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License

Plumber (Master) License

A Plumbing License is required for anyone wishing to be a Master Plumber, Journeyman Plumber, or Apprentice Plumber, in the City of Philadelphia.

Precious Metal Dealer License

This license is required of any person engaged in the business of purchasing or making appraisals of precious metals and their alloys for resale to refiners, brokers, or the public. This license is issued to an individual and not to a business or location.

Pawn Shop License

This license is required of any person who is: Engaged in the business of lending money on the deposit or pledge of personal property; Purchases personal property with an expressed or implied agreement or understanding to sell it back at a subsequent time at a stipulated price; or Lends money upon goods, wares or merchandise pledged, stored or deposited as collateral security.

Outdoor Advertising Sign License

This license is required for having large outdoor signs, such as billboards. The license does not apply to accessory business signs.

Auto Repair Shop License

This license is required for any entity that operates a structure for the use of servicing vehicles.

Rental License

This license is required of any entity that rents any type of housing unit. (It is also known as a Housing Rental License.)

Honor Box License

This license is for the use of unattended self-service sales or honor boxes, such as newspaper boxes.

Home Inspector License

This license is required to engage in the business of residential or home inspections. Professional Architects and Engineers licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and government agency employees acting on behalf of that agency are not required to possess this license.

High Rise License

This license is required to ensure appropriate levels of safety are maintained in existing residential and nonresidential high rise structures.

Waste Collector – Private

In accordance with a Commonwealth Court ruling, the Department of Licenses and Inspections is no longer licensing waste haulers and their vehicles.