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.
- Cannabis
- 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
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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 web page last reviewed on --- 9/6/2017