Any store needs to be registered before it can operate. The documents needed to open a breakfast shop are business license and catering service license. To open a general store, you only need to apply for a business license. The handling of business license will use the lease contract of your store. So if you take a fancy to the store, you must sign the lease contract. The place to apply for a business license is the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

a business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in a certain production and business activities.