Tanzania Business License Fees
The current business license fees in Tanzania are based on the provisions of the Finance Act, 2014.
Below are the business license fees applicable in Tanzania. Figures without a currency designation are in Tanzanian Shillings (Tshs).
| Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other Agencies | Commision Agent | 300000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Travel agent | 200000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Air Charter Agent | 300000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Air Charter Agent (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Shipping agent | 1000000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Shipping agent (Foreign owned) | $10000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Any other agent | 200000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Any other agent (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Insurance Broker | 200000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Insurance broker (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Financial Markets | Stock exchange broker | 500000 |
| 1 | Financial Markets | Stock exchange broker (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Shipping broker | 1000000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Shipping broker (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Trade broker | 400000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Court broker | 400000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Court broker (Municipality) | 300000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Court broker (Town/District) | 200000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Court broker (Any other place) | 200000 |
| 1 | Banking | Banking Service | 1000000 |
| 1 | Banking | Banking Service (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Banking | Bureau De Change | 600000 |
| 1 | Banking | Bureau De Change (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Banking | Co-operative banks | 200000 |
| 1 | Financial Markets | Capital Markets & Stock Exchange | 500000 |
| 1 | Social Security | Social security provider | 1000000 |
| 1 | Financial Markets | Mortgage & Hire Purchase [other than those operating under micro enterprise schemes/programmes] | 600000 |
| 1 | Financial Markets | Mortgage & hire purchase for micro enterprise scheme/ programme | 100000 |
| 1 | Banking | Credit Card Management | 400000 |
| 1 | Banking | Micro financing investments local | 600000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Clearing & forwarding local | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Freight forwarding | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Freight forwarding (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Warehousing | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Pre-shipment inspection | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Pre-shipment inspection (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo valuation or cargo survey | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo valuation or cargo survey (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo sourcing local | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo superintendence | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo superintendence (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo handling | 1000000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Cargo handling (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Harbours/airport management | 1000000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Harbours/airport management (Foreign owned) | $4000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Miscellaneous port services | 200000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Ship Chandelling | 200000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Maritime transportation | 600000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Shipping protective or ship charter | 800000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Stevedoring lighter rage Bagging Services (Dar Port) | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Stevedoring lighter rage Bagging Services (Other Port) | 200000 |
| 1 | Insurance | General insurance and assurance | 1000000 |
| 1 | Insurance | General insurance and assurance (Foreign owned) | $10000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Underwriting and loss assessment | 600000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Underwriting and loss assessment (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Re-Assurance & endowment | 800000 |
| 1 | Insurance | Re-Assurance & endowment (Foreign owned) | $10000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Representative franchise holder | 500000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Sole Distributor or supplier | 400000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Real estate | 600000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Real estate (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Property management | 500000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Property management (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Estate Agent | 400000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Estate Agent (Foreign owned) | $1000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Property development | 400000 |
| 1 | Real Estate | Property development (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Commercial Traveler | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Postal Services (Head quarters) | 300000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Postal Services (Municipal/HQS) | 2000000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Postal Services (Town/District) | 100000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Postal Services (Rural) | NIL |
| 1 | Logistics | Courier services or mailing agent | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Courier services or mailing agent (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Expedited mail service | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Expedited mail service (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Utilities | Urban Water Supply | 200000 |
| 1 | Energy | Electricity production and or distribution | 1000000 |
| 1 | Energy | Electricity production and or distribution (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Refining of crude oil | 600000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Supply of marine and aviation fuel | 500000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Supply of marine and aviation fuel (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Production and Distribution of gas Products local | 500000 |
| 1 | ICT | Internet Services provider | 600000 |
| 1 | ICT | Internet Services provider (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | ICT | Internet services provider agent | 400000 |
| 1 | ICT | Internet Surfing/café | 200000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Attended telephone officers | 200000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Telecommunication services including fax email & phones | 300000 |
| 1 | ICT | Selling ICT accessories | 300000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Cellularance telephone operators | 600000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Cellularance telephone operators (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Payphone operators | 400000 |
| 1 | Telecom | Any telecom business in rural areas | 25% of fee |
| 1 | Logistics | Railways transport business | 500000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Railways transport business (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Air transport business | 400000 |
| 1 | Logistics | Air transport business (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Media | Radio and Television | 400000 |
