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San Francisco First Year Free

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
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: Open all year

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

Applies to businesses opening a new location in San Francisco. Certain fee types and licence classes are excluded.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sf.gov/information--first-year-free · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.sf.gov

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