Business Licenses Online: FSSAI, IEC, Udyam, DSC & Professional Tax
FSSAI, import-export, Udyam, professional tax, shops & establishment and digital signatures — the permits that make your business legal, without the queue.
Most Indian businesses need two to four operating licenses beyond their core registration — a food license for anything edible, an IEC for anything crossing the border, Udyam for MSME benefits, and state registrations like professional tax and shops & establishment that trigger automatically when you hire. Each has its own portal, proofs and renewal cycle; FilingBase runs them all through one checklist and one tracker.
The permit shelf, stocked.
FSSAI Registration
Basic, State or Central — matched to your food business scale.
from ₹999→Import Export Code
DGFT IEC — the passport for cross-border trade.
from ₹999→Most popularMSME / Udyam
Priority lending, subsidies and the ₹4,500 trademark fee.
from ₹399→Professional Tax
PTEC/PTRC where your state levies it.
from ₹999→Shops & Establishment
The state labour license every office and store needs.
from ₹999→Digital Signature (DSC)
Class 3 DSC in 30 minutes with video KYC.
₹1,500 incl. GST→Which licenses does your business actually need?
Map it from your operations, not from fear. Selling food in any form — manufacturing, packing, restaurants, cloud kitchens, even home bakers — needs FSSAI (Basic under ₹12 lakh turnover, State/Central above). Importing or exporting anything needs an IEC — one-time, no renewals, needed before your first shipment clears. Every MSME should hold Udyam — it is free of government fees and unlocks priority-sector lending, interest subventions and halved trademark fees. Hiring staff triggers state obligations: professional tax in most states and shops & establishment registration nearly everywhere. And almost every government filing above needs a Class 3 DSC — the 30-minute purchase people leave for last and then wait on.
Common questions
Do home-based food businesses need FSSAI?
Yes — anyone in the food chain needs at least Basic FSSAI registration, including home kitchens and cloud-kitchen brands. Selling on Swiggy/Zomato requires the license number on your listing. Basic registration is quick and inexpensive; operating without it risks fines up to ₹5 lakh.
Is Udyam registration really free?
The government charges nothing. Our ₹399 fee covers correct classification (investment and turnover bands), NIC code selection, and fixing the Aadhaar/PAN mismatches that get applications stuck. Classification errors matter later — benefits and tender eligibility key off them.
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Read guide→Official references
The statutory sources behind this page. We keep our guidance aligned to them — verify anything time-sensitive directly.
- Ministry of MSMEUdyam registration and MSME schemes
- DGFTImport Export Code and foreign trade policy
- FSSAIFood business licensing and standards
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