Bakery Licence

The Bakery Licence is for selling baked bread and other bakery products.

It covers plain bread only, without other food products such as sausages or luncheon meat. Most bakeries today actually hold a Food Factory Licence: if you want to make bread in the shop, and the bread may include meat or dairy products, you need a Food Factory Licence.

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Bakery: government licence fees

Floor area	New full licence / year	Renewal / year
Up to 100 m²	1,300	2,710
Over 100, up to 150 m²	1,980	3,390
Over 150, up to 200 m²	3,280	4,690
Over 200, up to 250 m²	4,340	6,050
Over 250, up to 1,000 m²	5,670–23,820	7,380–25,530
Over 1,000 m²	38,630–131,960	40,340–134,440

All amounts in HK dollars. Where a range is shown, FEHD sets the exact charge by the applicable floor-area band. New full-licence fees have excluded the prescribed Fire Services Department fees since 1 November 2025; the renewal scale stays the same. The government charges above are separate from our consultancy fee. Please ask us for the licence application service fee.

Shop requirements

The restaurant must have a bakehouse of at least 12 square metres for retail of bakery products;
and a separate bakehouse of at least 6 square metres for baking.
Approved building types: shopping malls, shops for restaurant use in housing estates, non-industrial commercial buildings / commercial-residential buildings.

Special requirements

These licensed restaurants must apply separately for a Bakery Licence:

Light refreshment restaurants not permitted to make and sell bakery products.
General or light refreshment restaurants with a separate counter for retail of bread and other bakery products baked in the restaurant.

A Bakery Licence covers plain bread only, without meat or dairy products.

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Bakery Licence FAQ

Does every bakery need a Bakery Licence?

No. It depends on the type of bread you sell. Most bakeries today actually hold a Food Factory Licence. If you want to make bread in the shop, and the bread may include meat or dairy products, you need a Food Factory Licence.

Why not a Bakery Licence?

Because a Bakery Licence covers plain bread only (no other food products such as sausages or luncheon meat). Most shops want to sell a wider range of products. Because of these limits, we usually suggest a Food Factory Licence for anyone who wants to run a bakery.

So when do I need a Bakery Licence?

If your restaurant wants to serve bread for dine-in, has bread-making machines on site, and you also want to sell the bread as takeaway, you apply for a Bakery Licence together with your restaurant licence.