Business License Categories and Fees

An annual registration tax applies for each license, and, depending on the business activity, each business will also pay a mill tax, flat rate, or a combination of both.  Please see the Stockton Municipal Code for more information about business categories and the application of fees; a link is provided under External Links below.

• General Contractors and Developers
• Ice Cream Vendors
• Itinerant Merchants
• Manufacturing, Processing, Packing, and Public Utility
• Massage Establishments
• Motorized Food Wagons
• Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers, and Junk Dealers
• Peddlers and Solicitors
• Professions
• Retail, Rental, and Miscellaneous
• Speciality Contractors

• Wholesale and Newspaper Publication 

Penalties

Penalties accrue at 15% per month of the applicable business license tax due - to a maximum of 60%.  In addition, you may be required to pay 25% in additional penalties for engaging in business without the required license.

External Links

Stockton Municipal Code - Business License and Regulations

This City of Stockton webpage last reviewed on --- 3/18/2011