Check the status of your Legacy Business Registry application

We accept applications year-round.

We will contact you by email when we begin reviewing your application materials.

After you submit your application, we review it and help edit it. We process applications in groups of 5-10.

Then we send it to two commissions for approval:

1. Historic Preservation Commission (HPC)
2. Small Business Commission (SBC)

From the time you apply, it can take a few months for approval.

Applications being processed

The following applications were added to the Legacy Business Registry on October 28, 2024.

1. Oscar's Photo Lab
2. PACT, Plan of Action for Challenging Times
3. Shaw Shoes

The following applications will be heard by the HPC on November 6, 2024, and the SBC on December 9, 2024.

1. Geary Print Shop
2. Lehr’s German Specialties

The following applications will be submitted to the HPC on November 6. They will be heard by the HPC on December 4, 2024, and the SBC on December 9, 2024.

1. Ace Mailing
2. African-American Shakespeare Company

Applications currently in review

The following applications are currently in review.

1. Pork Store Café - IN REVIEW
2. Cha Cha Cha
3. Vieni Vieni
4. One Union Recording Studios 
5. Avenues Pet Hospital
6. The Shop on Leland Avenue
7. Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 
8. Shaws San Francisco
9. Roccapulco Supper Club
10. Olajuwon Shoe Shine
11. Rims and Goggles
12. Columbus Cafe
13. Win Long Hardware
14. Physical Therapy of San Francisco
15. Peacock Lounge
16. Felicity's Fetiche
17. Foot Worship
18. 111 Minna Gallery
19. San Francisco Optics by Alexander Daas
20. Haystack Pizza
21. O'Keeffe's Bar
22. Caffe Sport
23. Chile Lindo
24. Kilowatt
25. Phil's Electric Company
26. Phaedrus

Applications reviewed

The following applications are the most recent applications that have been reviewed.

1. Balompie Cafe - REVIEWED
2. The Gables Stationery - REVIEWED
3. Mudpie - REVIEWED
4. Ray's Custom Tailor & Alterations - REVIEWED
5. El Burrito Express - REVIEWED
6. Jazz'z Salon & Boutique - REVIEWED
7. Theatre Rhinoceros - REVIEWED
8. Monroe Personnel Service LLC and Temptime - REVIEWED
9. Gold Mirror Italian Restaurant - REVIEWED
10. Green Earth Natural Foods - REVIEWED
11. Hair Place & More Barber Shop - REVIEWED
12. City Optix - REVIEWED
13. Standard 5&10 Ace Hardware - REVIEWED
14. Standard Metal Products - REVIEWED
15. American Institute of Architects - REVIEWED
16. Walter Adams Framing - REVIEWED
17. Golden Gate Park Band - REVIEWED
18. Great Star Theater - REVIEWED
19. San Francisco Judo Institute - REVIEWED
20. J’s Laundry - REVIEWED