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The Mobile Business Licence was designed to simplify business licensing and reduce costs for businesses within the Okanagan Valley. Businesses that are conducting operations in more than one (1) community (with only one (1) fixed location) may now purchase a Mobile Business Licence for an annual fee of $150.
A mobile business is a business that performs a service in more than one of the participating communities and is mobile, which means they provide services or do business by moving from client to client and the business does not have a storefront or location other than in their home or principal Municipality. The principal Municipality is the community which the business has its location, shop, office or home base. A mobile business includes contractors of all types such as trades people, landscaping services, janitorial services, pest control, etc.
All mobile business are eligible for a Mobile Business Licence, except certain types of businesses such as escort agencies, body rub services and vehicles for hire such as taxis, limousines and buses. These business types require a separate business license for each municipality in which they operate in. Spallumcheen By-Law No. 2020, 2020 Inter-Community Business License
In the Okanagan-Similkameen area, there are the following participating local governments:
*For further or updated information please check the Province of British Columbia web site.