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Business licences issued

Public, not open-licensedArea: City of Victoria Q2 2026 (April to June) · Where this covers

7,215 licences

Getting better

Was 7,004 in Q2 2025 (+3.0%)

Source: City of Victoria, Apr–Jun 2026 · Full source

What it measures

How many business licences the City had issued, as reported in its quarterly economic dashboard, compared with a year earlier.

Why it matters

Licences show businesses registered to operate in the City. They do not show storefront vacancy.

Over time

Line chart, 2 periods from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026. Business licences issued: starts at 7,004 licences (Q2 2025), ends at 7,215 licences (Q2 2026); highest 7,215 licences (Q2 2026), lowest 7,004 licences (Q2 2025). Every value is in the table.7,0007,1007,2007,300202520267,0047,215Q2 2025: 7,004 licencesQ2 2026: 7,215 licences

The scale starts at 7,000 (not zero), so the changes look larger than they would on a scale from zero. Tap, hover or drag along the chart to see each value.

How we decided “getting better”

A higher number means more businesses hold a City licence. 7,215 business licences in Q2 2026 compared with 7,004 a year earlier (+3.0%), as reported in the City's economic dashboard. The rules.

Source

Period
Q2 2026 (April to June)
Licence
Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution. Agency’s terms of use
Updated by agency
Quarterly (City economic dashboard); latest release not stated
Retrieved
Nov 11, 2026, 1:37 AM B.C. time

Source: City of Victoria, Victoria's Economic Dashboard, Q2 2026. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.

Text checked in the agency’s document

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  • Business licences issued Business licences by neighbourhood 2025 2026 7,004 7,215 3%
Show the numbers as a table
Business licences issued, City of Victoria (newest first)
PeriodValue
Q2 20267,215
Q2 20257,004

Keep in mind

  • A licence shows a business is registered to operate in the City; it does not show its size, whether it is open daily, or storefront vacancy.
  • Licences include home-based and non-store businesses and some rental categories, not only storefronts.
  • The City also publishes licence records as open data, but they carry no neighbourhood field, so a downtown-only count is not shown.

Where this covers

Area: City of Victoria

The City of Victoria municipality only, all neighbourhoods.

Included

  • All City of Victoria neighbourhoods, including Downtown, James Bay, Fairfield, Fernwood, Oaklands, Hillside/Quadra, North Park, Burnside, Victoria West, Rockland, Jubilee and Gonzales

Not included

  • Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Langford and every other municipality in the region

Official definition

How the agency describes it: City of Victoria.

Connected to: Business owners, Municipal (licensing). This is a label, not a judgement.

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