1. A person who has reached the age of 16 and has full capacity for civil conduct can apply for a business license.

2. If all the formalities are completed, it can be done in ten minutes, which usually takes about 25 yuan.

3. You can bring your ID card, photo, proof of business premises and house lease contract (if the name of the house is your own, you don't need it; if it belongs to your parents, you also need this contract) and go to the local industrial and commercial office to handle it. If it is a specialty store, you also need the other party's power of attorney and trademark registration certificate.

a business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in a certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration of Market Supervision.

the registered items are: name, address, person in charge, amount of funds, economic component, business scope, business mode, number of employees, business term, etc. The business license is divided into original and duplicate, both of which have the same legal effect. The original shall be placed in a conspicuous position in the company's domicile or business premises, and the business license shall not be forged, altered, leased, lent or transferred.

industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators without business licenses are not allowed to start business, carve official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.

the difference between the original and the duplicate

the original and the duplicate of the business license have the same legal effect, and there is no difference in essence. If we talk about the difference, it is just a form of appearance. In terms of use, the original is "must be hung" in an obvious place in the business premises, otherwise you may be punished for not hanging the license; Copies are generally used for going out to handle business, such as handling bank account opening license, enterprise organization code certificate, tax registration certificate, signing contract and so on.

legal basis

Article 7 of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China

A company established according to law shall be issued a business license by the company registration authority. The date of issuance of the business license of the company is the date of establishment of the company. The company's business license shall specify the company's name, domicile, registered capital, business scope, legal representative's name and other matters. Where the matters recorded in the company's business license change, the company shall register the change according to law, and the company registration authority shall issue a new business license.