Fillable Printable Endorsement Fee Sheet
Fillable Printable Endorsement Fee Sheet
Endorsement Fee Sheet
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Application Fee
$19 - non-refundable fee
Department of Revenue
Must be paid each time a Business License Application is
submitted.
The following endorsements are valid as long as you
remain in business.
Tax Registration
No additional fee
Department of Revenue
You must obtain a tax registration if you answer “yes” to any
of the questions listed below. A tax registration cannot be
transferred to another business.
• Do you plan to gross over $12,000 per year?
• Will you be selling at retail any item or product to another
person?
• Will you be repairing, installing, altering, decorating, or
improving any item or product for another person (e.g., car
repair, construction)?
• Will you engage in a business that is responsible for any
other state taxes (e.g., timber, fish, litter, public utility,
hazardous substance/waste, etc.)?
Industrial Insurance
No additional fee
Department of Labor & Industries
If you employ one or more people, you must apply for
industrial insurance coverage. Excluded Groups: The
groups listed below are excluded from mandatory coverage,
but you may request optional coverage by completing the
Employment section of the Business License Application.
An Application for Optional Coverage will be sent to you.
Excluded groups include:
• Sole proprietors, partners, LLC members with
management responsibility.
• Executive officers and corporate officers who are directors
and shareholders. If you select elective coverage for your
executive officers, all executive officers must be covered.
• Domestic servants (if less than 2 full time 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 organization.
• Minors under 18 employed on the family farm.
• Jockey racing.
Use the Business License Application to obtain any of the endorsements listed on this form. We have indicated which
endorsements you can apply for using our online application. To apply for endorsements not available online please ll out the
required forms and send them by mail.
We have also indicated if an endorsement requires agency approval. Do not begin an activity requiring approval until 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 application forms, visit our Business Licensing Guide at business.wa.gov/BLS or call us at 1-800-451-7985.
Endorsement Fee Sheet
• Entertainers and musicians.
• Volunteer law enforcement officers.
• Volunteer workers or student volunteers (K-12).
• Community service workers.
• Cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians or manicurists who
lease stations.
• Newspaper carriers and freelance journalists.
• Insurance agents, brokers and solicitors.
Unemployment Insurance
No additional 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 ofcer wages of prot corporations are exempt
from UI Taxes in Washington. However a corporation may
elect to pay taxes on all ofcer wages by completing the
Voluntary Election Form with the Employment Security
Department and choosing voluntary coverage on the Business
License Application.
Non prot 501(c)(3) corporations must report and pay taxes on
ofcer 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
• Corporations, limited partnerships or limited liability
companies are operating under a name other than the
name registered with the Office of the Secretary of State.
Please indicate all "Doing Business As" names on Section 2 of
the Business License Application.
This registration does not provide protection of the name.
To
see if the Trade Name you are planning to use is already
registered, visit the Business Licensing Service website at:
Licenselookup.wa.gov
Please contact the Business Licensing Service at
1-800-451-7985 for more information.
State of Washington
Business Licensing Service
PO Box 9034
Olympia, WA 98507-9034
1-800-451-7985
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Renewable Endorsements
Must be renewed annually
Architect Firm
Certicate of Authorization
$278 main location
Additional forms required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses practicing or offering to practice
architectural services in Washington. Each rm is required
to have at least one Designated Architect listed at the
licensed location. The Designated Architect must have an
active architect registration.
Bulk Fertilizer Distributor
$25 per location
Department of Agriculture
Required for any business that brings into or that distributes
within Washington commercial fertilizer in bulk (nonpackaged
form).
Cigarette/Tobacco Sales, Retail and Wholesale
Liquor and Cannabis Board
The cigarette and tobacco product endorsements must both
be held if cigarette and other tobacco products are sold
at the same location. Additional documents and agency
approval required.
Cigarettes
Cigarette Retailer $175
Cigarettes sold at retail. Fee required per
location. (If BOTH a Cigarette Retailer OR an Other
Tobacco Product Retailer AND a Vapor Product
Retailer are applied for at the same time, for the same
business location, a combined total of $250.00 will be
due for both endorsements)
Commercial Cigarette Making Machine $93
Required where a machine to produce ‘Roll Your
Own’ cigarettes is provided. The fee is required for
each location with one or more machines. A Cigarette
Retailer endorsement and Tobacco Products Retailer
endorsement is also required. The machine can only
be used with tobacco sold at the location at the time of
purchase.
Cigarette Vending Machine
$30 per machine at each location
A Cigarette Retailer endorsement is also required.
Fee required per machine at each location.
Cigarette Wholesaler
Main location $650
Each branch location $115
Purchase, sell, or distribute cigarettes to
retailers for resale. You must include with
your application the $5,000 surety bond
required by the Department of Revenue.
