City of San Francisco (Permits)
Get your small business permits with a 30-day review
Open a new business or change your business operations under Prop H.
City of San Francisco (Register a New Business)
Register a new business
If you engage in business in San Francisco, you must register, renew your registration annually, and show your Registration Certificate in your place of business.
City of San Francisco (Small Business Commission)
Small Business Commission
The Commission analyzes how laws impact small businesses and how to help small businesses thrive. We review and comment on laws that impact small businesses. We suggest ways the City can better support the small business community, including:
- approving businesses to go in the Legacy Business Program
- taking positions on laws that will impact small businesses
- sharing our ideas with the Mayor and Board of Supervisors
City of San Francisco (Free Business Counseling)
Free Business Counseling
Fill out this form and a business case manager will contact you.
City of San Francisco (Business Portal)
Business Portal:
Comprehensive resource for starting, running, and growing a business in San Francisco.
Small Business Majority (SBM)
We provide a suite of educational programs and resources to small business owners, their employees and self-employed entrepreneurs to empower them to start and grow their enterprises and maximize their economic prosperity.
Pacific Community Ventures
Pacific Community Ventures is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development financial institution that envisions a world of thriving communities where everyone has a fair shake. Our mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs for working people, and make markets work for social good.
Business Advising and Mentoring
Pacific Community Ventures invests in people. We leverage technology and volunteerism to provide small business owners with high-quality mentoring, at no cost.
Pacific Community Ventures
Pacific Community Ventures is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development financial institution that envisions a world of thriving communities where everyone has a fair shake. Our mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs for working people, and make markets work for social good.
Working Solutions
Working Solutions es una Institución Financiera de Desarrollo Comunitario (CDFI) certificada y sin fines de lucro que trabaja con empresarios que desean comenzar y hacer crecer negocios locales prósperos en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Se especializan en financiación inicial y en fase inicial, y ofrecen capital y consultoría.
County of Riverside Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program
The Riverside County Office of Economic Development is pleased to announce that microbusinesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with specified criteria, may apply for a $2,500 grant.
The intent of the Riverside County Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program is to provide relief to the hardest to reach microbusinesses and entrepreneurs located throughout the county.