How to License and Register a Business

• Businesses Licensed and Registered by Consumer Services
• Additional Information
• Other Licences and Registrations in Alberta

Businesses Licensed and Registered by Consumer Services

Clicking on a business below will provide instructions, forms and other information about the licensing procedures.  Click here for a link to a list of forms only.

• Auctions (pdf)
• Cemeteries (pdf)
• Cemetery Pre-need Contract Business (pdf)
• Cemetery Pre-need Contract Salesperson (pdf)
• Charitable Organizations
• Collection Agency - Alberta (pdf)
• Collection Agency - Out of Province (pdf)
• Collector (pdf)
• Columbarium
  • Alberta Government Services no longer approves requests to establish new columbaria. Columbaria construction is restricted to a cemetery, church, or part of a crematory's facilities. Only religious organizations and municipalities can establish columbaria. Municipal approval for the columbarium location is required.
• Cooperative
• Crematory
  • As of January 31, 2002, crematory licences are issued by the Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board (external site). The Board can be reached at afsrb@telusplanet.net or by phone in Edmonton (780) 452-6130 and toll free in Alberta at 1-800-563-4652.
• Debt Repayment Agency (pdf)
• Debt Repayment Agency - Out of Province (pdf)
• Debt Repayment Agent (pdf)
• Direct Sellers (Door-to-Door Sellers) (pdf)
• Electricity Marketing (pdf)
• Employment Agency (pdf)
• Fund-raising Businesses (pdf)
• Monument Business (pdf)
• Monument Salesperson (pdf)
• Mausoleum (pdf)
• Natural Gas Marketers (pdf)
• Prepaid Contractors (pdf)
• Retail Home Sales (mobile homes, modular homes and packaged homes) (pdf)
• Travel Club (pdf)

Additional Information

• How to Register / Incorporate a Company
• How to Register a Tradename
• Search for a business licensed by Alberta Government Services

Other Licences and Registrations in Alberta

• Automotive (sales, leasing, repair and consignment sales) Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council (external site)
• Funerals (businesses, directors, embalmers, pre-arranged funeral plans)Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board (external site)
• Gambling (casinos, raffles, bingos, pull tickets) Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (external site)
• Real Estate (agents, brokers, mortgage brokers, property managers)Real Estate Council of Alberta (external site)
• Insurance (agents, brokers and adjusters) Alberta Insurance Council (external site)
• Information about starting or expanding a business including government programs available Business Link, The Business Service Centre (external site)