A business license is required. If you don’t have a business license to open a Douyin store, it is recommended to apply for one, because if you want to open a Douyin store, a business license is essential. Individuals need to register a business license for individual industrial and commercial households, and enterprises need a business license for enterprises. [Legal basis] Article 7 of the "Company Law" stipulates that a company established in accordance with the law shall be issued a company business license by the company registration authority. The date of issuance of the company's business license is the date of establishment of the company. The company's business license shall state the company's name, address, registered capital, business scope, name of the legal representative and other matters. If there is a change in the matters recorded in the company's business license, the company shall go through the change registration in accordance with the law, and the company registration authority shall reissue the business license.