This dataset includes over one hundred thousands business licences issued by the Business Licence Office of City of Vancouver. Under Licence By-Law No. 4450, a valid business licence is required in order to operate a business in the City of Vancouver. Each business is registered with licence number, licence type, business name, trade name, location, licence issue date and expiration date, etc.
| Subject | Business and Economy |
| Jurisdiction | City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia |
| Data Provider | Business Licence Office, the Development, Buildings, and Licensing Division, City of Vancouver |
| Source | opendata.vancouver.ca |
| Attribution | Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Vancouver. |
All businesses in Vancouver require a licence to operate. This ensures that all business locations are safe and meet land-use requirements. The Business Licence Office issues about 50,000 business licenses and 100,000 permits every year. A business licence can be obtained from the City's Licence Office and is valid for the remainder of the calendar year unless stated otherwise. The Licence By-Law No. 4450 regulates the licensing of business, trade, professions, and other occupations with the City of Vancouver. All persons and companies doing business in the City of Vancouver need to be licensed, including: Each location operated by a business in the city; Persons and companies based out-of-town and doing business in the city; Home-based businesses (for example, professionals working from a home office); Employees do not need a business licence. This dataset identifies current and previously licensed businesses and trades. The following information are included: business name, business trade name, status, license issue date and expire date, business type, business location, and others. The types of businesses that require a business licence include:
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| Business Name | Address | Business Type | Issued Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homay Nikfar Omid (Homay Omid) | 833 Seymour Street, Unit 2501, Vancouver, BC V6B )G4 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-02-06 |
| Nemesis Coffee Inc | 302 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 097 | Restaurant | 2023-12-30 |
| Belair Direct · Belair Insurance Company | 750 Cambie St, Unit 500, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A2 | Insurance Services | 2023-11-24 |
| Canadian Western Trust Company | 750 Cambie St, Unit 300, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A2 | Business Support Services | 2023-12-14 |
| Canadian Direct Insurance Incorporated | 750 Cambie St, Unit 600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A2 | Office | 2019-12-09 |
| Vancouver Opera Association | 750 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A2 | Soliciting For Charity | 2010-02-17 |
| Tyco Integrated Security Canada Inc | 750 Cambie St, Unit 200, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A2 | Electrical-Security Alarm Installation | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Trevor Goetz Professional Corp | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-16 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Troy G Melnychuk (Troy Melnychuk) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-11 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Mark Iwanaka) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-11 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Robert Riecken) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-11 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Donna Diskos) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-11 |
| Grant Thornton Limited | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2024-01-11 |
| CapServCo Limited Partnership · CapServCo Inc | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Consulting and Management Services | 2023-12-12 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Mark Wentzell) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2023-12-05 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · John W Harris Accounting Corp | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2023-11-23 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Grant Thornton) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2023-11-22 |
| Myra Systems Corp | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1000, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Computer Services | 2018-12-27 |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Trevor James Goetz (Trevor Goetz) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | 2017-12-07 |
| Douglas G Moore (Douglas Moore) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · W D Bastin (W Bastin) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Philip H M Ross (Philip Ross) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · M Donald Thomson (M Thomson) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Peter C Veerman (Peter Veerman) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Colin Yakashiro) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Mervyn Eric Louis (Mervyn Louis) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · David A Rickards (David Rickards) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Kay Elizabeth Gray (Kay Gray) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Patti E Daum (Patti Daum) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Philip B Noble (Philip Noble) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · SJF Professional Accounting Corp | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Darren Matthew Bank (Darren Bank) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Ross G Stringer (Ross Stringer) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Douglas Steele) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Mark J Zastre (Mark Zastre) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Glen F Harry (Glen Harry) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Roger S F Burgon (Roger Burgon) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| (Thomas Davies) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · Donald George Carroll (Donald Carroll) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Rupert May) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| (Dave Merrell) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| R W Royston (R Royston) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Grant Thornton LLP · (Brian Levinkind) | 333 Seymour St, Unit 1600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A4 | Financial Services | |
| Parts Pro · Ka Lok Yeung | 8 Smithe Mews, Unit 1805, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A5 | Retail Dealer | 2024-02-09 |
| Gask Holdings Ltd | 8 Smithe Mews, Unit 803, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-06-26 |
| Hee Soo Kim (Hee Kim) | 8 Smithe Mews, Unit 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A5 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-24 |
| Edwin Tong & Susanna Chu | 8 Smithe Mews, Unit 1003, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A5 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-11-29 |
| Seung Kyung Hong (Seung Hong) | 8 Smithe Mews, Unit 1505, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A5 | Apartment House Strata | |
