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Start a restaurant — Maharashtra

Also known as: open a restaurant, restaurant licences Pune, hotel licence Maharashtra, restaurant registration Maharashtra

Every registration and licence a dine-in or takeaway restaurant needs in Maharashtra — what's mandatory for everyone, what depends on your setup (turnover, aggregators, seating), and the order that saves you repeat visits. Fees and timelines are computed from each linked procedure so nothing here goes stale.

6 procedures: 2 required for everyone, 3 depend on your setup, 1 recommended.

Government fee, required items

₹2,020–₹25,050

Some of these fees vary by case, or are only fixed on the official calculator, so treat this total as a rough guide.

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Required for everyone

Shop Act Intimation (Gumasta) — Maharashtrastep 1

Shop & Establishment (Gumasta) registration is the base establishment identity that other licences reference.

₹20–₹50Up to 7d
Trade / Health Licence (Pune Municipal Corporation) — for eating houses & food premisesstep 5

A local-body trade/health licence is required to run food premises within municipal limits. (Dine-in restaurants also generally need a separate police Eating House Licence — see the guide.)

₹2,000–₹25,00015–60d

Depends on your setup

FSSAI Basic Registration (FoSCoS) — food business registrationstep 2

You cannot legally handle or serve food without an FSSAI registration or licence.

Depends on your setup: FSSAI Basic Registration if annual turnover is up to ₹1.5 crore; cross ₹1.5 crore (up to ₹50 crore) and you need the FSSAI State Licence instead. The tier is keyed to TURNOVER — a restaurant that also does take-out or delivery is still a restaurant, so selling on Swiggy/Zomato does not by itself force a higher tier. The platform does, however, require a valid FSSAI number matching your premises address before it activates a listing.

≈ ₹100Up to 7d
Otherwise: FSSAI State Licence (FoSCoS) — mid-size food business licence (₹2,000–₹5,000, 30–60d)
GST Registration — Goods & Services Tax registrationstep 3

Selling through aggregators or crossing the turnover threshold makes GST registration mandatory.

Depends on your setup: GST registration is required once turnover crosses the threshold (₹40L goods / ₹20L services), and irrespective of turnover if you sell through e-commerce operators like Swiggy/Zomato or supply interstate.

Free7–30d
Fire NOC (Maharashtra) — fire safety no-objection certificatestep 6

Fire safety clearance is legally required above prescribed building thresholds and is often demanded by the municipal licence for larger premises.

Depends on your setup: A Fire NOC depends on your BUILDING (height, area, occupancy), not just the restaurant. High-rise/mall premises and larger dine-in setups typically need it; a small eatery in a compliant low-rise may not. Verify for your specific premises.

Free15–60d

Recommended (not legally required)

Udyam Registration (MSME) — free enterprise registrationstep 4

Free MSME registration that unlocks priority-sector lending, tender preferences and delayed-payment protection. Not legally required to operate, but cheap and useful.

FreeUp to 1d

Journey-level pitfalls

  • Costly mistake —Signing the shop lease before checking fire-safety and premises feasibility is the costliest mistake: a building that cannot meet exit-width, staircase or setback norms may never clear a fire inspection, and retrofitting is far more expensive than choosing the right premises. Check feasibility before you sign.
  • Costly mistake —The FSSAI Basic-vs-State fork is decided by TURNOVER: Basic Registration up to ₹1.5 crore, State Licence ₹1.5–50 crore (Central above ₹50 crore), per FSSAI's revised thresholds in force from 01-04-2026. Listing on Swiggy/Zomato does not push a low-turnover restaurant onto the State Licence — but the platform will require a valid FSSAI number matching your premises address before it activates the listing. Getting the tier wrong means paying for the wrong one and re-applying.
  • Sequence saves repeat visits: do Shop Act first, then FSSAI, then the municipal trade/health licence (which usually asks for both), with Fire NOC feasibility checked up front for larger premises. The police Eating House Licence for dine-in is a separate track — start it early because it can take weeks.

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Combined fees and timelines are computed at render from each linked procedure's fee and timeline blocks — never hand-summed here, so they stay accurate as the underlying procedures are updated.

After you finish: staying compliant

Getting these licences is only the start — each carries ongoing obligations (renewals, returns, display and inspection rules). KaamKar tracks them for you.

KaamKar is an independent guide, not a government website. Requirements — especially local-body and fire-safety specifics — vary; confirm each on the official portal linked from its guide. Content prepared to published requirements — no outcomes are guaranteed.