Apply for a taxi transport licence

A taxi transport licence is granted either to a natural person who operates as a private trader (sole trader) or a legal person, such as a limited company or limited partnership.

You can apply for taxi transport licence online in My e-Services under the section road traffic transport licences.

In matters related to transport operations, a natural person selects ‘Personal services’, while a legal person should choose ‘Acting on behalf of a company/an organisation’. This means that a natural person as an applicant or a licence holder always acts as an individual, not as a representative of their company operating under a business name. Only a person with the right to represent the transport company either with an authorisation or without a separate authorisation based on their role recorded in the Finnish Trade Register may act on behalf of a company in the service.

In principle, the application by itself is usually sufficient, as Traficom receives the information necessary for granting the licence from the information systems of other relevant authorities via API queries.

It is not necessary to include a certificate of passing the taxi driver’s examination as an attachment to the application, either; instead, Traficom will receive information on passing the examination directly from the educational organisation.

The application fee of EUR 220 is paid in the service. The fee will not be returned even if the licence is denied or the application is cancelled.

You will receive the licence decision and its attachments by post within approximately 3 weeks of submitting the application. Requests for information and clarifications concerning the application affect the total processing time.