Business License Fees

How to Pay for your Business License

ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS

You can make a payment for your Huntington Beach Business License online if:

You have recently completed an Application for Business License via this same Citizens Access portal

You are renewing an existing Huntington Beach Business License and
- Your Business License is expiring within the next 45 days
- Your Business License has already expired, but is not more than 90 days past the expiration date

Please Note: You can only submit an online business license application for the following types of businesses:

If neither A or B apply to you, please contact our office for additional payment instructions:

Start by: Logging into your online Account:

Paying for a New Application

This will take you back to Step 1 of the online application process. You will not have to re-enter the information.

Confirm the information you see by clicking Continue Application until you reach the final step: Pay Fees
- Then click Check Out
Please proceed to CHECK OUT section, and skip Paying for a Renewal Notice.

Paying for a Renewal Notice

From the Home screen, type in your Business License number and click the green magnifying glass.
Your license number will come up in a list on the screen
Click on the blue Business License number

Click on Payments drop down Then click Fees
The Fees screen will come up Click Pay Fees

Enter the

If your business was started in Huntington Beach before 1996, be sure to clear the Start Date
Then click Search

When you see the line with your Business License number on the left, click Pay Fees Due on the right

Check Out

After clicking Check Out, your business license will be added to a Cart
Once you have added everything to your cart that you are going to pay, click Check Out on the left.
If you have another item you need to pay, such as renewing an existing Huntington Beach Business License or paying for a Building Permit, click Continue Shopping on the right.