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Although the LLC has many desirable features, it is not suitable for every business. The following businesses may NOT form and operate as California LLCs.
Professional Practices. The practices of specially licensed California professions, such as lawyers, accountants, doctors and other health professionals (the same professions which, if they are incorporated, must be set up as special California “professional” corporations), may NOT be organized as LLCs. The following professionals, in an individual capacity, can only form a professional corporation:
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Accountants |
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Acupuncturists |
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Architects |
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Attorneys |
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Barbers |
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Chiropractors |
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Clinical Social Workers (Licensed) |
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Dentists |
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Doctors |
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Marriage and Family Therapists |
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Naturopathic Doctors |
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Nurses |
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Optometrists |
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Osteopaths |
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Pest control |
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Pharmacists |
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Physical Therapists |
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Physician Assistants |
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Podiatrists |
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Psychologists |
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Shorthand Reporters |
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Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists |
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Veterinarians |
Certain Regulated Businesses. It is important to note that businesses requiring a license, certification, or registration under the California Business and Professions Code may NOT form a California LLC. The following is a list of some of the businesses that may NOT form a California LLC:
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Automotive repair facilities |
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Adult Day Health Center |
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Advertising, outdoor |
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Agricultural chemicals |
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Agricultural pest control |
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Apiaries |
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Artists' managers |
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Automotive repair dealers |
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Bail bondsmen |
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Barbers |
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Beauticians |
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Boats |
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Boxing, wrestling |
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Building and loans |
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Canneries |
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Cattle slaughtering |
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Cemetery brokers, sales |
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Check sellers and cashers |
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Child care centers |
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Cleaning, dyeing, pressing |
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Clinical laboratories |
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Cold storage warehouses |
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Collection agencies |
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Community care facilities |
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Contractors |
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Cosmetologists |
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Detectives, private |
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Egg and dairy producers |
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Employment agencies |
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Engineers |
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Escrow agencies |
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Estheticians |
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Farm labor contractors |
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Fireworks |
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Fish breeders |
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Fish brokers and importers |
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Fish packing and reduction |
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Fish (shellfish cultivation) |
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Fishing, commercial |
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Fishing craft and gear |
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Franchise investments |
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Funeral establishments |
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Furniture and bedding |
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Game breeders |
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Geologists and geophysicists |
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Health centers, clinics, dispensaries |
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Health facility |
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Hearing aid dispensers |
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Horse racing |
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Hospitals |
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Industrial homework |
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Insurance agents, brokers |
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Investment advisers |
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Itinerant merchants |
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Land and photogrammetric surveyors |
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Landscape architects |
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Liquid waste haulers |
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Loans, small |
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Locksmiths |
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Manicurists |
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Meat inspection |
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Milk products, imitation |
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Mineral, oil and gas brokerage |
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Mobile homes and parks |
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Mortgage brokers |
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Motels |
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Motor transportation brokers and agents |
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Motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, |
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Motor vehicle dismantlers |
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Motor vehicle driving schools |
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Motor vehicle salesmen |
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Nursery stock |
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Nurses' registry |
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Nursing home administrators |
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Oil and Gas Well Drilling |
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Opticians, dispensing |
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Optometrists |
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Personal property brokers |
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Pest control |
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Poultry |
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Private Investigators |
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Process servers |
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Processors of farm products |
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Produce dealers |
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Real estate brokers |
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Real estate appraisers |
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Real property securities dealers |
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Security guards |
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Securities agents and broker-dealers |
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Securities depositories |
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Shorthand reporters |
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Structural pest control |
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Surveyors |
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Talent agencies |
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Tax preparers |
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Teachers |
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Trading stamp companies |
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Vehicle verifiers |
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Vessel operators |
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Veterinarians |
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Warehouses, agricultural |
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Warehouses, grain |
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Weighmasters |
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Wharves |
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Yacht and ship brokers |
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