State Endorsement Fee Sheet
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Applicaon fee
$50 - Open/Reopen a business (non-refundable)
$0 - Add an addional locaon
$0 - Add a Non-Resident Business endorsement to
an exisng locaon
$10 - Any other purpose (non-refundable)
Department of Revenue
Must be paid each me a Business License Applicaon
is submied.
The following endorsements are valid as
long as you remain in business.
Tax Registraon
No addional fee
Department of Revenue
You must obtain a tax registraon if you answer “yes”
to any of quesons listed below. A tax registraon
cannot be transferred to another business.
• Do you plan to gross over $12,000 per year?
• Will you be selling any retail items or products to
another person?
• Will you be repairing, installing, altering,
decorang, or improving any item or product for
another person (e.g., car repair, construcon)?
• Will you engage in a business that is responsible
for any other state taxes (e.g., mber, sh, lier,
public ulity, hazardous substance/waste)?
Industrial Insurance
No addional fee
Department of Labor & Industries
If you employ one or more people, you must apply for
industrial insurance coverage.
The groups listed below are excluded from mandatory
coverage, but you may request oponal coverage by
compleng the Employment secon of the Business
License Applicaon. An Applicaon for Oponal
Coverage will be sent to you.
Excluded groups incude:
• Sole proprietors, partners, LLC members with
management responsibility.
• Execuve ocers and corporate ocers who are
directors and shareholders. If you select elecve
coverage for your execuve ocers,
all execuve ocers must be covered.
• Domesc servants (if less than 2 full me
employed) and those performing gardening,
maintenance or repair around the private home.
• Services in return for aid or sustenance received
from a religious or charitable organizaon.
• Minors employed under 18 on the family farm.
• Jockey racing.
• Entertainers and musicians.
• Volunteer law enforcement ocers.
• Volunteer workers or student volunteers (K-12).
• Community service workers.
• Cosmetologists, barbers, esthecians or
manicurists who lease staons.
• Newspaper carriers and freelance journalists.
• Insurance agents, brokers and solicitors.
Unemployment Insurance
No addional fee
Employment Security Department
If you employ one or more people, you must apply for
unemployment insurance coverage. Social security
numbers are required for all owners of a business that
hires employees.
All corporate ocers wages of prot corporaons
are exempt from UI taxes in Washington. However
a corporaon may elect to pay taxes on all ocer
wages by compleng Voluntary Elecon Form
with the Employment Security Department and
choosing voluntary coverage on the Business License
Applicaon.
State Endorsement Fee Sheet
Use the Business License Applicaon to obtain any endorsements listed on
this form. We have indicated which endorsements you can apply for using our
online applicaon.
We have also indicated if an endorsement requires agency approval. Do not
begin an acvity requiring approval unl you receive a Business License that
displays the name of that endorsement.
There are many other endorsements not available through the Business
Licensing Service. To determine if you need any others, or to download
applicaon forms, visit our Business Licensing Guide at dor.wa.gov or call us
at 360-705-6741.
Form BLS 700 031
To ask about the availability of this publication in an alternate format for the visually impaired, please call
360-705-6705. Teletype (TTY) users may use the WA Relay Service by calling 711.
Business Licensing Service
PO Box 9034
Olympia, WA 98507-9034
360-705-6741
BLS@dor.wa.gov
Fax: 360-705-6699
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Non prot 501(c)(3) corporaons must report and pay
taxes on ocer wages.
Trade Name(s)
$5 per name
Department of Revenue
Trade name or “Doing Business As” name must be
registered if:
• Sole proprietor or partnership is using a name
other than the full legal name of all the owners;
or
• Corporaons, limited partnerships or limited
liability companies are operang under a name
other than the name registered with the Security
of State.
Please indicate all “Doing Business As” names on
secon 2 of the Business License Applicaon.
This registraon does not provide protecon of the
name. To see if the trade name you are planning
to use is already registered visit dor.wa.gov/
businesslookup or call 360-705-6741.
Renewable endorsements
(must be renewed annually)
Architect Firm
Cercate of authorizaon
$292 per locaon
$6.50 surcharge
Addional forms required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses praccing or oering to
pracce architectural services in Washington. Each rm
is required to have at least one Designated Architect
listed at the licensed locaon. The Designated
Architect must have an acve architect registraon.
Bulk Ferlizer Distributor
$50 per locaon
Department of Agriculture
Required for any business that brings into or that
distributes within Washington commercial ferlizer in
bulk (nonpackaged form).
Cannabis Research
$250 applicaon fee per locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
A cannabis research license is required for the licensee
to produce, process, or possess cannabis to conduct
scienc research on cannabis and cannabis-derived
products. Note: The Liquor and Cannabis Board
will contact applicants for any addional required
informaon or documentaon, and bill for the inial
annual license fee prior to approval of any license.
Cannabis Transportaon
$250 applicaon fee per locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
Required for common carrier businesses to transport
or deliver cannabis, cannabis concentrates, or
cannabis infused products between licensed cannabis
businesses in Washington State. Note: The Liquor
and Cannabis Board will contact applicants for any
addional required informaon or documentaon, and
bill for the inial annual license fee prior to approval of
any license.
Cannabis - other licenses
Note: Applicaons for the following cannabis
licenses: medical, retailer, producer, or processor or
NOT being accepted at this me.
Cannabis Infused Edibles Processor
$895 main locaon
Agency approval required
Department of Agriculture
A cannabis infused edibles processor license is
required for each locaon at which the licensee will
commercially produce for wholesale sales to cannabis
retailers food items infused with cannabis, cannabis
extracts, or cannabis concentrates and cannabis-
derived products. Note: A valid cannabis processor
license issued by the Liquor and Cannabis Board is
required at each such locaon before applying for the
edibles license.
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Cigaree/Tobacco/Vapor sales, retail and
wholesale
Cigarees
Cigaree retailer
$175
Cigarees sold at retail. Fee required per locaon.
(If BOTH a cigaree retailer OR an other tobacco
product retailer AND a vapor product retailer are
applied for at the same me, for the same business
locaon, a combined total of $250 will be due for both
endorsements.)
Commercial Cigaree Making Machine
$93
Required where a machine to produce ‘roll your
own’ cigarees is provided. The fee is required for
each locaon with one or more machines. A cigaree
retailer endorsement and tobacco products retailer
endorsement are also required. The machine can only
be used with tobacco sold at the locaon at the me of
purchase.
Cigaree Vending Machine
$30 per machine at each locaon
A cigaree retailer endorsement is also required. Fee
required per machine at each locaon.
Cigaree Wholesaler
$650 main locaon
$115 each branch locaon
Purchase, sell, or distribute cigarees to retailers for
resale. You must include with your applicaon the
$5,000 surety bond required by the Department of
Revenue.
Tobacco Products
Tobacco Products Retailer
$175
Retail sales of tobacco products other than
cigarees. Fee required per locaon. (Fee waived if
also applying for, or already have, cigaree retailer
at same business locaon. If BOTH a cigaree
retailer OR an other tobacco product retailer AND
a vapor product retailer are applied for at the same
me, for the same business locaon, a combined
total of $250 will be due for both endorsements.)
Tobacco Products Distributor
$650 main locaon
$115 each branch locaon
Purchase, sell, or distribute tobacco products other
than cigarees to retailers for resale.
(Fee waived if also applying for, or already have,
cigaree wholesaler.)
Vapor Products Retailer
$175
Cigarees sold at retail. Fee required per locaon.
(If BOTH a cigaree retailer OR an other tobacco
product retailer AND a vapor product retailer are
applied for at the same me, for the same business
locaon, a combined total of $250 will be due for
both endorsements.)
Liquor and Cannabis Board
The cigaree and tobacco product endorsements
must both be held if cigaree and other tobacco
products are sold at the same locaon. Addional
documents and agency approval required.
Vapor Product Distributor
$150
$100 each branch locaon
Required for each locaon of a business that
purchases vapor products and conducts wholesale
sales or distribuon to vapor product retailers for
resale to consumers. Note: To sell or distribute at
wholesale cigarees or other tobacco products
you’ll also need a cigaree wholesaler or a tobacco
products distributor endorsement.
Vapor Product Delivery Sales
$250
Required for each locaon of a business, regardless
whether located inside or outside Washington,
from which retail sales orders for vapor products
are taken from Washington consumers by means
of telephone or other voice transmissions, by mail
or other delivery services, or the Internet or other
online services; or from which vapor products are
delivered to Washington consumers by use of the
mails or other delivery services.
