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# Business Licences
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# Business Licences
Please direct questions to Mary Waite, **[email protected]**, 250-615-4000
### Who Needs a Business Licence?
All commercial, home-based and/or mobile businesses operating in the City of Terrace require a valid business licence.
This includes anyone operating within City limits as well as businesses based elsewhere and providing services and/or delivering goods within City limits. For example, a home-based business owner in Thornhill requires a licence to serve customers in Terrace. A freelance photographer or someone selling home-made furniture online requires a licence.
### Licence Fast Facts
* Valid from January 1 to December 31
* Must be renewed annually
* Cost depends on type of business and start at $68
* Businesses without a valid licence can be fined or shut down
### Apply for a Licence Online
* New Businesses
* Short Term
* Licence Renewals
* Firework Retailers
## Additional Business Requirements
* The following types of businesses, which provide a service to the body of another person, must receive approval by an Environmental Health Officer prior to a City of Terrace business licence being issued. Once the business receives a copy of the Health approval, they must submit it to the City's Building & Licensing department, and a City Building inspector will determine whether all requirements have been met. Contact the Northern Health's Terrace office of the Environmental Health Department for more info: 250-631-4222.
+ Acupuncture
+ Barber shops
+ Electrolysis
+ Hair salons
+ Manicure/Pedicure
+ Massage parlours
+ Saunas
+ Tanning
+ Tattoo parlours
* Short-term rental hosts, platforms and strata hotel platforms in BC must register in the Government of BC's short-term rental registry and pay annual registration fees. Hosts, platforms, and strata hotel platforms operating in BC must follow a simple online process to register with the Province by May 1, 2025. More info on the Government of BC website.