Arkansas Business Licenses
General Arkansas Guides & Resources
These guides provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for starting a business or nonprofit, registering with state authorities, and establishing a compliant organization.
Business Resources:
Fast easy instructions and affordable support for filing your Arkansas annual report.
Get your Arkansas construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Arkansas. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Arkansas. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Arkansas. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Arkansas Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Arkansas today! Our affordable formation services are state-specific.
Nonprofit Resources:
How to Start a Nonprofit Organization
Total cost, time, and how to start a nonprofit in Arkansas. Instruction and services to assist with your non-profit formation.
Comprehensive solutions (and free resources) to help manage your fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities in Arkansas, and across the US.
Arkansas Business Licenses for Regulated Industries
Our licensing guides provide a wealth of information including requirements, filing instructions, fees, timelines to licensure, and more for a range of industries and activities.
Arkansas Corporate Filings
These web pages provide detailed information on state filings required to form an entity, register a name, gain authority to operate, maintain good standing, and more.
Arkansas Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Arkansas Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Arkansas Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Arkansas Sales Tax Exemption
- Arkansas Tax Clearance Certificate
- Arkansas Tax Exemption
Arkansas State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Arkansas that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Alcohol Beverage Control
- Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board
- Attorney General - Public Protection Department
- Contractors Licensing Board
- Department of Agriculture - Plant Industries Division - Hemp Research Licensing Program
- Department of Agriculture - Plant Industries Division - Seed Section
- Department of Environmental Quality - Office of Air Quality
- Department of Finance and Administration
- Department of Finance and Administration - Miscellaneous Tax Section
- Department of Health
- Department of Health - HVAC/R Program
- Department of Health - Plumbing & Natural Gas Program
- Department of Insurance - Division of Finance
- Department of Labor
- Department of Labor - Electrical Inspection and Licensing Division
- Department of Workforce Services
- Insurance Department
- Insurance Department - Product Compliance Division
- Real Estate Commission
- Secretary of State - Business and Commercial Services Division (BCS)
- Secretary of State - Business and Commercial Services Division (BCS) (Charities)
- State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects & Interior Designers
- State Board of Collection Agencies
- State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors
- State Board of Pharmacy
- State Board of Public Accountancy
- State Board of Registration for Professional Geologists
- State Police
Arkansas Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Arkansas that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Arkansas County
- Ashley County
- Baxter County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chicot County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Conway County
- Craighead County
- Crawford County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Faulkner County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Greene County
- Hempstead County
- Hot Spring County
- Howard County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Lincoln County
- Little River County
- Logan County
- Lonoke County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Newton County
- Ouachita County
- Perry County
- Phillips County
- Pike County
- Poinsett County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Searcy County
- Sebastian County
- Sevier County
- Sharp County
- St. Francis County
- Stone County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Yell County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Adona
- Alexander
- Alma
- Altheimer
- Amity
- Arkadelphia
- Arkansas State University
- Armorel
- Ash Flat
- Ashdown
- Augusta
- Bald Knob
- Barling
- Batesville
- Bauxite
- Bay
- Beebe
- Bella Vista
- Benton
- Bentonville
- Berryville
- Bigelow
- Blytheville
- Booneville
- Bradford
- Branch
- Brinkley
- Brockwell
- Brookland
- Bryant
- Burdette
- Cabot
- Calico Rock
- Camden
- Carlisle
- Carthage
- Cave City
- Center Ridge
- Charleston
- Charlotte
- Cherokee Village
- Clarendon
- Clarksville
- Clinton
- Compton
- Conway
- Corning
- Crossett
- Danville
- Dardanelle
- De Queen
- Decatur
- Dermott
- Des Arc
- DeWitt
- Dumas
- Dyess
- El Dorado
- Elm Springs
- England
- Enola
- Eureka Springs
- Fairfield Bay
- Farmington
- Fayetteville
- Flippin
- Floral
- Fordyce
- Forrest City
- Fort Smith
- Fountain Hill
- Friendship
- Gassville
- Gentry
- Gillham
- Glenwood
- Gould
- Grady
- Gravette
- Greenbrier
- Greenwood
- Guion
- Hackett
- Hamburg
- Hampton
- Hardy
- Harrisburg
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Hatfield
- Hattieville
- Hazen
- Heber Springs
- Hector
- Helena
- Helena-West Helena
- Higden
- Hope
- Hot Springs
- Hot Springs National Park
- Hot Springs Village
- Hoxie
- Humphrey
- Huntsville
- Imboden
- Jacksonville
- Jasper
- Jessieville
- Joiner
- Jonesboro
- Keiser
- Kensett
- Lake Village
- Lavaca
- Lead Hill
- Lepanto
- Leslie
- Lincoln
- Little Rock
- Little Rock Air Force Base
- Lockesburg
- London
- Lonoke
- Lowell
- Luxora
- Lynn
- Mabelvale
- Magnolia
- Malvern
- Mammoth Spring
- Mansfield
- Marianna
- Marion
- Marked Tree
- Marmaduke
- Marshall
- Maumelle
- Maynard
- McCrory
- McGehee
- McRae
- Melbourne
- Mena
- Monticello
- Morrilton
- Mount Holly
- Mount Ida
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- Mountain Home
- Mountain View
- Mountainburg
- Nashville
- Newark
- Newport
- Norfork
- Norman
- North Little Rock
- Osceola
- Ozark
- Palestine
- Paragould
- Paris
- Pea Ridge
- Pearcy
- Piggott
- Pine Bluff
- Plainview
- Plumerville
- Pocahontas
- Poplar Grove
- Pottsville
- Prairie Grove
- Prescott
- Quitman
- Rector
- Rison
- Rogers
- Romance
- Rosston
- Russellville
- Salem
- Saratoga
- Scotland
- Searcy
- Sheridan
- Sherwood
- Siloam Springs
- Smackover
- Springdale
- Stamps
- Star City
- Stuttgart
- Subiaco
- Sulphur Rock
- Swifton
- Texarkana
- Timbo
- Tontitown
- Trumann
- Valley Springs
- Van Buren
- Vilonia
- Waldo
- Waldron
- Walnut Ridge
- Ward
- Warren
- Washington
- Weiner
- West Fork
- West Helena
- West Memphis
- White Hall
- Winslow
- Wiseman
- Wrightsville
- Wynne
- Yellville
