Online
On the DCA website you can:
- Live chat with a DCA representative
- Learn about laws you need to know and obey
- Learn about other licenses you might need
- Download valuable publications, tips, and FAQs
- Request an inspection
- Read checklists to learn what DCA inspectors look for in your industry and avoid violations
- Learn how to handle consumer complaints
- Pay fines by credit card
- Resolve a DCA violation
- Update important business information, including your contact information, your name or business name, or corporate officer information
- Request the replacement of a lost, stolen, or damaged DCA license document
- Download DCA's model contracts and model receipts, required signs, and other templates
Go to the DCA Business Toolbox.
With a DCA online account, you can:
- Access your DCA records
- Renew a license
- Change address
- Change name
- Change officer information
- Request license replacement
- Follow the status of applications
- Submit additional documents as part of your license application (if you submitted your application at the DCA Licensing Center)
Log in or register for a DCA account.
In Person
- DCA Licensing Center
42 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Wed: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
- NYC Small Business Support Center
90-27 Sutphin Boulevard, 4th Floor
Jamaica, NY 11435
Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
The centers are closed on major holidays. If you need to take an exam, you should arrive before 3 PM.
By Phone
