San Francisco First Year Free
Status
Always open
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Amount
Not published
Waives most city registration, licence and permit fees for a new San Francisco business during its first year of operation. Value is typically several hundred to a few thousand dollars.
Funder
City and County of San Francisco, Office of Small Business
public · city
Deadline: rolling
Your odds
Not published
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Effort
quick
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- micro enterprises
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- Locally registered entity required
Applies to businesses opening a new location in San Francisco. Certain fee types and licence classes are excluded.
Source. https://www.sf.gov/information--first-year-free — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked