Types of Business Licenses Required For Doing Business Singapore

Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA)

Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA)

• Certificate of Registration of School – Kindergarten (Decommissioned)
• Child Care Centre Licence (Decommissioned)
• Early Childhood Development Centre Licence 

Enterprise Singapore (ESG)

• Rice Licence
• Rubber Licence

Health Sciences Authority (HSA)

• Tobacco Retail Licence

Hotels Licensing Board (HLB)

• Certificate of Registration and Hotel-keeper’s Licence

Housing & Development Board (HDB)

• Application for Changes (HDB Commercial Properties)
• Application for Resale/Transfer of HDB Commercial Properties
• Home Office Scheme (HDB) 

Info-communications Media Development (IMDA)

Certificate of Competency for Ship Station Operators

• General Operator’s Certificate of Competency
• Restricted Operator’s Certificate of Competency 

Licence for The Sale of Telecommunication Equipment

• Application for Confirmation of Conformity (COFC)
• Enhanced Simplified Equipment Registration (ESER)
• General Equipment Registration (GER)
• General Equipment Registration by Certification Bodies (GER-CB)
• Simplified Equipment Registration (SER)
• Telecommunication Dealer’s (Class) Licence
• Telecommunication Dealer’s (Individual) Licence

Licence for the Provision of Telecommunication Services

• Exhibition of Telecommunication Equipment (with Frequency)
• Exhibition of Telecommunication Equipment (without Frequency)
• Facilities-based Operations Licence
• Services-Based Operator (Class) Licence
• Services-Based Operator (Individual) Licence
• Technical Trial (without Frequency)
• Technical Trial (with use of Frequency)

Licence for the Operation of Radio-communication Station/Network

• Aircraft Station Licence
• Amateur Station Licence
• Experimental Station Licence
• Fixed Wireless Network
• General Radio-comm (Mobile Station)
• General Radio-comm Station (Base or Fixed Station)
• General Radio-comm Station (Fixed Link or Relay Station)
• General Radio-comm Station (Radiodetermination Station)
• Localised Private Network Licence
• Localised Private Network (Multi-Channel Radiocom Networks and Systems)
• Localised Radio-Communication Station Licence
• Public Mobile Network
• Satellite Communication Station Licence
• Special Purpose Station
• Ship Station Licence
• Temporary Use of Radio Frequency
• Wide-Area Private Network Licence

Licence for the Installation of Internal Telecommunication Wiring

• Telecommunication Wiring Contractor’s (Class) Licence
• Telecommunication Wiring Installer’s Licence

Licence for the Provision of Broadcasting Services

• Computer Online Service Licence 
• Nationwide TV Service Licence
• Radio Service Licence
• Registration for Internet Access Service Providers And Resellers Class Licence
• Registration Form C for Class Licensable Broadcasting Services
• Subscription International Television Service Licence 
• TV Receive-Only System Licence

Licence for the Distribution / Exhibition of Films

• Film (Distribution/Exhibition) Licence 

Licence/Permit for Newspaper & Printing Press

• Newspaper Permit
• Printing Press Licence

Licence for the Provision of Arts Entertainment

• Arts Entertainment Licence

Licence for Provision of Postal Services

• Express Letter Services (Class) Licence 
• Postal Services Operations Licence

Licence for Provision of Service of Detecting Underground Telecommunication Cable

• Telecommunication Cable Detection Worker Class Licence

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)

• Appraiser’s Licence (Lands and Buildings)

Land Transport Authority (LTA)

• Taxi Driver’s Vocational Licence (TDVL) / Private Hire Car Driver’s Vocational Licence (PDVL)

Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)

• Asatizah Recognition Scheme
• Islamic Education Centres And Providers Registration 

Ministry of Education (MOE)

• Certificate of Registration of School

Ministry of Law (MINLAW)

• Certificate of Exemption (the Moneylenders Act (Cap.188))
• Moneylender’s Licence
• Pawnbroker’s Licence

Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

• Employment Agency Licence 
• Factory Notification and Registration 

Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

• Licence for Residential Care Facilities 

National Environment Agency (NEA)

• Environmental Control Officer Certificate
• Food Shop Licence 
• Food Stall Licence
• Fumigator Licence 
• General Waste Collector Licence
• General Waste Disposal Facility Licence
• Hazardous Substances (HS) Licence
• Hazardous Substances (HS) Permit
• Hazardous Substances (HS) Transport Approval 
• L1 – Licence to manufacture, possess for sale or deal in ionising irradiating apparatus
• L2 – Licence to manufacture, possess for sale or deal in radioactive materials
• L3 – Licence to keep or possess an ionising irradiating apparatus for use (other than sale) 
• L4 – Licence to keep or possess radioactive materials for use (other than sale)
• L5 – Licence to use ionising irradiating apparatus (other than sale)
• L6 – Licence to use, handle, and transport radioactive materials (other than sale)
• L6A – Licence to handle and transport radioactive materials 
• L7A/B – Licence to import or export a consignment of ionising irradiating apparatus
• L8A/B – Licence to import or export a consignment of radioactive materials
• N1 – Licence to manufacture, possess or deal in non-ionising irradiating apparatus
• N3 – Licence to use lasers 
• N4A/B – Licence to import or export a consignment of non-ionising irradiating apparatus
• R1- Registration as a radiation worker 
• Supermarket Licence
• Swimming Pool Licence
• Toxic Industrial Waste (TIW) Collector’s Licence
• Toxic Industrial Waste (TIW) Transport Approval
• Vector Control Operator Certificate
• Vector Control Technician Licence
• Vector Control Worker Certificate

Public Utilities Board (PUB)

• Written Approval for the Discharge of Trade Effluent into the Public Sewer

Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF)

• Application for Temporary Change of Use Permit 
• Petroleum / Flammable Materials Storage Licence
• Petroleum / Flammable Materials Transportation Licence

Singapore Police Force (SPF)

• Class 5 – Temporary Liquor Licence
• Liquor Licence (Class 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4) 
• Liquor Licence – Extension of Operating Hours
• Massage Establishment Licence
• Massage Establishment Licence- Employee Registration
• Notice of Intention to Organise an Event
• Notification to Police of Exempted Massage Establishment
• Private Investigation Agency Licence
• Public Entertainment Licence 
• Public Entertainment Licence – Notification to Police of Exempted Public Entertainments or Arts Entertainment
• Security Agency Licence
• Security Service Provider Licence

SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (SSG)

• EduTrust Certification Scheme 
• Registration of Private Education Institutions

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

• Change of Use Approval
• Home Office Scheme (URA)