| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Agency | HSA |
| Applicant access | Individuals with Singpass; UEN-registered businesses with Corppass; Authorised individual filers; Authorised business filers |
| Processing estimate | 2 weeks |
| Validity | One year. |
Scope and eligibility
HSA's retail licence is outlet-specific: each physical outlet needs its own application. Applicants must meet business, minimum-legal-age and conduct criteria and be able to supervise sales and check buyers' ages. Temporary stalls and the listed healthcare, gaming and educational/social-service premises are excluded.
Application steps
- Use the eligible manager's Corppass for a company or the applicable proprietor/hawker route
- submit a complete outlet application and pay S$60
- after HSA's approval request, pay the remaining S$340 within one month
- sell only after payment and licence issuance.
Documents to prepare
- Applicant NRIC
- ACRA profile
- tenancy/ownership
- applicable SFA/NEA hawker licence
- outlet site plan
- company authorisation. Listed upload limit: 2 MB.
Attachment filenames must be no longer than 130 characters and use letters, digits, underscores or hyphens. Spaces are converted to underscores. Check the accepted file formats and size for each upload field in the official application.
Fees and validity
| Fee item | Published amount |
|---|---|
| Initial non-refundable application | S$60 |
| Remaining licence payment | S$340 |
| Total | S$400 |
One year.
Important details and examples
The directory estimates two weeks with complete documents and payment. The licence is non-transferable; changes to particulars must be reported within three days. Comply with age-verification, advertising, display and prohibited-product rules; pending application is not authority to sell.