Obtaining licenses and permits

If you are about to run a business in Azerbaijan, you should definitely know the types of business licenses and permits your company must get. This is to ensure your business legally exists and operates in a jurisdiction.

Obtaining business licenses is one of the initial steps for starting a business. The requirements are different across jurisdictions. They also depend on business entity types and business industry. Let’s define the term and see how to obtain a business license with the ALC.

1. Types of activity requiring a license (except the cases related to national security
2. Toxic industrial waste:
3. recycling
4. disposal
5. Private medical activity
6. Private medical activity:
7. drugs production
8. wholesale of drugs
9. retail sale of drugs
10. Precursors:
11. production
12. import
13. export
14. transit transportation
15. Educational activities:
16. pre-school educational institutions
17. educational institutions (including lyceums and gymnasiums)
18. first level vocational special education institutions (vocational schools
19. and vocational lyceums)
20. secondary education institutions
21. higher education institutions
22. additional education institutions
23. vocational secondary religious educational institutions
24. higher religious education institutions
25. Communication services:
26. telephone (wired)
27. radio trunk and cordless phones
28. cellular (mobile) communication services (indicating the technological
29. standard)
30. IP-telephony (Internet telephony)
31. organization of telecommunications channels in the country
32. organization of international telecommunication channels
33. data transmission
34. express mail service
35. TV and radio broadcasting:
36. National TV broadcasting
37. TV broadcasting across Baku city
38. regional TV broadcasting
39. national radio broadcasting
40. radio broadcasting across Baku city
41. regional radio broadcasting
42. additional information broadcasting
43. cable network broadcasting with a number of subscribers up to 5000
44. cable network broadcasting with a number of subscribers more than 5000
45. Satellite broadcasting
46. activities to ensure satellite broadcasting of foreign TV and radio channels via encoders
47. Storage of waste of radioactive and ionizing radiation substances
48. Transport of dangerous goods
49. Liquid and natural gas facilities:
50. installation
51. operation
52. Mining works, mining and drilling
53. Activity related to installation and repair of elevators
54. Operation of amusement parks
55. Installation and repair of lifting equipment, metallurgical equipment, pressure boilers and tanks
56. Diagnostics of equipment and technical devices operated at potentially dangerous facilities and production of other technical inspections
57. Fire protection measures:
58. fire protection of enterprises and settlements on a contractual basis
59. manufacture, sale and testing of fire-fighting equipment
60. installation, maintenance and repair of fire protection means and systems
61. repair of firefighting accessories, repair and maintenance of primary firefighting equipment, and  restoration of quality of fire-fighting equipment
62. Engineering and surveillance in buildings and structures, construction of which requires authorization
63. Construction and installation works of buildings and structures which require construction permit
64. Design of buildings and structures, which require construction permit  and use of information procedure
65. Private veterinary medical activity
66. Veterinary drugs:
67. production
68. sale
69. Plant protection equipment and agrochemicals:
70. production
71. import
72. Organization of individual hunting farms
73. Supply of raw materials of wild medicinal plants for manufacturing purposes
74. Manufacturing of various types of seals and stamps