Trade License is a permission or license issued by the local government like Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation to the business establishments for carry out commercial activities in its local limits. If any one required to setup a business place or office at any where in India, they must register their business name in the local government and must obtain a trade license certificate. This certificate Commonly known as D & O License. In most cases the Health Department of the Concerned authority issued the Trade License. Trade License is a promise by the business establishment to the concerned government against the sale of prohibited goods, drugs, offensive goods and pollution. Trade License Registration is a compulsory requirement in Kerala for the payment of Professional Tax.
The Major objective of D & O License is to restrict the dangerous and offensive trades which is harmful the public.
The Government may, for the purposes of section 232, specify in the First Schedule appended to these rules, the matters which, in the opinion of Government, are likely to be offensive or dangerous to human life, health or properly.
The Village Panchayat may,, by affixing notices in the notice board of the Offices of the Panchayat and in conspicuous places of every constituency in the Panchayat and by advertisement’ by way of pamphlets and loudspeakers,notify that no place in the Panchayat area shall be used for any purpose or purposes specified, in Schedule I without the licence issued by the Secretary and Officer authorized by him, and except in accordance with the conditions specified therein.
If the licence is for running restaurants, eating houses, hotels, coffee houses tea shops or for barbershops, the licence issued by the Secretary and Officer authorized by him shall always contain and shall be deemed to contain a condition that admission therein shall be available for every member of the public.
The owner or occupier of every place used for the purposes specified in Schedule I shall,, within thirty days, submit to the Secretary, application for licence for the use of such place for such purpose.
The period of Trade license is for five year and shall be renew automatically after the payment of License fees. The License fee must be pay before 30 days of expire of License. No need to file a renewal application. In some cases the secretary may ask a Self Declaration Certificate and NOC from premise owner.
For Trade License in Kerala, the applicant shall pay the prescribed fees as per schedule II.
Govt. Fees excluded
Stamp Paper & Notarization excluded
GST Included
50 % as Advance
For micro, small, medium Shops and Commercial offices which only have single state operations, excludes multi state brand, IT and ITES Establishments and franchise business.
Govt. Fees excluded
Stamp Paper & Notarization excluded
GST Included
50 % as Advance
For micro, small, medium Shops and Commercial offices which have multi state operations including IT & ITES Establishments, but excludes big multi state brand or franchise business.
Govt. Fees excluded
Stamp Paper & Notarization excluded
GST Included
50 % as Advance
For big and multi state branded Shops and Commercial offices, includes restaurants, logistics, warehouses, multi state franchise business etc.
Applicant / Authorized Signatory Validation
Common Application Form submission
D & O Trade License Application
Govt. Fees excluded
GST Includes
Pay in Advance
For micro, small, medium Shops and Commercial offices which only have single state operations, excludes multi state brand, IT and ITES Establishments and franchise business.
Applicant / Authorized Signatory Validation
Common Application Form submission
D & O Trade License Application
Govt. Fees excluded
GST Includes
Pay in Advance
For micro, small, medium Shops and Commercial offices which have multi state operations including IT & ITES Establishments, but excludes big multi state brand or franchise business.
Applicant / Authorized Signatory Validation
Common Application Form submission
D & O Trade License Application
Govt. Fees excluded
GST Includes
Pay in Advance
For big and multi state branded Shops and Commercial offices, includes restaurants, logistics, warehouses, multi state franchise business etc.
Note : In case of plans applicable through K-SWFIT, We helps to submit the initial application submission and online query handling only. Other follow ups or physical documents submission with departments if requires must done by the Applicant itself.
Payment Terms
Application under Cochin Municipal Corporation ( offline Only ) :
1. For initiating the process, the client must provide 50 % of Professional Fess plus applicable Govt. fees as Advance.
2. Price excludes the Govt. Fees , Cost of Stamp paper, Notarization charges and any cost incurred to the officer too. All these cost must met by the client as extra on actual basis.
Application through K-SWIFT Portal : For initiating the process, the client must provide 100 % of Professional Fess plus applicable Govt. fees as Advance.
