Application steps, eligibility, documents, fees and official sources for 59 licensing topics.
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Changing a shop into a restaurant, or a restaurant into a pub, can require URA planning permission. Check the permitted use before committing to a tenancy or purchase. SLA may assess Land Betterment Charge (LBC); planning permission can be granted only after any applicable LBC is paid.
This URA scheme concerns home offices in private residential property. The business must meet the Home Office conditions and performance criteria and must not be a prohibited business. HDB homes use a separate HDB scheme.
This application is for continuing an existing use approved under Temporary Permission (TP). Plan the renewal around the three-month period before expiry. The directory's introduction and overview word this timing differently; confirm the filing window with URA before relying on a particular date.
An employment agency placing workers with other employers needs this MOM licence. Recruitment solely for the business's own employees is excluded. ACRA activities must include SSIC 78103 or 78104. Comprehensive licences cover all worker types; Select licences concern workers earning more than S$4,500 monthly and cannot include SSIC 78103.
Factories covered by the WSH Act must notify or register before operating. Low-risk activities use one-time notification; high-risk activities require registration. Major Hazard Installations (MHI) must register at least six months before operations. Construction worksites have not required MOM registration since 1 April 2019.
FEDA regulates migrant-worker dormitories. Since 1 April 2023, dormitories with seven or more beds require a full FEDA licence. Operators must understand the applicable regulatory requirements.
This registration covers processed food outside the meat/fish and fresh-fruit/vegetable categories, as well as food appliances. Prerequisites include MediSave requirements, Customs activation of the UEN and the original GIRO form.
Independent retail food premises such as restaurants, takeaway kiosks and food courts need the appropriate Food Shop Licence. Obtain SFA's In-Principle Approval (IPA) before renovation. Selected food shops must submit an Environmental Sanitation Programme to NEA within one month under the mandatory regime.
SFA certifies food consignments against the required health and safety criteria for export. The consignment must be manufactured, processed or packed in an SFA-licensed food processing establishment.
This licence covers food or drink stalls within food shops, canteens, coffee shops, food courts and private markets. An independent restaurant instead falls under Food Shop licensing. NEA-managed hawker stalls use the relevant tender and tenancy route.
This SFA certificate endorses animal-feed products intended for export. Product and declaration records must support the application.
SFA provides export endorsement for meat/fish products, locally processed meat/fish and other processed foods through this certificate.
This SFA certificate supports export of live foodfish intended for breeding or farming. Its short validity requires coordination with the shipment schedule.
Traders importing, exporting or transhipping meat and fish products need this SFA licence. It is separate from processed-food registration.
This SFA licence covers import and transhipment of fresh fruits and vegetables. Meat/fish and processed-food businesses use different licensing or registration routes.
SFA issues this licence for import of broiler chickens and broiler ducks. Applicants must have the listed ACRA business registration prerequisite.
This SFA licence is for importers bringing in sheep and goats. The directory lists ACRA registration as a prerequisite.
This SFA licence is for import of table eggs. The directory lists ACRA registration and a Food Processing Establishment licence among its prerequisites; verify how the latter applies to the proposed business.
SFA issues this consignment-related licence for import, export or transhipment of food animals, birds, eggs and biologics. The fee depends on the shipment category.
Local commercial producers must hold this SFA licence before manufacturing or processing livestock or aquaculture feed for food-producing animals.
Coldstores keeping meat and seafood for wholesale distribution need SFA licensing before storage operations. The premises must be in an area designated for food use, with ACRA registration in place.
Food processing for wholesale distribution requires an SFA licence. Premises must be designated for food use. Local beverage manufacturers should also assess their BCRS collection and recycling obligations.
SFA licensing is required before operating a slaughter-house for wholesale food processing or storage. The premises must be designated for food use and the business ACRA-registered.
The operator of a temporary fair needs SFA's permit for the fair period. Food-handling stalls have a separate stall licensing requirement; approval of the organiser's permit alone does not cover each stall.
Food-storage warehouses handling storage for wholesale distribution must complete the SFA warehouse approval route before operating. Meat/seafood coldstores have their own licence.
SFA issues this registration to businesses importing feed for food-producing animals. It covers imports rather than local feed manufacturing.
This SFA registration is issued to importers of live frogs for human consumption. ACRA business registration is a stated prerequisite.
Rice is controlled under the Price Control Act and Rice Order. SFA licensing is required for import into Singapore or a Free Trade Zone, export and wholesale dealing.
This is the FSMS submission for premises required to implement a Food Safety Management System. It records the system, trained responsible personnel and accredited certification.
A supermarket selling or preparing raw food needs SFA licensing. Obtain IPA before renovation. SFA-licensed supermarkets above 200 m² must also assess the BCRS return-point requirement introduced from 1 April 2026.
Food-handling or food-preparation stalls within temporary fairs need this licence. Stalls selling non-food goods or qualifying prepacked food from licensed establishments/importers do not need this particular stall licence.