City business endorsements
Most cies require businesses operang within the
city limits to register and renew annually. Several
cies have partnered with BLS to handle their
endorsements. Go to dor.wa.gov/city-endorsements
to see the list of city partners.
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Collecon Agency
$890 main locaon in Washington
$590 each branch locaon (in/out of state/country)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any Washington business that:
• Directly or indirectly collects debts on behalf
of clients located in Washington and/or other
states;
• Solicits claims for collecon;
• Markets forms or a collecon system to be used
in debt collecon; or
• Collects their own debts using a cous name
to imply that a third party is involved; or
• Purchases claims for collecon purposes in
Washington, whether or not it collects claim
itself.
The business must maintain a trust account and an
oce in Washington for the purpose of conducng
its collecon agency business. The oce must be
managed by a Washington resident and be open to
the public during regular business hours. A $5,000
surety bond is required.
Collecon Agency - out-of-state/country
$445 main out-of-state locaon
$295 each out-of-state/country branch locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any business outside Washington that;
• Undertakes the collecon of a debt on behalf of
clients who are also outside Washington, and
that uses only telephone, mail or fax to collect,
or aempt to collect, on debts from persons or
businesses located inside Washington. A $5,000
surety bond is required; or
• Purchases claims for collecon purposes in
Washington, whether or not it collects the claim
itself.
Note: Based on other state’s laws, some businesses
may be exempt from these endorsements fees and
bonding. Please contact the Business & Professions
Division at 360-664-1388 for more informaon.
Commercial Telephone Solicitor
$82
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for each locaon making unsolicited
commercial telephone calls and selling goods or
products during the call. Also required for those
who oer free prizes by mail and invite a telephone
response. Exclusions from coverage include, but
are not limited to, those solicing for educaonal,
polical, or charitable purposes; and those who sell to
businesses who either resell the product or use it for
manufacturing.
Contractor Registraon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Registraon not available through BLS
Contact: Department of Labor & Industries 360-902-
6359 or 1-800-647-0985 (in-state only) or lni.wa.gov
Any individual or business involved in construcon,
remodeling, repair, excavaon, or demolion of any
structure, road or property must obtain a Contractor
Registraon. This includes those who install oor
coverings, lawn sprinkler systems, or scaolding.
Those who perform plumbing or electrical work must
have addional cercates or licenses. Registraon
is also required for an individual who plans to hire
subcontractors from more than one trade to work on a
single project related to the individual’s own property,
with the intent to sell that improved property.
Corporate Registraon
Addional forms required
Registraon not available through BLS
Contact: Oce of the Secretary of State
360-705-0377
Washington based corporaons doing business in
Washington must le arcles of incorporaon.
Firms incorporated in any other state or country should
contact the Corporaons Division of the Oce of the
Secretary of State for ling requirements. In addion
to ling the corporate registraon forms a Business
License Applicaon is required to BLS.
For expedited service to incorporate your business,
complete the Applicaon to Form a Prot Corporaon
at secstate.wa.gov/corps.
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Or you can complete a paper applicaon and mail it in
a separate envelope to:
Corporaons Division
Oce of the Secretary of State
PO Box 40234
Olympia WA 98504-0234
Egg Handler/Dealer
$30 rst locaon
$15 each addional locaon
Addional forms required
Department of Agriculture
Required for businesses or persons that:
• Produce, handle, contract for, or obtain
possession or control of eggs for sale to
wholesalers, dealers or retailers within or into
Washington; or
• Process eggs and sell them to wholesalers,
dealers, retailers or consumers within or into
Washington.
A license must be posted at each locaon where the
licensee operates. Note: Poultry producers who sell
eggs from their own ocks at the place of producon
directly to household consumers do not need to be
licensed.
For Hire
Permit: $110 (one-me, nonrefundable) per
locaon
Cercates: $55 per vehicle per permied locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for all vehicles used for the transportaon of
passengers for compensaon in taxicabs, cabulances
or other for hire vehicles (except limousines see
Limousine Carrier for those for hire vehicles). The state
permit fee is not required if a permit fee is paid to a
local city or county, however all vehicles must have a
for hire cercate from the state, regardless. See also
the secon headed “Weighing & Measuring Devices”
about registering the meter used in for hire vehicles.