| (Rupert Kaile) | 538 Smithe St, Unit 309, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A6 | Apartment House Strata | 2020-02-13 |
| (Caleb Quinton) | 538 Smithe St, Unit 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A6 | Apartment House Strata | |
| (Sara Molavi-Vasei) | 538 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A6 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Prevost apparel · (Brailenn Prevost) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 1002, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Retail Dealer | 2024-03-21 |
| Evan G Weigel & Linda L Weigel | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 1001, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-12-02 |
| Jingeun Kim & Taiyoung Kim | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 605, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-02-09 |
| (Jiyun Ma) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 1003, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-24 |
| Nam Eun Hwang (Nam Hwang) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 2706, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-24 |
| (Keum Kim) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 802, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2014-12-10 |
| (Byung Lee) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 805, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | 2009-03-10 |
| Reza Kamkar and Minou Kamkar | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 503, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Hey Joung Seo Kowen (Hey Kowen) | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 2206, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Wooshin Enterprise Inc | 918 Cooperage Way, Unit 805, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A7 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Red Card Sports Bar · Orpheum Place Inc | 560 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A8 | Liquor Establishment | 2024-04-05 |
| Localcoin · 9992987 Canada Inc | 560 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A8 | Money Services | 2024-01-03 |
| Red Card Sports Bar · Moda Hospitality Ltd | 560 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A8 | Temp Liquor Licence Amendment | 2016-05-12 |
| Red Card Sports Bar · Viaggio Hotel & Restaurants Corp | 560 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0A8 | Liquor Establishment Standard | |
| Patrick E Oxciano (Patrick Oxciano) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 104, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | 2020-09-02 |
| (Yueh-Chueh Tsao-Chang) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 1108, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-04-15 |
| (Jing Yu) | 1133 Homer St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-19 |
| Robert R Kowalchuk (Robert Kowalchuk) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 605, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-11-21 |
| Young Ae Kim (Young Kim) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 1007, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Robert K Privada Castillo Schluter (Robert Schluter) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 603, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Random Glares Media · Robert Morgan Slade (Robert Slade) | 1133 Homer St, Unit 303, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Production Company | |
| Toya Soo & Ken Soo | 1133 Homer St, Unit 702, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B1 | Apartment House Strata | |
| Metro Vancouver Zero Emissions Innovation Centre · Mvzeif | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 3300, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Community Association | |
| The Laurier Institution | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 350, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Association or Society | 2024-03-13 |
| Bombardier Transportation Canada Inc | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 580, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Business Support Services | 2023-11-29 |
| Acrodex Inc | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 700, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Computer Services | 2020-01-06 |
| City Collection Company Ltd | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 600, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Financial Services | 2019-12-12 |
| Brighton College Ltd | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 580, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | School (Business & Trade) | |
| Insight Canada Inc | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 700, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Computer Services | |
| Peerfx Inc | 515 W Hastings St, Unit 700, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B2 | Computer Services | |
| Animal Logic Studios ( Vancouver) Ltd | 840 Cambie St, Floor 3/4/5, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B4 | Digital Entertainment and Interactive Technology | 2023-12-04 |
| WMW Reprographics Ltd | 848 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B4 | Computer Services | |
| Big Park · Microsoft Canada Development Centre Co | 840 Cambie St, Unit 300, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B4 | Computer Services | 2015-01-26 |
| Action Pants Inc | 840 Cambie St, Unit 200, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B4 | Office | 2008-12-02 |
| Ubisoft Vancouver Inc | 840 Cambie St, Unit 200, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B4 | Office | |
| Prodigy Property Management Ltd | 33 Smithe St, Unit 3302, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Marketing Public Relations Advertising and Event Promotion Servi | 2023-11-18 |
| LNG Productions Inc | 60 Smithe St, Unit 254, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Design Services | 2023-11-22 |
| Melody T Chan (Melody Chan) | 33 Smithe St, 2507, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2020-07-27 |
| (Marie-Pierre Dallaire) | 33 Smithe St, Unit 3302, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2020-02-19 |
| Shawn Metheral & Jillian Munro | 33 Smithe St, Unit 303, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-06-11 |
| (Jing Zhou) | 33 Smithe St, Unit 3103, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-06-06 |
| (Ravindar Bhojwani) | 33 Smithe St, Unit 3101, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-03-15 |
| (Youngsoon Byun) | 33 Smithe St, Unit 2003, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-03-11 |
| Mei H Chen & Ten C Tsou | 33 Smithe St, Unit 1706, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2019-01-14 |
| Rose Thompson & Douglas Thompson | 33 Smithe St, Unit 2202, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-07 |
| Seokje Hong & Kyungah Kim | 33 Smithe St, Unit 1801, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-12-05 |
| Maria M Lo & Cameron R Edwards | 33 Smithe St, Unit 2001, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Apartment House Strata | 2018-11-16 |
| BE Studio · (Lei Zhang) | 33 Smithe St, Unit 2803, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Production Company | |
| Han Tang Pictures Inc | 33 Smithe St, Unit 702, Vancouver, BC V6B 0B5 | Production Company | |