| 1 | Media | Broadcasting television provider | 400000 |
| 1 | Media | Radio/television Transmission station | 300000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Small scale industry | 50000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Medium scale industry | 400000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Large scale industry | 600000 |
| 1 | Hunting | Professional hunters (Local) | $1000 |
| 1 | Hunting | Professional hunters (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Hunting | Other hunters (Local) | $1000 |
| 1 | Hunting | Other hunters (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Gaming | Casino in Dar es Salaam | $40000 |
| 1 | Gaming | Casino in other Towns | $15000 |
| 1 | Gaming | Slot machines per station (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Gaming | Slot machines per station (Foreign owned) | $1000 |
| 1 | Arts & Entertainment | Night clubs | 500000 |
| 1 | Arts & Entertainment | Entertainment halls | 200000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Tourist hotels | 150000+2000/room |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Tourists Lodge | 150000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Tourists Camp | 100000+3000/hud |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Tour Operator (Local) | 200000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Tour Operator (Foreign owned) | $1000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Non-tourists hotel with liquor licence | 100000+1500/room |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Non-tourists hotel without liquor licence | 80000+2000/room |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Non-tourists Lodging houses | 100000+2000/room |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Catering services (Take away) | 100000 |
| 1 | Tourism & Hospitality | Catering services (Mobile catering) | 100000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Export of cattle | 300000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Export of other livestock | 250000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Export of raw materials | 300000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Export of agro commodities | 100000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Export of finishded goods and other commodities | 100000 |
| 1 | Exportation | Transit trade (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Importation | Importation of Merchandise | 400000 |
| 1 | Other Agencies | Motor vehicle dealership | 400000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Motor vehicle assembling | 500000 |
| 1 | Media | Dealers of broadcasting apparatus | 400000 |
| 1 | Arms & Explosives | Dealers in arms and ammunition | 1000000 |
| 1 | Arms & Explosives | Dealers in explosive for mining purposes (Local) | 1000000 |
| 1 | Arms & Explosives | Dealers in explosive for mining purposes (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Regional trading business (City/ Municipal) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Regional trading business (District) | 50000 |
| 1 | Cooperatives | Cooperative Societies | 40000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Building society) | 100000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class I) | 1000000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class II) | 800000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class III) | 700000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class IV) | 650000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class V) | 500000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class VI) | 400000 |
| 1 | Construction | Building Contractors (Class VII) | 300000 |
| 1 | Construction | Any Building Contractors (Foreign owned) | $20000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Business consultancy (Local) | 200000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Business consultancy (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Lawyer (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Lawyer (Foreign owned) | $5000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Tax Practitioner (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Tax Practitioner (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Quantity surveyor (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Quantity surveyor (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Engineers (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Engineers (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Auditor / Accountant (Local) | 300000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Auditor / Accountant (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Medical Practitioner (Local) | 150000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Medical Practitioner (Foreign owned) | $1000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Any other consultancy (Local) | 200000 |
| 1 | Professional Services | Any other consultancy (Foreign owned) | $3000 |
| 1 | Healthcare | Medical clinic | 80000 |
| 1 | Healthcare | Hospital | 150000 |
| 1 | Healthcare | Pharmacy I | 200000 |
| 1 | Healthcare | Pharmacy II | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hardware retail (City/municipal) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hardware retail (District) | 150000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hardware retail (Village) | 60000 |
| 1 | Repairs & Maintenance | Workshop & Garages (City / Municipal) | 150000 |
| 1 | Repairs & Maintenance | Workshop & Garages (District) | 120000 |
| 1 | Repairs & Maintenance | Workshop & Garages (village) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bakeries (City / Municipal) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bakeries (District) | 80000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bakeries (village) | 30000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Timber and furniture retail (City / Municipal) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Timber and furniture retail (District / town) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bookstore and stationery retail (City / Municipal) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bookstore and stationery retail (District / town) | 80000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Bookstore and stationery retail (village) | 20000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Textile and garments retail (City / Municipal) | 150000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Textile and garments retail (District / town) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Textile and garments retail (village) | 50000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Silver and gold smith / dealer (City / Municipal) | 300000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Silver and gold smith / dealer (District / town) | 250000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Silver and gold smith / dealer (village) | 100000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Flour / oil milling (City / Municipal) | 50000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Flour / oil milling (District / town) | 30000 |
