Even for seasoned business owners, like restauranteur Juan Placencia, getting the business licenses you need can be tough.
“I have a little bit of a leg up and it was still difficult for me to navigate,” said Placencia.
A previous owner of two restaurants and recent operator of a cloud kitchen (no dine-in, commercial kitchens for delivery services only), Placencia has been through the business licensing process many times before and in different states. Now as he begins a new endeavor with Brazas BBQ Chicken, a Peruvian rotisserie chicken restaurant on Philly’s South Street, he is in the process all over again.
If you’re doing business in Pennsylvania then you need at least one or more licenses.
For starters, every business in Philadelphia has to get a Commercial Activity License to operate in the city. And depending on what business you have — restaurant, apartment rentals, entertainment, etc. — you’ll have additional,…
