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

Liberecký kraj

Magistrát města Liberce – Odbor správní a živnostenský

nám. Dr. E. Beneše 183/22, 460 01 Liberec

Contact and address

Office hours

Monday 08:00–17:00
Tuesday 08:00–16:00
Wednesday 08:00–17:00
Thursday 08:00–16:00
Friday 08:00–12:00
Saturday 08:00–12:00

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: Liberec — specifically Magistrát města Liberce – Odbor správní a živnostenský — 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, Friday and Saturday (exact time ranges differ by day — see the table above). An alternative to travelling to the office is an electronic trade notification (data box (datová schránka), Citizen Portal (Portál občana)) — it is 200 Kč cheaper than filing here in person. Liberec: several Trade Licensing Offices are based here at the same time, each with its own territorial scope — this is one of them.

How to register your trade here

  1. When to go in person: You can visit in person: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
  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 — Liberecký kraj

Liberecký kraj has 10 municipal Trade Licensing Offices; the regional office is part of Krajský úřad Libereckého kraje in Liberec. 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: Frýdlant, Jablonec nad Nisou, Jilemnice, Liberec, Nový Bor, Semily, Tanvald, Turnov, Česká Lípa, Železný Brod. 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 Libereckého kraje – správní odbor, oddělení Krajský živnostenský úřad (seat: Liberec). 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

Is this office a municipal or regional Trade Licensing Office?
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.
On which days is the office open to the public?
For an in-person filing, allow for office hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (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.
Is there an online alternative to this office?
An in-person visit is not necessary. A trade licence can also be notified electronically via a data box (datová schránka) or the Citizen Portal (Portál občana) — the administrative fee is then 800 Kč instead of 1,000 Kč for an in-person filing.
Where exactly is the office based?
You will find the office at nám. Dr. E. Beneše 183/22, 460 01 Liberec — the map above on this page shows the precise location.
Why are there several Trade Licensing Offices in the same city?
These are separate offices, each with its own territorial scope, which are merely based in the same city — they are not duplicates of one office. A trade notification is accepted by any municipal Trade Licensing Office in the Czech Republic regardless of your residence.