Important Note :
In case of Govt. fees and Professional tax payment, Only Bank Transfer is permitted. For the payment of Professional Fees, Card / UPI Payments al allowed. We will provide a link to pay the amount, after the request of client.
Step 1 : The applicant has to submit the application along with supporting documents through Online or at the counter to Secretary or Officer authorized by him (FORM 1) . After receipt of the application and supporting documents the secretary shall issue a acknowledgment to the applicant. If any supporting document is missing with application, the Secretary or Officer authorized by him shall immediately inform the applicant and allow the applicant to submit the missing document at the earliest but not later than three days from the date of receipt of application.
Step 2 : Depending on the type of trade the applicant wants to start, the processing of the application starts with the Health Inspector inspecting the proposed trade premises and submitting his field verification details to the Secretary. Based on the remarks received from the Health inspector, Secretary takes a decision whether license is to be granted or not.
Step 3 : License Fees Payment ( Fees will be chargeable as per the schedule II, Attached below )
Step 4 : License will issue within 7 days of receipt of prescribed Fees.
Note : The period of Trade License is for Five year and shall be renew automatically after the payment of License fees. The License fee must be pay before 30 days of expire of License. No need to file a renewal application. In some cases the secretary may ask a Self Declaration Certificate and NOC from Premise owner.
If the applicant intends to start more than one trade he has to take the license for each additional trades.
A Trade License is a mandatory registration required for all business at their Local Self Government Department (LSGD). Its a license given by LSGD for operating and conducting commercial activites in the limits of the concerned authority. Trade License is also known as D & O Trade License, Panchayat License, Municipality License and Corporation License. The main objective of trade license is to control the dangerous and offensive trades in the country. D & O Trade License is come under the preview of Panchayat Raj Act/ Rules.
The owner or occupier of every place used for the purposes specified in Schedule I shall,, within thirty days of the publication of the notification, submit to the Secretary, application for licence for the use of such place for such purpose.
Schedule 1
1. Aerated waters, cool drinks-Manufacturing, storing, selling
2. Pandanus fibre and yarn— Storing, packing, cleaning, preparing or selling by hand or otherwise.
3. Preparation and selling of ammunition-storing ,packing,cleaning, preparing, manufacturing or selling by way of process.
4. Soaking of Areca nuts, storage, preparation of other products, sale
5. Articles made of flour— Baking , preparing , keeping , storing or selling for human consumption (other that for domestic use)
6. Ashes—Storing by any means, packing, cleaning, preparing, manufacturing, dumping, sifting or selling.
7. Bamboos — Storing for sale, hire or manufacture, preparation of products, selling
8. Biscuits— Baking preparing, keeping, storing or selling for human consumption other than for domestic use
9. Blood- Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing or selling.
10. Bone-Storing, packing, cleaning, preparing or selling by means of any process
11. Bread (other than for domestic use)- Baking, Preaparing , keeping, storing for human consumption.
12. Bricks— Manufacture, sale.
13. Camphor- Packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing or boiling or selling by means of any purpose.
14. Candles- Packing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any purpose.
15. Carpets—Manufacture, sale.
16. Cashew nut and its Kernel—Storing, packing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
17- Musical instruments—Packing, preparing, storing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process,
18. Cement—Packings preparing, manufacturing or preparing other products or selling, by means of any process.
19. Charcoal—Dumping, sifting, selling, or storing.
20. Chemicals—Storing, packing, processing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
21. Ayurvedic Medicines, Homoeopathic Medicines— Manufacture, sale.
22. Chillies—Grinding by machinery.
23. Chillies (dried)—Selling or storing for wholesale trade. .
24. Chlorate mixture—Storing, packing, preparing, manufacturing- or selling by means of any process.
25. Cloths—Dyeing, manufacture, making of other products, sale.
26. Coal—Dumping, sifting, selling or storing.
27. Coconut fibre—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing, making products or selling.
28. Coconut husks and cadjan leaves—Soaking, sale. 29. Coconut shell—Storing, making of products, sale.
30. Coffee house and tea shop—Running.
31. Coir—Storing, packing, preparing, -manufacturing, making other products or selling by means of any process. .
32. Combustible materials—Storing for wholesale or retail trade
making other products selling.
