Approved Open & Closed Businesses

In all cases, physical distancing & face coverings are required. The State lifted its Regional Stay at Home Order on January 25, 2021. Alameda County will update this list of Approved Open & Closed Businesses to reflect Purple Tier permitted and restricted activities and businesses per the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

Open ✓

• Acupuncture, Acupressure & Chiropractic Services (medically necessary only) ✓
• Athletic Fields for use by people within the same household or for Youth Sports in compliance with State restrictions as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Automobile & Bicycle Repair ✓
• Car Washes ✓
• Childcare Facilities ✓
• Construction ✓
• Critical Infrastructure per the State ✓
• Dental Care ✓
• Drive-thru food and essential item distribution event ✓
• Financial Institutions ✓
• Funeral Homes, Mortuaries & Cemeteries ✓
• Gas Stations ✓
• Golf (use of carts is limited to single users unless both users are from the same household) ✓
• Government Services ✓
• Grocery & Other Food Stores (35% capacity, entrance metering, and no eating and drinking in store) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Gyms, Fitness Centers, Non-Contact Fitness Classes, Dance Studios & Other Exercise Facilities Outdoor Only with Purple Tier modifications and County modifications as of 12/7/20 ✓
  Note: Indoor pools allowed to be open for only drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors. Indoor and outdoor hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close.
• Higher Education (may offer in-person instruction for clinical training or classes and laboratory or studio classes only. In-person instruction is otherwise prohibited.) ✓
• Hotels and short-term lodging rentals open to support critical infrastructure only as of 12/7/20 ✓
  Note: Fitness centers, indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms must close.
• K-12 Schools (only for schools that have opened for in-person instruction before November 18. Alameda County is not accepting elementary school waivers) ✓  
• Laundromats & Dry Cleaning ✓
• Library (20% capacity) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Malls/Shopping Centers open with Purple Tier modifications (20% capacity with entrance metering, food courts and common areas closed, and no eating or drinking in the stores) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Manufacturing ✓
• Moving companies & storage ✓
• Outdoor Basketball & Volleyball Courts for use by people within the same household only as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Outdoor Playgrounds in compliance with State modifications as of 12/9/20 ✓
• Outdoor Recording, Live-Streaming, Broadcasting with  County modifications ✓
• Outdoor Recreation Facilities (outdoor operation only). No food, drink, or alcohol sales as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Outdoor Seasonal Markets open with Purple Tier modifications (20% capacity with entrance metering, and no eating or drinking) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Outdoor Swimming Pools ✓
  Note:  Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms must close.
• Outdoor Wedding Ceremony & Funeral Service (100 people maximum recommended) ✓
• Parks (including skate parks & dog parks, but BBQ and picnic areas to be closed because of no sitting and gathering per the State) ✓
• Pet grooming, walking, training (curbside pickup and drop-off only) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Pharmacies & Medical Supply (20% capacity) as of 12/7/20 ✓
• Places of Worship & Cultural Ceremonies (Outdoor only and 100 people maximum recommended) ✓
• Political Gatherings/Protests with Physical Distancing ✓  
• Professional Sports with the prior written approval of the Health Officer (without live audience) ✓   
• Public & Private Transportation Services ✓  
• Real Estate Transaction ✓
• Residential & Commercial Maintenance Services ✓
• Restaurants take-out and delivery only as of 12/7/20 ✓  
• Retail Stores including auto sales (20% capacity) with entrance metering, no eating or drinking in stores, and special hours for seniors and others with compromised immune systems as of 12/7/20 ✓  
• Retail Supply Chain Businesses ✓
• Small Youth Cohorts (non-sport, non-school based, and non-child care related youth activities including distance learning, before/after school programs, day camps, and extracurricular activities) allowed indoors and outdoors in cohorts ✓  
• Tennis & Pickleball Courts (singles only) ✓
• Tutoring one-on-one or in compliance with the State cohort requirements ✓
• Vehicle-Based Gatherings in compliance with the Vehicle-Based Gathering Order ✓
• Veterinary Care ✓ 
• Youth Sports (school-based and non-school based, club, and recreational programs in cohorts, outdoors only, no close contact ,and no competition – conditioning and individual skill training only) ✓