A practical guide to trade licences, self-employment and business in Czechia

Jihočeský kraj

Městský úřad Prachatice – Odbor obecní živnostenský úřad

Velké náměstí 3, 383 01 Prachatice

Contact and address

Office hours

Monday 08:00–17:00
Tuesday 08:00–10:45
Wednesday 08:00–17:00
Thursday 08:00–10:45
Friday 08:00–10:45

We recommend checking the office hours and exact address at rzp.gov.cz.

Don't want to go to the office?

You can register your trade licence online too, without visiting the office and 200 Kč cheaper.

Online registration guide In-person process

About this office

Municipal Trade Licensing Office, seat: Prachatice — specifically Městský úřad Prachatice – Odbor obecní živnostenský úřad — is one of the 227 offices established at municipalities with extended powers (ORP). For an in-person visit, use the office hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (exact time ranges differ by day — see the table above). Do you want to avoid travelling? A trade licence can also be notified electronically — via a data box (datová schránka) or the Citizen Portal (Portál občana) for 800 Kč instead of 1,000 Kč for an in-person filing.

How to register your trade here

  1. When to go in person: You can visit in person: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
  2. Fee: The fee for your first trade registration is 1,000 Kč at the counter, or 800 Kč for an electronic filing.
  3. Or skip the trip: You can also file electronically via a data box (datová schránka) or the Portál občana — www.rzp.gov.cz
  4. What happens next: If your notification meets the requirements, your licence takes effect on the day you file, and you will get the register extract within 5 working days. Full details are in the article Trade registration step by step.

Registering a trade — Jihočeský kraj

Jihočeský kraj covers the trade licensing agenda through 17 municipal Trade Licensing Offices, distributed from České Budějovice to the border areas in the south. Municipal Trade Licensing Offices are established by law only at municipalities with extended powers (ORP) — not at every town hall, but at selected offices that also handle the agenda for surrounding municipalities in their administrative district. In this region, they are based specifically in these cities: Blatná, Dačice, Jindřichův Hradec, Kaplice, Milevsko, Prachatice, Písek, Soběslav, Strakonice, Trhové Sviny, Tábor, Týn nad Vltavou, Třeboň, Vimperk, Vodňany, České Budějovice, Český Krumlov. Any of these offices can accept a trade notification regardless of where in the region (or outside it) you have permanent residence or registered seat (sídlo) — the law sets no local competence based on residence. Which municipal office in the region you choose is entirely up to you — all have the same authority to accept a notification regardless of your permanent residence. Apart from an in-person visit, any Czech POINT contact point can also accept the filing and forward it to the competent Trade Licensing Office under § 72 of the Trade Licensing Act. Above the municipal offices stands the regional Trade Licensing Office — in this region it is Krajský úřad Jihočeského kraje – Odbor právní a krajský živnostenský úřad (seat: České Budějovice). It is an appeal and methodological authority: it decides appeals against municipal office decisions and harmonises their practice, but it does not accept trade notifications themselves — for those, you turn to the municipal offices listed above. Travelling to an office can be replaced by an electronic filing via a data box (datová schránka) or the Citizen Portal (Portál občana) — it is 200 Kč cheaper (800 Kč instead of 1,000 Kč).

Frequently asked questions

Can I file a trade notification here directly, or will I be sent elsewhere?
This office is among the 227 municipal Trade Licensing Offices that actually accept and process trade notifications — unlike a regional office, which only supervises and decides appeals.
What public office hours does this office have?
For an in-person filing, allow for office hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (exact time ranges differ by day — see the table above). The precise and current schedule is in the office-hours table above on this page.
Can the notification be filed without travelling to this office?
Electronic notification via a data box (datová schránka) or the Citizen Portal (Portál občana) replaces the in-person visit and is also cheaper — 800 Kč instead of 1,000 Kč.
What is the exact address of this office?
You will find the office at Velké náměstí 3, 383 01 Prachatice — the map above on this page shows the precise location.
Am I tied to this office by permanent residence?
You can choose any of the 227 municipal Trade Licensing Offices in the country — the law sets no local competence based on residence.