Limousine Carrier
$350 per locaon
Vehicle Cercate: $75 per limousine
Vehicle Inspecon Report: $25 per limousine
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing; Washington State Patrol,
and Port Districts of King County
Required for any business that operates unmetered,
unmarked, chaueur-driven, luxury, for hire vehicles
(denion of a limousine is found in RCW 46.04).
Limousines must transport persons under a single
contract, on a prearranged basis, to a specic
desnaon or parcular inerary. Each limousine
vehicle must pass a vehicle inspecon and be cered
by the Department of Licensing. Businesses operang
in the Port District of King County may be licensed
through the port district. Other for hire businesses
(such as taxi cabs) must register separately with the
Department of Licensing (see For Hire license).
Liquor
Various fees (see Liquor License Descripon and Fee
Informaon Sheet)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
Required for businesses or nonprot organizaons
retailing or serving beer, wine or spirits; or
manufacturing, dislling, wholesaling, transporng,
imporng, or exporng alcoholic beverages. Also
needed for changing the locaon of a licensed
premises.
Loery Retailer
$25 per locaon (one-me, nonrefundable)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Washington’s Loery
Required for businesses selling loery products.
Applicants must cerfy that they comply with federal,
state and agency accessibility requirements, and
provide a personal/criminal history. The Loery also
requires an electronic funds transfer account to
transfer loery sales debits and credits. The Loery
will separately charge retailers a one-me $200 set-up
fee, and a weekly equipment and support fee. Contact
the Loery at 1-800-732-5101, opon 4, for more
informaon.
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Manufactured/Mobile Home Community
(Mobile Home Parks)
$15 per qualifying manufactured home in park*
Addional forms required
Department of Revenue
Required of all manufactured and mobile home parks
that oer two or more spaces (lots) in the park for
rent or lease for year-round occupancy. A separate
applicaon must be submied for each park. New
parks must be registered within three months of
oering spaces for rent to avoid penales. *A $15 fee
must be paid for each manufactured or mobile home
within the park when the owner of the home does not
also own the space on which the home is located.
Minor Work Permit
No fee permit required per locaon
Agency approval required
Department of Labor and Industries
If you employ one or more people under 18 years
old, you must apply for a permit to employ minors, in
addion to industrial insurance as described on page 1.
Nursery Plant Seller/Installer -
Retailer/Wholesaler
Fees listed below include a 20% surcharge
Addional forms required
Department of Agriculture
Required for businesses that:
• Sell or hold live plants or turf for planng,
breeding, or decoraon; or
• Perform landscaping lawn maintenance which
provides planng or installing new plants or turf.
Is not required if you sell les than $100 per year or
only sell cut owers. Choose either a wholesale or
retail endorsement based on what you believe will
be your primary source of income, then esmate
your total nursery sales for the calendar year.
Determine the fee due based on your license type
and your sales esmate.
Nursery retailer Fee
$100 - $2,499 $80.64 per locaon
$2,500 - $14,999 $176.64 per locaon
$15,000 and over $350.40 per locaon
Nursery wholesaler Fee
$100 - $14,999 $176.64 per locaon
$15,000 and over $350.40 per locaon
Pescide Dealer
$88 per locaon
$7 per locaon Pescide Safety Educaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Agriculture
Required to sell all pescides. Excepon: Not required
if the pescide is labeled home and garden use only.
Each locaon must have a licensed Pescide Dealer
Manager to supervise pescide distribuon.
Private Invesgaon Agency
$640 with unarmed principal
$750 with armed principal
No fee for each addional locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any business that exists to detect,
discover or reveal criminal acvity; obtain informaon
related to persons or things; recover lost property;
idenfy cause for accidents/losses; obtain evidence for
invesgaons or detect eaves/dropping devices.
See RCW Chapter 18.165 for full descripon.
Rental Car Registraon
No fee registraon required per locaon
Department of Licensing
A rental car is a passenger vehicle (PAS or M/H use
class) that is used solely by a rental car business for
rental to others, without a driver provided by the
rental car business, for periods of not more than 30
consecuve days. Only passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs
and motor home qualify). Trucks and other types of
vehicles such as motorcycles are exempt from the
rental car registraon.