33. Consumables—(other than for domestic use) Baking, preparing, keeping, storing, selling for human consumption.
34. Condiments—Manufacturing, selling.
35. Confectionery—(other than for domestic use) Baking, preparing or selling.
36. Copra—Preparing, storing, making other products or selling.
37. Cotton—{cotton refuse and cotton seed)—Storing, packing, pressing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
38. Cow-dung cakes—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing, manufacturing other products or selling by means of any process.
39. Dyes—Packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
40. Explosives—Storing, selling fibre (other than coconut fibre)— Storing, manufacturing, manufacturing other products or selling.]
41. Fat—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing or
selling by means of any process.
42. Fish fins—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing other products or selling by means of any process.
43.; Firewood—Selling or storing.
44. Fireworks—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
45. Fish—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, making other products or selling by means of using any process.
46. Fish oil—Storing, packing, cleansing, preparing, manufacturing manufacturing other products or selling by means of any process.
47. Flax—Storing, packing, pressing, cleansing, manufacturing making other products or selling by means of any process.
48. Fleshing—Storing, packing, purifying, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
49. Flour—Packing, purifying, preparing, manufacturing, manufacturing other products or selling by means of any process.
50. Fulminate of mercury—Storing, packing, purifying, preparing, manufacturing other products or selling by means of any process.
51. Fuel—Storing, using for any industrial purpose, selling, manufacturing other products and selling.
52. Furniture—Making and storing for sale or hire, manufacturing, storing and selling of building materials.
53. Gas—storing, packing, purifying, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
54. Ghee—Storing, packing, refining, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
55. Gold—Refining, making ornaments, sale.
56. Grains—Wholesale or retail selling or storing for trade.
57. Pulse—Husking by machinery, sale.
58. Ground nut—Selling or storing for trade.
59. Gilding and electroplating.
60. Gun cotton—Storing, packing, pressing, refining, preparing manu- facturing or selling by means of any process.
61. Gunny bag—Storing, packing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
62. Gun powder—Storing, packing, preparing, manufacturing or selling by means of any process.
63. Hair—Storing, selling or manufacturing other products.
64. Hair dressing saloon—Keeping a shaving or hair cutting saloon, beauty parlour etc.
65. Hay—storing, selling, making other products or selling.
66. Hemp—Storing, using, preparing or manufacturing other products,
67. Hides—Storing, cleansing or selling.
68. Hoofs—Storing, cleansing or selling.
69. Horns—Storing or cleansing.
70. Hotel, Restaurant, catering service—Running,
71. Ice—Manufacturing and selling.
72. Jaggery—Storing, preparing or making other products and selling.
73. Jute—Storing, preparing or manufacturing other products and selling.
74. Kakhi—Preparing, selling.
75. Lac—storing, refining, making other products and selling.
76. Lead—Melting, storing or plating vessels,
77. Leather—Storing, cleansing, making other products or selling. 73. Lemon grass oil—Manufacturing, storing or selling.
79. Lime—Storing, making other products or selling.
80. Limeshells—Storing, preparing or manufacturing other products
and selling.