Tobacco Products
Tobacco Products Retailer $175
Retail sales of tobacco products other
than cigarettes. Fee required per location.
(Fee waived if also applying for, or already have,
Cigarette Retailer at same business location. If BOTH
a Cigarette Retailer OR an Other Tobacco Product
Retailer AND a Vapor Product Retailer are applied
for at the same time, for the same business location,
a combined total of $250.00 will be due for both
endorsements)
Tobacco Products Distributor
Main location $650
Each branch location $115
Purchase, sell, or distribute tobacco products
other than cigarettes to retailers for resale.
(Fee waived if also applying for, or
already have, Cigarette Wholesaler.)
Collection Agency
$850 for main location in Washington
$550 for each branch location (in Washington or out of
state/country)
Additional 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 collection;
• Markets forms or a collection system to be used in debt
collection; or
• Collects their own debts using a fictitious name to imply
that a third party is involved; or
• Purchases claims for collection purposes in Washington,
whether or not it collects the claim itself.
The business must maintain a trust account and an ofce in
Washington for the purpose of conducting its collection agency
business. The ofce must be managed by a Washington
resident and be open to the public during regular business
hours. A $5,000 surety bond is required.
Collection Agency – Out-of-State/Country
$425 for main out-of-state location
$275 for each branch location (out-of-state/country)
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any business outside Washington that;
• Undertakes the collection of a debt on behalf of clients
who are also outside Washington, and that uses only
telephone, mail or fax to collect, or attempt to collect,
on debts from persons or businesses located inside
Washington. A $5,000 surety bond is required; or
• Purchases claims for collection purposes in Washington,
whether or not it collects the claim itself.
Note: Based on other states’ laws, some businesses may be
exempt from these endorsement fees and bonding. Please
contact the Business & Professions Division at (360) 664-1388
for more information.
Commercial Telephone Solicitor
$72 per location
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for each location making unsolicited commercial
telephone calls and selling goods or products during the call.
Also required for those who offer free prizes by mail and invite
a telephone response. Exclusions from coverage include, but
are not limited to, those soliciting for educational, political, or
charitable purposes; those for whom less than 60 percent of
the prior year's sales were made by telephone solicitations;
and those who sell to businesses who either resell the product
or use it for manufacturing.
For tax assistance or to request this document in an alternate format, please call 1-800-451-7985. Teletype (TTY) users may use the Washington Relay Service by calling 711.
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Contractor Registration
Additional forms required
Registration not available through BLS
Contact: Dept. of Labor & Industries (360) 902-6359 or
1-800-647-0982 (in state only) or www.lni.wa.gov
Any individual or business involved in construction,
remodeling, repair, excavation, or demolition of any structure,
road or property must obtain a Contractor Registration. This
includes those who install oor coverings, lawn sprinkler
systems, or scaffolding. Those who perform plumbing or
electrical work must have additional certications or licenses.
Registration 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 Registration
Additional forms required
Registration not available through BLS
Contact: Ofce of the Secretary of State (360) 725-0377
Washington based corporations doing business in Washington
must le Articles of Incorporation.
Firms incorporated in any other state or country should contact
the Corporations Division of the Ofce of the Secretary of
State for ling requirements. In addition to ling the corporate
registration forms a Business License Application is required
to BLS.
For expedited service to incorporate your business, complete
the Application to Form a Prot Corporation at www.secstate.
wa.gov/corps
Or you can complete the application on paper and mail it in a
separate envelope to:
Corporations Division
Ofce of the Secretary of State
PO Box 40234
Olympia, WA 98504-0234
Egg Handler/Dealer
$30 for rst location
$15 for each additional location
Additional 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 location where the
licensee
operates. Note: Poultry producers who sell eggs from their
own ocks at the place of production directly to household
consumers do not need to be licensed.
For Hire
Permit: $110 (one-time, nonrefundable)
Certicates: $55 per vehicle
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for all vehicles used for the transportation of
passengers for compensation 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 certicate
from the state, regardless. See also the section headed
"Weighing & Measuring Devices" about registering the
meter used in for hire vehicles.
Limousine Carrier
$350 per location
Vehicle Certicate: $75 per limousine
Vehicle Inspection Report: $25 per limousine
Additional 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, chauffeur-driven, luxury, for hire vehicles
(denition of a limousine is found in RCW 46.04).
Limousines must transport persons under a single
contract, on a prearranged basis, to a specic destination
or particular itinerary. Each limousine vehicle must pass
a vehicle inspection and be certied by the Department
of Licensing. Businesses operating 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
Variable fees (see Liquor License Description and Fee
Information Sheet)
Additional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
Required for businesses or nonprot organizations retailing
or serving beer, wine or spirits; or manufacturing, distilling,
wholesaling, transporting, importing, or exporting alcoholic
beverages. Also needed for changing the location of a
licensed premises.
