Navigate California business licensing for a janitorial company, including property-service-worker registration

Steps

1. Obtain the standard California business licenses/registrations applicable to any service business (local business license, seller's permit if applicable, workers' compensation insurance, EDD employer registration).
2. Confirm on the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) site whether the company must register under the Property Service Workers Protection Act (AB 1978); as of this writing that annual registration with the Labor Commissioner's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) remains in effect for California janitorial employers/contractors.
3. Complete the annual DLSE janitorial registration application and pay the current registration fee; verify the current fee amount and renewal deadline directly on dir.ca.gov rather than relying on an older cited figure.
4. Ensure compliance with the Act's other components: mandated sexual violence and harassment prevention training for janitorial workers/supervisors, and awareness of successor-employer liability provisions when contracts change hands.
5. Confirm the company appears correctly on DIR's public janitorial contractor registry and renew before expiration to avoid operating with a lapsed registration.