Scrap Metal
Various fees (see the Vehicle-Related and Scrap
Metal Recycling Fee Descripon Sheet)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses that are suppliers, processors,
and/or recyclers of scrap metal. Note: These
endorsements do NOT include handling scrap metal
from motor vehicles. For vehicle-related motor vehicle
salvage processing see the entry under “Vehicle Sales
or Disposal”.
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Seed Dealer
$125 per locaon
Department of Agriculture
Required for selling seeds except those packaged in
containers of 8 ounces or less by a registeredd seed
labeler.
Seller of Travel
$222 per locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses that arrange, or adverse
to arrange travel accommodaons for Washington
consumers.
Shopkeeper
$55 per locaon
Department of Health - Board of Pharmacy
Required for businesses (except licensed pharmacies)
selling any nonprescripon medicaon. These
medicaons must be in the original manufacturer’s
packaging.
Tobacco sales, retail and wholesale
See Cigaree/Tobacco/Vapor sales
Transportaon Network Company (TNC)
$5000
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any business using a digital network or
soware to connect passengers to drivers for the
purpose of providing prearranged rides.
Underground Storage Tanks
$228.58 per tank at each locaon
Addional forms required
Department of Ecology
Required for owners of storage tanks with a capacity
greater than 110 gallons, that have at least 10 percent
of volume (including piping) below the surface of
the ground, and that contain petroleum or other
hazardous substances. Some tanks may be exempt.
The applicaon must be led by the owner within
30 days aer a new installaon is complete, or upon
modicaon or purchase of exisng tanks. Note: A
noce of intent to install (Form ECY 020-95) must also
be led directly with the Department of Ecology at
least 30 days before new installaon work begins.
Vehicle Sales or Disposal
Various fees (see the Vehicle-Related and Scrap
Metal Recycling Fee Descripon Sheet)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses that:
• Annually oer, display or sell more than four
cars, trucks and/or motor home, or otherwise act
as a dealer of such vehicles;
• Deal in boats or vessels, manufactured homes,
park homes, travel trailers, h wheel trailers,
horse trailers, ulity trailers, o-road vehicles,
motorcycles and/or snowmobiles;
• Manufacture or remanufacture vehicles for
distribuon to Washington dealerships;
• Transport vehicles over Washington highways;
• Operate a registered tow truck; and/or
• Act as a hulk hauler, vehicle wrecker or motor
vehicle salvage processor. Note: This is NOT for
non-vehicle scrap metal. To handle non-vehicle
scrap metal see the entry under “Scrap Metal”.
Waste Tire Carrier
$200 ($50 non-refundable) per locaon plus
$50 per vehicle
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Ecology
Required for businesses transporng res no longer
usable due to wear, damage or defect. Solid waste
collecon businesses licensed by the Ulies and
Transportaon Commission need not apply. A $10,000
bond is required.
Waste Tire Storage Site Owner
$250 per locaon ($50 non-refundable)
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Ecology
Required for businesses with outside storage or more
than 800 res which are no longer suitable for their
original purpose. The business is required to have:
• A permit from the County Health Department
where the site is located.
• Financial assurance sucient for hiring a third
party to remove the maximum number of res
permied to be stored at the facility and deliver
the res to a facility permied to accept the
res.
Contact Department of Ecology for regulatory
quesons at 425-649-7104.
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Weighing and Measuring Devices
Various fees (see the Weighing and Measuring
Devices Addendum)
Department of Agriculture (statewide); and Cies of
Seale & Spokane
Required for businesses where devices are used to
determine the charges for a product or service on
the basis of weight or measure (i.e. scales, meters or
electric vehicle supply equipment). The Weighing and
Measuring Devices addendum must be submied with
the Business License Applicaon.
Whitewater River Ouier
$35 per locaon
Addional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses carrying, or adversing to
carry, for-hire passengers on whitewater secons of
Washington rivers. Applicants must provide proof of
correct liability insurance and cerfy that they meet all
requirements, including use of qualied guides.
X-ray Facilies and Devices
Various fees (see the X-ray Facility and Devices
Registraon Addendum)
Department of Health
Required for businesses that have a facility with any
of the X-ray tube types listed on the x-ray addendum
form, including dental or medical oces, hospitals,
veternary, educaonal, securty, research or industrial
facilies. Contact Department of Health for regulatory
quesons at 1-800-299-9729.