SFA's veterinary certificate supports destination-country requirements for animal health and disease testing. Different product categories have different validity periods.
Temporary supply of liquor requires the appropriate Class 5 licence unless a statutory exemption applies. The source defines liquor broadly using an ethanol threshold above 0.5% by mass or volume.
Extended hours must accompany a valid ordinary or temporary liquor licence; an extension cannot stand alone or outlast the underlying licence. New licences and extended hours may be applied for together.
Businesses or societies supplying liquor need an appropriate licence unless exempt. Selling, offering, serving or delivering liquor in connection with a sale can fall within the regulated supply activity.
Premises receiving customers for massage services generally require an SPF Massage Establishment Licence. The applicant must be the entity's responsible officer as defined by the legislation.
The exemption applies only when every stated condition is met: massage must remain visible from inside and outside, windows/entrances unobscured, and no private rooms or partitions. Standard hours are 7 am to 10:30 pm.
Dealing in goods regulated by the Secondhand Goods Dealers Act requires licensing unless exempt. Check the Act's Schedule for the actual goods rather than assuming every resale business is covered.
A listed public or arts-entertainment activity can be exempt only while its exemption conditions are met. Otherwise the organiser needs the appropriate entertainment licence.
Entertainment accessible to the public or a class of the public generally requires the appropriate public or arts-entertainment licence unless excluded or exempt. Free admission does not itself remove licensing requirements.
The DFS scheme allows licensed premises to sell dutiable goods, such as liquor, duty-free to departing or returning travellers. A valid Customs Account, good compliance, landlord approval, relevant agency permissions and at least the Enhanced TradeFIRST band are required.
Duty exemption is available for eligible dutiable raw materials used only to make non-dutiable finished goods at a Customs-approved manufacturing site. Diesel products and biodiesel blends are excluded. Exempt materials cannot be sold, transferred or disposed of without Customs permission.
EFS permits regulated manufacture or processing of dutiable goods, including liquor activities and petroleum/biodiesel treatment. Duty and GST are suspended while manufactured goods remain in the licensed premises. GST registration, a valid Customs Account, sound controls and the appropriate TradeFIRST band are required.
LW keeps dutiable goods under Customs control with duty and GST suspended. Local release triggers duty/GST, while export or sale within the warehouse follows the stated suspension treatment. Types I, II and III require progressively higher controls and TradeFIRST bands.
Three routes distinguish refining, storage of dutiable petroleum/biodiesel with duty/GST suspended, and bonded storage of non-dutiable petroleum or pure biodiesel with GST suspended. GST registration, Customs Account and at least Enhanced TradeFIRST are required.
ZGS suspends GST on eligible non-dutiable imports stored in approved warehouses. GST becomes payable on local release; export or sale while goods remain in the warehouse follows the stated suspension treatment. The applicant needs GST registration, a Customs Account, good compliance and control over the storage premises.
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.
Licensed aquatic facilities must test and submit monthly parameters, and aerosol-generating facilities also have quarterly requirements. Results are due by the 14th of the month after sampling/testing. The original bulk-upload template format must be preserved.
An event in a public area with about 1,000 or more attendees requires notification to NEA. Organisers must keep the site litter-free and provide adequate refuse, litter and recycling bins.
General cleaning businesses, including businesses supplying cleaners to other cleaning businesses, need NEA licensing before providing services. New applicants need not already have a cleaning contract but must provide a suitably trained or experienced employee's details.
ECC registration supports the Environmental Sanitation Regime. Applicants need the listed education/literacy qualifications and a recognised ECC course completed within five years before application.
ECO(SP) registration requires qualifying education/literacy and, for some routes, two years of relevant experience. A recognised ECO(SP) course certificate must be within five years before application.
ECO(SCS) is the construction-site registration route, distinct from ECO(SP). Its education/literacy and relevant-experience routes must be met alongside the required course or refresher-exam certificate.
Businesses collecting or transporting general waste for remuneration, or used cooking oil from food premises, need this NEA licence. Suitable vehicles and equipment must be used for the waste and disposal destination.
NEA licensing covers construction, establishment, maintenance or operation of facilities receiving, storing, processing or treating general waste, including recycling. Each facility needs a licence; one licence can list multiple waste streams.
This HDB route concerns renting out or changing tenancy of commercial premises or associated living quarters. Requirements depend on assignment, business mode, next-of-kin transfer, trade change or subletting.
Owners selling an HDB shop or transferring a share need HDB's written consent. The authorised solicitor submits the online application, with the transferors and transferees agreeing to the transaction terms.
This route applies only to a company-name change without changes to UEN, shareholding, business mode, partnership structure or trade. Other tenancy or ownership changes use their relevant HDB routes.
The HDB scheme covers residential flats and living quarters of HDB commercial properties. Only owners or persons HDB has authorised to live there, including eligible occupiers/tenants, may apply. The business must meet the applicable conditions for that housing category.