Lottery Retailer
$25 per location (one-time, nonrefundable)
Additional forms and agency approval required.
Washington’s Lottery
Required for businesses selling Lottery products. Applicants
must certify that they comply with federal, state and agency
accessibility requirements, and provide a personal/criminal
history. The Lottery also requires an electronic funds
transfer account to transfer Lottery sales debits and credits.
The Lottery will separately charge retailers a one-time
$200 set-up fee, and a weekly equipment and support fee.
Contact the Lottery at 1-800-732-5101, option 4, for more
information.
Manufactured/Mobile Home Community
(Mobile Home Parks)
$10 per qualifying manufactured home in park*
Additional forms required
Department of Revenue
Required of all manufactured and mobile home parks that
offer two or more spaces (lots) in the park for rent or lease
for year-round occupancy. A separate application must be
submitted for each park. New parks must be registered
within three months of offering spaces for rent to avoid
penalties.
*A $10 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.
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Marijuana Research
$250 application fee
Additional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
A marijuana research license is required for the licensee
to produce, process, or possess marijuana to conduct
scientic research on marijuana and marijuana-derived
products.
Note: The Liquor and Cannabis Board will contact
applicants for any addiitional required information or
documentation, and bill for the intitial annual license fee
prior to approval of any license.
Marijuana Transportation
$250 application fee
Additional forms and agency approval required
Liquor and Cannabis Board
Required for common carrier businesses to transport or
deliver marijuana, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana
infused products between licensed marijuana businesses in
Washington State.
Note: The Liquor and Cannabis Board will contact
applicants for any additional required information or
documentation, and bill for the initial annual license fee
prior to approval of any license.
Marijuana - Other Licenses
Note: Applications for the following marijuana liceses:
Medical, Retailer, Producer, or Processor are NOT being
accepted at this time.
Minor Work Permit
No fee
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 addition to
industrial insurance as described on page 1.
Nursery Retailer/Wholesaler
Fees listed below include a 20% surcharge
Additional forms required
Department of Agriculture
Required for businesses that:
• Sell or hold live plants or turf for planting, breeding, or
decoration; or
• Perform landscaping and lawn maintenance which
provides planting or installing new plants or turf.
Is not required if you sell less 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 estimate your total nursery sales for the calendar year.
Determine the fee due based on your license type and your
sales estimate.
Pesticide Dealer
$67 per location
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Agriculture
Required to sell all pesticides. Exception: Not required if
the pesticide is labeled home and garden use only. Each
location must have a licensed Pesticide Dealer Manager to
supervise pesticide distribution.
Private Investigative Agency
$600 with unarmed principal
$700 with armed principal
No fee for each additional location
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for any business that exists to detect, discover
or reveal criminal activity; obtain information related to
persons or things; recover lost property; identify cause
for accidents/losses; obtain evidence for investigations or
detect eavesdropping devices. See RCW Chapter 18.165
for full description.
Radiology Benet Manager
$200 per location
Additional forms required
Department of Licensing
Required for any person or company conducting business
in Washington or with Washington customers when the
business is owned by a third party payor or a carrier, as
dened in RCW 48.43.005, or contracts with a third party
payor or carrier in order to:
• Process claims for services and procedures performed
by a licensed radiologist or advanced diagnostic
imaging service provider.
• Pay or authorize payment to radiology clinics,
radiologists, or advanced diagnostic imaging services
providers for services or procedures.
Rental Car Registration
No fee
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 consecutive 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 registration.
Scrap Metal
Various Fees (see the Vehicle-Related and Scrap Metal
Recycling Fee Description Sheet)
Additional 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".
Nursery Retailer:
$100 - $2,499
$2,500 - $14,999
$15,000 and over
Nursery Wholesaler:
$100 - $14,999
$15,000 and over
Fee:
$63.00 per location
$138.00 per location
$273.60 per location
Fee:
$138.00 per location
$273.60 per location
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Seed Dealer
$125 per location
Department of Agriculture
Required for selling seeds except those packaged in
containers of 8 ounces or less by a registered seed labeler.
Seller of Travel
$202 per location
Additional documents and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses that arrange, or advertise to
arrange travel accommodations for Washington consumers.
Shopkeeper
$40 per location
Department of Health – Board of Pharmacy
Required of businesses (except licensed pharmacies)
selling any nonprescription medication. These medications
must be in the original manufacturer's packaging.