81. Manure, pesticide—Storing, preparing, packing, selling.
82. Machinery—Storing, making and selling of machinery for industrial purposes (except local goods).
83. Preparation and sale of substances producing harmful or offensive smell, fumes, dust or sound.
84. Matches—Storing, manufacturing or selling.
85. Meat—Storing, preparing or selling.
86. Metals (including gold, silver)—Beating, cutting, casting, -moulding or selling.
87. Molasses—Storing, packing, refining, preparing, or making other products and selling.
88. Nitro-compound—Storing, refining, preparing or selling.
89. Nitro-glycerine—Storing, packing, preparing or selling.
90. Nitro-mixture—Storing, packing, preparing or selling.
91. Tapioca—Storing or making other products and selling
92. Oil—Storing, preparing or selling
93. Paddy—Boiling or husking by machinery or selling.
94. Paper—Storing, preparing, making or selling.
95. Petroleum compounds—Storing, preparing, making or selling.
96. Pitch—Storing, preparing, making or selling ,
97. Pottery—Storing, preparing, making or selling.
98. Radio, Television—Manufacturing, assembling, repairing or selling.
99. Resin—Storing, preparing, making or selling.
100. Granite, kadappa stone, mosaic, marble—Gutting, storing; polishing preparing, sculpturing or selling,
101. Sago—Manufacturing, winnowing or selling.
102. Rug—Storing, making or selling.
103. Salt-peter—Storing, packing, preparing, manufacturing or selling.
104. Seekai—Powdering by machinery, sale.
105. Shellac—Storing, refining, preparing, manufacturing or selling.
106. Silk—Storing, preparing, manufacturing or selling–
107. Skin—Storing, cleansing, processing or selling.
108. Soap—Storing, preparing, manufacturing or selling.
109. Spirit—Storing, refining, preparing, manufacturing or selling.
110. Hay—Selling, storing or making other products and selling.
111. Sugar—Storing, refining, preparing, manufacturing or making’ other products or selling.
112. Sugar-candy—Storing, preparing, changing by making other products or selling.
113. Sulphur—’Storing, processing, cleansing, preparing or selling
114. Surki—Storing, processing, cleansing, preparing or selling.
115. Sweet-meats—Baking preparing, or selling.
116. Tallow—Storing, preparing, manufacturing, melting or selling.
117. Tar—storing, packing, refining, preparing or selling-
118. Thatching materials—Storing or selling.
119. Tiles—Manufacture, sale.
120. Timber—Storing, sale.
121. Tobacco—Storing, processing or making other products and selling.
122. Turpentine, Kerosene paint, varnish etc.—Storing, preparing; manufacturing or selling.
123. Laundry—Washing dirty clothes and storing dirty clothes for washing or cleansing or keeping.
124. Animal fibre—Storing, cleansing, preparing other products or selling.
125. Yarn—Storing, packing, cleansing, dyeing, manufacturing or selling.
126. Video, Audio—Storing, hiring, selling, repairing.
127. Xerox copying, executing Typewriting (job works)
128. Tailoring shop—Running.
129. Vegetables—Storing; sale.
130. Poultry, pig, goat—Storing, sale.
131. Egg—Storing, sale.
132. Milk—Milk products, storing, sale.
133- Private Telephone booths, courier services — Running.
134. Rubber, rubber products—Manufacture, storage, -sale,
135. Spices -Storage, sale.
136. Electrical goods- – Storage, sale.
137. Plastic products—-Preparation, sale.
138. Oil cake.- cattle feed, poultry feed -Manufacture, sale.
139. Abkari shops -Storing and selling.
140. Pickles—Manufacture, sale
141 . Computer products–Storage, sale.
142 . Private hospital—Running.
143. Paramedical institutions, laboratories, etc. -Running.
142. Vehicles (mechanical and others)—-Sale.
145. Vehicles—Repairing.
146. Foot-wear, bag—Sale, manufacture
147. Stationery, Fancy- -Running shops.
148. Handicrafts–Manufacture, .sale.
149. Retail ration depot, Maveli store, Consumer store etc.-Running.
150. Kerosene—-Sale.
151. Text books and periodicals -Sale
152. Photo studio –Running.
153. Signboards- -Manufacturing.
154. Water- Storage ,Sale
155. Flowers—Storage, sale. 150. Fruits—Storage, sale.
157. Umbrella—Storage, manufacture, sale.
158. Press —Running.
159. Pain ting- -Running
The village panchayat may notify that no place in the Panchayat area shall be used for any of the purposes specified in the rules made in this behalf being purposes which in the opinion of Government, are likely to be offensive or dangerous to human life or health or property, without a license issued by the 178(Secretary) and except in accordance with the conditions specified in such licence.