there is pre-approval for opening a restaurant to apply for a business license, that is, you must apply for a Catering Service License in advance before you can apply for a business license in the industrial and commercial department. First, the process of handling the catering service license: 1. Submit the application materials to the Food and Drug Administration or the service window of the government affairs hall of the local government (the situation varies from place to place, you can inquire in advance). Materials include: application for catering service license; Notice of pre-approval of enterprise name (handled by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in advance); The use certificate of the catering service place and the schematic diagram of equipment layout, technological process and sanitary facilities; A copy of the owner's identity certificate; A copy of the training certificate for food safety management personnel (training and evidence collection are required in advance); Rules and regulations to ensure food safety, etc. 2, the food and drug supervision department according to the prescribed procedures for review, to meet the requirements of the issuance of "catering service license". Second, if your scale is small, it is recommended to apply for a business license for individual industrial and commercial households, with low cost and simple procedures. The specific process: with the catering service license, personal identity certificate, business site certificate (rental contract or real estate license) and the pre-approval notice of enterprise name handled in the first step at the industrial and commercial bureau, go to the industrial and commercial bureau in the jurisdiction to collect and fill out the Application Form for Registration of Industrial and Commercial Self-employed Persons, and submit it to the industrial and commercial bureau together. After passing the examination, the business license can be issued within 5 working days at most. Regarding the cost, the situation varies from place to place, with slight differences. There is no charge for the pre-approval of enterprise name by the industrial and commercial department and the catering service license by the Food and Drug Administration according to the regulations, but there are also places that charge 11-21 yuan for the catering service license and 51-61 yuan for the pre-approval of enterprise name; According to the regulations, the standard of registration fee for business license is 21 yuan, but many places still charge other fees, such as membership fees of individual associations, which add up to about 1 ***111 yuan.