| 1 | Manufacturing | Flour / oil milling (village) | 20000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Livestock trading (City / Municipal) | 150000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Livestock trading (District / town) | 80000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Livestock trading (village) | 25000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Butchers (City / Municipal) | 80000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Butchers (District / town) | 60000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Butchers (village) | 10000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Printing and publishing (City / Municipal) | 400000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Printing and publishing (District) | 250000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Printing and publishing (village) | 100000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Petrol and filling stations (City / Municipal) | 200000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Petrol and filling stations (District) | 150000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Petrol and filling stations (village) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Kiosks / Groceries (City / Municipal) | 60000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Kiosks / Groceries (District) | 40000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Kiosks / Groceries (village) | 10000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hair Saloon / barber shop (City / Municipal) | 40000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hair Saloon / barber shop (District) | 20000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Hair Saloon / barber shop (village) | 5000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Beauty clinics (City / Municipal) | 40000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Beauty clinics (District) | 30000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Beauty clinics (village) | 10000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Machinery tools (City / Municipal) | 300000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Machinery tools (District) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Machinery tools (village) | 80000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Motor oils and lubricants (City / Municipal) | 120000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Motor oils and lubricants (District) | 100000 |
| 1 | Petroleum | Motor oils and lubricants (village) | 50000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Selling of fish (City / Municipal) | 40000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Selling of fish (District) | 30000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Selling of fish (village) | 10000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Tea Room (City / Municipal) | 50000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Tea Room (District) | 25000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Tea Room (village) | 5000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Second hand clothes (mitumba) dealers (Wholesale) | 300000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Second hand clothes (mitumba) dealers (Sub-wholesale) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Trading | General Retail Trade (City / Municipal) | 50000 |
| 1 | General Trading | General Retail Trade (Polity) | 30000 |
| 1 | General Trading | General Retail Trade (District) | 15000 |
| 1 | General Trading | General Retail Trade (village) | 5000 |
| 1 | Auctioneers | Auctioneers | 150000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor vehicles spare parts (City / Municipal) | 300000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor vehicles spare parts (District) | 250000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor vehicles spare parts (village) | 30000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor cycles spare parts (City / Municipal) | 120000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor cycles spare parts (District) | 80000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Motor cycles spare parts (village) | 40000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Bicycle spare parts (City / Municipal) | 50000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Bicycle spare parts (District) | 30000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Bicycle spare parts (Minor settlement) | 10000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Bicycle spare parts (Village) | 5000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Industrial spare and tools (City / Municipal) | 300000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Industrial spare and tools (District) | 250000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Industrial spare and tools (village) | 100000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Agricultural implements, flour mills, machines spares (City / Municipal) | 150000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Agricultural implements, flour mills, machines spares (District) | 60000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Agricultural implements, flour mills, machines spares (village) | 20000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Marine spares and tools (City / Municipal) | 250000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Marine spares and tools (District) | 200000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Marine spares and tools (village) | 50000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Domestic appliances retail (City / Municipal) | 200000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Domestic appliances retail (District) | 100000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Domestic appliances retail (village) | 50000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Electrical household items retail (City / Municipal) | 150000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Electrical household items retail (District) | 100000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Electrical household items retail (Minor settlement) | 50000 |
| 1 | Selling spare parts | Electrical household items retail (village) | 10000 |
| 1 | Electrical Contractors | Electrical Contractors (Class A) | 500000 |
| 1 | Electrical Contractors | Electrical Contractors (Class B) | 300000 |
| 1 | Electrical Contractors | Electrical Contractors (Class C) | 200000 |
| 1 | Electrical Contractors | Electrical Contractors (Class D) | 100000 |
| 1 | Electrical Contractors | Electrical Contractors (Foreign owned) | $6000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | General Merchandising (Wholesale) | 300000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | General Merchandising (Sub-wholesale) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Retail shops (City / Municipal) | 70000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Retail shops (District) | 50000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Retail shops (Minor settlement) | 20000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Retail shops (Village) | 8000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Super markets (City / Municipal) | 500000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Super markets (District) | 200000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Super markets (Minor settlement) | 100000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Super markets (Village) | 5000 |
| 1 | General Merchandizing | Departmental stores (City / Municipal) | 400000 |
| 1 | General Trading | Departmental stores (District) | 200000 |
| 98 | Duplicate & Transfer | Endorsement on Transfer of license | 10000 |
| 98 | Duplicate & Transfer | Duplicate licence for lost one | 20000 |
| 100 | Any other business not of national or international nature | Any other business not of national or international nature (City / Municipality) | 80000 |
| 100 | Any other business not of national or international nature | Any other business not of national or international nature (District headquarter) | 50000 |
| 100 | Any other business not of national or international nature | Any other business not of national or international nature (Minor settlement) | 15000 |
| 100 | Any other business not of national or international nature | Any other business not of national or international nature (village) | 5000 |
| 99 | Any other business national or international nature | Any other business national or international nature (Local) | 200000 |
| 99 | Any other business national or international nature | Any other business national or international nature (Foreign owned) | $2000 |
