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

Královéhradecký kraj

Městský úřad Nové Město nad Metují – Odbor správní - Obecní živnostenský úřad

náměstí Republiky 6, 549 01 Nové Město nad Metují

Contact and address

Office hours

Monday 08:00–17:00
Tuesday 07:30–15:00
Wednesday 08:00–17:00
Thursday 07:30–14:00
Friday closed

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: Nové Město nad Metují — specifically Městský úřad Nové Město nad Metují – Odbor správní - 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 and Thursday (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.
  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 — Královéhradecký kraj

Královéhradecký kraj has 15 municipal Trade Licensing Offices; the regional Trade Licensing Office is a department of Krajský úřad Královéhradeckého kraje in Hradec Králové. 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: Broumov, Dobruška, Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Hořice, Hradec Králové, Jaroměř, Jičín, Kostelec nad Orlicí, Nová Paka, Nové Město nad Metují, Nový Bydžov, Náchod, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Trutnov, Vrchlabí. 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 Královéhradeckého kraje – Odbor majetkosprávní a krajský živnostenský úřad, oddělení krajský živnostenský úřad (seat: Hradec Králové). 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. Electronic notification via a data box (datová schránka) or the Citizen Portal (Portál občana) is cheaper than filing in person — 800 Kč instead of 1,000 Kč — and does not require visiting any office in the region.

Frequently asked questions

Can I file a trade notification here directly, or will I be sent elsewhere?
This is a municipal Trade Licensing Office — you can notify a trade licence directly here. Under § 10 of the Trade Licensing Act, authorisation for a notifiable trade arises on the day of notification; the office issues the extract from the Trade Register within 5 working days of delivery.
On which days is the office open to the public?
For an in-person filing, allow for office hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (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?
The notification can also be filed electronically (data box (datová schránka), Citizen Portal (Portál občana)) for 800 Kč, which is 200 Kč less than an in-person filing — travelling to the office is therefore not mandatory.
What is the exact address of this office?
You will find the office at náměstí Republiky 6, 549 01 Nové Město nad Metují — the map above on this page shows the precise location.
Do I have to go specifically to this office, or will another one also accept me?
The notification will be accepted by any of the 227 municipal Trade Licensing Offices in the Czech Republic — you are not tied by permanent residence or registered seat (sídlo).