How To Start A Business In California

How to Start a Business

• California Business Portal
  

Business Registration, Permits and Licenses

• California
  Business Licensing
   
• California Dept of Consumer Affairs Licensing Information
  

Taxes

• Sellers Permit – CA Board of Equalization
• California Tax Service Center
  
• Franchise Tax Board

Mentorship/Assistance

• SBA California
  
• California Chambers of Commerce
  
• SCORE Bakersfield
• SCORE
  Glendale – Los Angeles
• SCORE Merced – Yosemite
  
• SCORE Monterey – Monterey Bay
  
• SCORE Oakland – East Bay
  
• SCORE Oxnard – Ventura
  
• SCORE Palmdale – Antelope Valley
• SCORE Rancho Cordova – Sacramento
• SCORE San Diego –
  San Diego
• SCORE San Francisco – San Francisco
• SCORE San Jose – Silicon Valley
• SCORE San Luis Obispo – San Luis Obispo
• SCORE Santa
  Ana – Orange City
• SCORE Santa Barbara – Santa
  Barbara
• SCORE Santa Rosa – North Coast
  
• SCORE Stockton – Stockton  

General Resources

• California Secretary of State
  
• California
  Business Resources