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lopezyes · Sep 1, 2007, 10:03 PM

I need to get my cleaning license but don't know where, I live here in Arizona can someone help me?

Wondergirl · Sep 1, 2007, 10:17 PM

I Googled and found this site for AZ small businesses:

Licensing Information

lopezyes · Sep 1, 2007, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by lopezyes

I need to get my cleaning license but dont know where, i live here in arizona can someone help me?

what's the difference of a trading name and a cleaning license

Wondergirl · Sep 1, 2007, 11:08 PM

You don't need a trade name, but you WILL need a name for your business. Maybe "trading name" is what you will do business as, like, "Clean As A Whistle."

A cleaning license is the state's or county's or city's permission for you to do business. You usually pay once a year for that privilege.

Wondergirl · Sep 1, 2007, 11:24 PM

It sounds like you will be an Independent Contractor, responsible for your own income tax and Social Security payments.

I don't know what "trading name" means. Maybe it means the name you will work under--your real name or a business name. You will kind of be a subcontractor, contracted by a larger company to do various jobs for them. You have specialities maybe or just do general cleaning. Your best bet is to call your public library and ask a reference librarian what "trading name" means in AZ.

Wondergirl · Sep 1, 2007, 11:28 PM

Well, then. I guess you have to come up with a "trade name" to call yourself something. The cleaning license form is on that site I gave you. Insurance will have to be obtained through a company like MetLife or State Farm probably--or at least they would know which companies offer insurance to janitors. (Liability insurance in case you break something?) Do you have to be bonded as extra security?

lopezyes · Sep 1, 2007, 11:35 PM

Yeah A Trading Name It Like Where U Register Your Name So No One Else Can Use It, And Yeah I Need To Get Liabiliy, But Im Having Trouble Getting My License I Don't Know Where.

lopezyes · Sep 1, 2007, 11:37 PM

And What Do I Need To Put On The Site To Get On The CleAning License?

Wondergirl · Sep 1, 2007, 11:42 PM

Click on the link I gave you, then click on Fillable License Application, and fill out the form that pops up. You might be able to do it online or have to print it out. Send it to wherever it says. Be sure you figured out your business name first before you fill out the form.

lopezyes · Sep 1, 2007, 11:44 PM

Okay thank you very much im going to try it right now. Do u know where can i go personly and fill out the application here in phoenix,arizona?