Licensed contractors: register yourself or authorized agents on PermitSF

Get a streamlined permitting experience by pre-registering yourself or your staff.

What to know

You must be the license-holding owner of a contracting company to use this form.

Registered authorized agents will no longer need to provide authorized agent forms nor driver’s licenses when applying for a permit.

You must be the license-holding owner of a contracting company to use this form.

Registered authorized agents will no longer need to provide authorized agent forms nor driver’s licenses when applying for a permit.

We will ask you for:

Your business name or California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) number
Your San Francisco Business Account Number (BAN)
An image of a government-issued ID, like your Driver’s License, state-issued ID card, alien registration card, passport, or form notarization

We will also ask you for the full name and email address for each authorized agent you want to add.

Apply online at PermitSF.

We will review your application and connect any potential authorized agents to your license in PermitSF within 2 business days.

Each authorized agent will need to create their own PermitSF account using the same email you provided.

Follow these steps to edit your contractor authorization record:

Sign into your PermitSF profile.
Once logged in, go to your “Dashboard” on the left side of the screen.
Under “Action Required,” locate “Renew your Contractor Authorization” and select “Renew Now.”