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We are ready to serve you remotely. Please visit our Contact page for options. COVID business relief is available. Register with the Department of Revenue and get a business license if you meet any of the following conditions:. If your business structure will be one of the following, you must file with the Washington Secretary of State before filing the Business License Application:. Complete the Business Licensing Wizard to receive a list of agencies to contact, additional endorsements and helpful tips about your business license.

After your application is approved, you will receive information from some or all of the following agencies:. You should also see if there are any other state or local agencies you need to contact. The Business Licensing Wizard gives you some of this information, but here are some additional resources:. Home Open a business Get started Apply for a license Plan for taxes.

Run Grow Close. Forms by name Forms by subject Publications by name Publications by subject. Registration requirements Register with the Department of Revenue and get a business license if you meet any of the following conditions: Your business requires city and state endorsements. You are doing business using a name other than your full name legal name. Certified Environmental Laboratory Medical. Certified Interpreter. Certified Pool Operator. Certified Residential Appraiser. Certified Transcriber.

Charitable Annuities. Charitable Organization. Charter Autobus Interstate. Check Casher. Cheese Plant. Chest Radiologic Technician.

Child Abuse Counselor. Child Care. Child Care Provider. Chimney Sweep. Clinical Laboratory Medical. Coastal Wetlands. Collection Station Blood. Collections Business. Commercial Driving School. Computer Consultant. Concrete Products Permit.

Continuing Care Retirement Community. Contractor Home Improvement. Controlled Dangerous Substances. Copyright Service. Cosmetology School. Cosmetology-Annex Classroom. Counselor, Alcoholism or Drug. County Park Ranger. Court Reporter. Credit Union-State Chartered. Crop Duster. Data Processing School Adult. Day Care. If any questions arise related to the information contained in the translated content, please refer to the English version.

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Vehicle Dealer License. You need a vehicle dealer license to sell new or used vehicles. Occupational Licensure Product List. Business Partner Automation Program plus minus Participation in the Business Partner Automation Program is mandatory for new vehicle dealers and optional for used vehicle dealers.

Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Automotive Repair plus minus Dealers who will be providing automobile servicing and repair are required to file an application with their local Bureau of Automotive Repair office.

Persons who sell or distribute vehicles of a type subject to registration for a manufacturer to vehicle dealers under this code, or who are employed by manufacturers or distributors to promote the sale of vehicles dealt in by those manufacturers or distributors. However, any of those persons who also sell vehicles at retail are vehicle dealers and subject to this code.

Persons regularly employed as salespersons by vehicle dealers licensed under this code while acting in the scope of that employment. Persons engaged exclusively in the bona fide business of exporting vehicles or of soliciting orders for the sale and delivery of vehicles outside the territorial limits of the United States, if no federal excise tax is legally payable or refundable on any of the transactions.