Can I apply for a business license for a residential building?

1. If the above-mentioned house is used for "business" or "commercial residence", as long as there are no restrictions on opening stores in residential areas, you can obtain a business license.

2. If the purpose of the house is only "residence", you can go to the industrial and commercial department to apply for a business license and ask them for the procedures or materials needed for "residence to business" if the local area allows "residence to business".

3. The purposes recorded in the house ownership certificate issued by the real estate registration authority shall be consistent with those determined by the construction project planning permit or the rural construction planning permit. Owners shall not violate laws, regulations and management regulations, and change the house into a business house without authorization. If it is really necessary to change, it shall meet the requirements of building safety, living environment, landscape, transportation and neighborhood, obtain the consent of interested parties, report to the competent department of urban and rural planning for approval, and go through the relevant change procedures at the housing property registration authority; Involving the change of land use, the examination and approval procedures shall be handled according to law. In violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the relevant departments of industry and commerce, culture and other departments shall not issue relevant certificates if the house is changed into a business house without authorization.

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 certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

The registered items include: name, address, person in charge, amount of funds, economic composition, business scope, business mode, number of employees, business period, etc. Business licenses are divided into originals and duplicates, which have the same legal effect. The original shall be placed in a prominent position in the company's domicile or business premises, and the business license shall not be forged, altered, leased, lent or transferred.

Without a business license, industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators are not allowed to start business, engrave official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.