to contact me in regards to news and opportunities for economic development. I will be able to unsubscribe from such notifications at any time.

Applicant's Acknowledgement

I/We hereby declare that the home-based business as described on this application is of a mobile/online nature only and that should this change in the future, that the Business Licensing section will be notified in writing.

In making application for a commercial business licence, it is understood that any alterations or renovations to the commercial space cannot be undertaken without first obtaining a building permit and that if a building permit is required, that the business licence application will not be processed until the building permit is successfully completed.

I/We hereby make application for a business licence in accordance with the particulars as stated on this application and declare that the information on the application to be true and correct. I also declare that I have read the Business Licence Bylaw and the Home-Based Business Regulations (if applicable) and undertake to comply with all bylaws of the City of Nanaimo and all other laws now in force or which may hereafter come into force. I also understand that business cannot commence until the licence has been issued.

Applicant's name(s)

Acknowledgement

I have read and understood the conditions stated above.

Collection and use of your personal information

Information collected on this form is done so under the general authority of the Community Charter and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and is protected in accordance with FOIPPA. Personal information will only be used by authorized staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected, or for a use consistent with that purpose. Questions about the collection of your personal information may be referred to the Legislative Services Department at 250-755-4405, or via email at foi@nanaimo.ca. Please also see our Privacy Policy.

Last updated: November 14, 2024

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