Business License

If you operate a business than you will need to have a business license.  Business licenses are issued at the local government level and they generally require a payment based on the revenue that your company generates.  Typically the fees are not extremely high, but they are required in all 50 states.

Find out how to get your business license

You can locate your local business office using one of the links below.

1. Alabama - http://www.ador.state.al.us/licenses/authrity.html
   
2. Alaska - http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/buslic.htm
   
3. Arizona - http://www.revenue.state.az.us/license.htm
   
4. Arkansas - http://www.state.ar.us/online_business.php
   
5. California - http://www.calgold.ca.gov/
   
6. Colorado - http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/obd/blid.htm
   
7. Connecticut - http://www.state.ct.us/
   
8. Delaware - http://www.state.de.us/revenue/obt/obtmain.htm
   
9. District of Columbia - http://www.dcra.dc.gov/
   
10. Florida - http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/businesses/
    
11. Georgia - http://www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/regforms.htm
    
12. Hawaii - http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/start/starting.html
    
13. Idaho - http://www.idoc.state.id.us/Pages/BUSINESSPAGE.html
    
14. Illinois - http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/business_services/business.html
    
15. Indiana - http://www.state.in.us/sic/owners/ia.html
    
16. Iowa - http://www.iowasmart.com/blic/
    
17. Kansas - Not available at this time
    
18. Kentucky - http://www.thinkkentucky.com/kyedc/ebpermits.asp
    
19. Louisiana - Not available at this time
    
20. Maine - http://www.econdevmaine.com/biz-develop.htm
    
21. Maryland - http://www.dllr.state.md.us/
    
22. Massachusetts - http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cor/coridx.htm
    
23. Michigan - http://medc.michigan.org/services/startups/index2.asp
    
24. Minnesota - http://www.dted.state.mn.uss
    
25. Mississippi - http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/mssbdc/going_intobus.html
    
26. Missouri - http://www.ded.state.mo.us/business/businesscenter/
    
27. Montana - http://www.state.mt.us/sos/biz.htm
    
28. Nebraska - Not available at this time
    
29. New Hampshire - http://www.nhsbdc.org/startup.htm
    
30. New Jersey - http://www.state.nj.us/njbiz/s_lic_and_cert.shtml
    
31. New York - http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/licensing.html
    
32. New Mexico - Not available at this time
    
33. Nevada - Not available at this time
    
34. North Carolina - http://www.secstate.state.nc.us/secstate/blio/default.htm
    
35. North Dakota - http://www.state.nd.us/sec/
    
36. Ohio - http://www.state.oh.us/sos/business_services_information.htm
    
37. Oklahoma - http://www.okonestop.com/
    
38. Oregon - http://www.filinginoregon.com
    
39. Pennsylvania - http://www.paopenforbusiness.state.pa.us
    
40. Rhode Island - http://www.corps.state.ri.us/firststop/index.asp
    
41. South Carolina - http://www.state.sd.us/STATE/sitecategory.cfm?mp=Licenses/Occupations
    
42. South Dakota - Not available at this time
    
43. Tennessee - Not available at this time
    
44. Texas - http://www.tded.state.tx.us/guide/
    
45. Utah - http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/web/commerce/admin/licen.htm
    
46. Vermont -http://www.sec.state.vt.us/
    
47. Virginia - http://www.dba.state.va.us/licenses/
    
48. Washington - http://www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/limsnet.htm
    
49. West Virginia - http://www.state.wv.us/taxrev/busreg.html
    
50. Wisconsin - http://www.wdfi.org/corporations/forms/
    
51. Wyoming - http://soswy.state.wy.us/corporat/corporat.htm