Tobbaco Sales, Retail and Wholesale -
Please see Cigarette/Tobacco Sales
Underground Storage Tanks
$160 per tank
Effective July 1, 2017: $166.99 per tank
Additional 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 application must be
led by the owner within 30 days after a new installation
is complete, or upon modication or purchase of existing
tanks. Note: A notice of intent to install (Form ECY 020-95)
must also be led directly with the Department of Ecology
at least 30 days before new installation work begins.
Vapor Product Retailer $175
Required for each location of a business where vapor
products are sold at retail to consumers. (If BOTH a
Cigarette Retailer OR an Other Tobacco Product Retailer
AND a Vapor Product Retailer are applied for at the same
time, for the same business location, a combined total of
$250.00 will be due for both endorsements) Note: To sell
at retail cigarettes and other tobacco products, a Cigarette
Retailer or a Tobacco Products Retailer endorsement is
also required.
Vapor Product Distributor $150
Vapor Product Distributor Branch $100
Required for each location of a business that purchases
vapor products and conducts wholesale sales or distribution
to vapor product retailers for resale to consumers. Note: To
sell or distribute at wholesale cigarettes or other tobacco
products you'll also need a Cigarette Wholesaler or a
Tobacco Products Distributor endorsement.
Vapor Product Delivery Sales $250
Required for each location 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.
Vehicle Sales or Disposal
Various fees (see the Vehicle-Related and Scrap Metal
Recycling Fee Description Sheet)
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses that:
• Annually offer, display or sell more than four cars,
trucks and/or motor homes, or otherwise act as a
dealer of such vehicles;
• Deal in boats or vessels, manufactured homes, park
homes, travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, horse trailers,
utility trailers, off-road vehicles, motorcycles and/or
snowmobiles;
• Manufacture or remanufacture vehicles for distribution
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 nonrefundable) plus $50 per vehicle
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Ecology
Required for businesses transporting tires no longer usable
due to wear, damage or defect. Businesses licensed by
the Utilities and Transportation Commission or a local
government authority need not apply. A $10,000 bond is
required.
Waste Tire Storage Site Owner
$250 per location ($50 nonrefundable)
Additional forms and agency approval required
Department of Ecology
Required of any business with outside storage of more
than 800 tires 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 sufficient for hiring a third party
to remove the maximum number of tires permitted to
be stored at the facility and deliver the tires to a facility
permitted to accept the tires.
Contact Dept. of Health for regulatory questions at 1-800-
299-9729.
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Weighing and Measuring Devices
Various fees (see the Weighing and Measuring Devices
Addendum)
Department of Agriculture (statewide); and Cities of Seattle
& 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 or meters). The Weighing
and Measuring Devices addendum must be submitted with
the Business License Application.
Whitewater River Outtter
$25 per location
Additional form and agency approval required
Department of Licensing
Required for businesses carrying, or advertising to carry,
for-hire passengers on whitewater sections of Washington
rivers. Applicants must provide proof of correct liability
insurance and certify that they meet all requirements,
including use of qualied guides.
X-Ray Facilities and Devices
Various fees (see the X-ray Facility and Devices
Registration Addendum)
Department of Health (statewide)
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 ofces, hospitals, veterinary,
educational, security, research or industrial facilities.
Contact Dept. of Health for regulatory questions at 1-800-
299-9729.
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Additional cities continue to partner with the Business Licensing Service program. Visit our website at
http://business.wa.gov/BLS or contact us at 1-800-451-7985 for a current listing.
Longview
Maple Valley
Marysville
Millwood
Milton
Monroe
Mount Vernon
Newcastle
North Bend
Olympia
Port Orchard
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
Prosser
Pullman
Richland
Rockford
Ruston
Sammamish
Sedro Woolley
Sequim
Shoreline
Skykomish
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Stanwood
Sultan
Sumner
Sunnyside
Tumwater
University Place
Vancouver
Washougal
West Richland
Woodinville
Anacortes
Battle Ground
Bellingham
Blaine
Bonney Lake
Bridgeport
Buckley
Carbonado
Carnation
Clyde Hill
Connell
College Place
Covington
Deer Park
DuPont
Duvall
East Wenatchee
Eatonville
Edgewood
Ellensburg
Enumclaw
Ephrata
Fife
Fircrest
Gig Harbor
Gold Bar
Granite Falls
Ilwaco
Issaquah
Kelso
Kenmore
Kennewick
Lacey
Lake Stevens
Leavenworth
Liberty Lake
Long Beach
Business Licensing Service City Partners - Available online
Most cities require businesses operating within the city limits to register and renew annually. This includes businesses that
are located outside the city limits but perform services inside city limits.
Apply for the cities listed below by using the Business License Application. See the City Fee Sheet for fees and descriptions.
Some cities may have other requirements to conduct particular business activities such as a home occupation permit or
temporary license. Contact the city directly for more information. City approval and additional forms may be required.
