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Bexar County Clerk

In short

Bexar County Clerk issues 2 permits we publish for Bexar County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Assumed Name Certificate (DBA) FilingBexar County Clerk$13.00 for the first owner named, plus $0.50 for each additional owner. A plain copy of a filed certificate is $2.00; a certified copy is $7.00; notarization/acknowledgment by a County Clerk deputy is $1.00.Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 71 sets a 10-year term for an assumed name certificate; the Bexar County Clerk's own page does not restate the term separately2026-09-28
General Business License — Bexar County Positiononly if it applies to youBexar County ClerkNo feenot applicable — the County Clerk's page states that Assumed Name Certificates are not business licenses and refers license questions to the City of San Antonio2026-09-28

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Assumed Name Certificate (DBA) Filing

A sole proprietorship or partnership operating in Bexar County under a name other than the owner's own legal name files an Assumed Name Certificate (DBA) with the Bexar County Clerk, countywide, including inside San Antonio; a corporation or LLC files its assumed name with the Texas Secretary of State instead. The Clerk's own filing fee is $13.00 for the first owner named plus $0.50 for each additional owner, with a $2.00 plain copy, a $7.00 certified copy, and a $1.00 notarization/acknowledgment fee by a deputy clerk. The Clerk's own page states plainly that these filings 'are not business licenses' and directs business-license questions to the City of San Antonio; this filing exists purely to put the public on notice of who owns a business operating under a trade name.

General Business License — Bexar County Position

No fee applies. The County's own Businesses page lists no county general business license among its programs, and the County Clerk's Assumed Name Certificate page states directly that 'Assumed Name Certificates are not business licenses. To determine if a business license is required, contact the City of San Antonio.' What the County does license is a short, named list of specific programs — food establishments, on-site sewage, unincorporated-area building and fire-code items, floodplain, stormwater, right-of-way, the TABC local fee, and the Clerk's assumed-name filing — each listed as a separate Bexar County requirement where it reaches one of the ten industries. Any business physically located inside San Antonio or another incorporated city should also check that city's own licensing requirements, which are out of scope here.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Bexar County
Phone
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Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Assumed Business Names/DBAs (filing and copy fees)Bexar County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  2. Businesses (the County's own index of business-facing programs; contains no general business license, veterinary, salon, fitness-studio, or auto-repair license)Bexar County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 71, Assumed Business or Professional NameTexas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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