Colorado Business Licenses
General Colorado 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:
Annual Report / Periodic Report
Fast easy instructions and affordable support for filing your Colorado periodic report (annual report).
Get your Colorado construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Colorado. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Colorado. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Colorado. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Colorado Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Colorado 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 Colorado. 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 Colorado, and across the US.
Colorado 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.
Colorado 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.
Colorado Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Colorado Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Colorado Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Colorado Sales Tax Exemption
- Colorado Tax Clearance Certificate
- Colorado Tax Exemption
Colorado State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Colorado that a business should check for business license requirements.
- State Board of Registered Psychotherapists
- Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
- Board of Nursing
- Dental Board
- Department of Agriculture - Industrial Hemp Program
- Department of Agriculture - Nursery Program
- Department of Agriculture - Seed Program
- Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
- Department of Labor and Employment
- Department of Public Health & Environment - Asbestos Program
- Department of Regulatory Agencies - Division of Insurance
- Department of Regulatory Agencies - Electrical Board
- Department of Regulatory Agencies - State Plumbing Board
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Revenue - Liquor Enforcement Division
- Department of Transportation
- Division of Real Estate
- Electrical Board
- Medical Board
- Office of Acupuncture Licensure
- Office of Athletic Trainers
- Office of Audiology Licensure
- Office of Barber and Cosmetology Licensure
- Office of Boxing and the Boxing Commission
- Office of Direct-Entry Midwifery Registration
- Office of Funeral Home and Crematory Registration
- Office of Hearing Aid Provider Licensure
- Office of Massage Therapy Licensure
- Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration
- Office of Occupational Therapy
- Office of Outfitters Registration
- Office of Private Investigator Licensure
- Office of Respiratory Therapy Licensure
- Office of Speech-Language Pathology Certification
- Office of Surgical Assistant & Surgical Technologist Registration
- Office of the Attorney General - Collection Agency Regulation (CAR) Program
- Passenger Tramway Safety Board
- Podiatry Board
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of State - Business & Licensing Division - Durable Medical Equipment Program
- Secretary of State (Charities)
- State Board of Accountancy
- State Board of Addiction Counselor Examiners
- State Board of Landscape Architects
- State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners
- State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
- State Board of Marriage and Family Therapist Examiners
- State Board of Optometry
- State Board of Pharmacy
- State Board of Psychologist Examiners
- State Board of Social Work Examiners
- State Board of Veterinary Medicine
- State Physical Therapy Board
- State Plumbing Board
Colorado Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Colorado that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Adams County
- Alamosa County
- Arapahoe County
- Archuleta County
- Baca County
- Bent County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Chaffee County
- Cheyenne County
- Clear Creek County
- Conejos County
- Costilla County
- Crowley County
- Custer County
- Delta County
- Denver County
- Dolores County
- Douglas County
- Eagle County
- El Paso County
- Elbert County
- Fremont County
- Garfield County
- Gilpin County
- Grand County
- Gunnison County
- Hinsdale County
- Huerfano County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Kiowa County
- Kit Carson County
- La Plata County
- Lake County
- Larimer County
- Las Animas County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Mesa County
- Mineral County
- Moffat County
- Montezuma County
- Montrose County
- Morgan County
- Otero County
- Ouray County
- Park County
- Phillips County
- Pitkin County
- Prowers County
- Pueblo County
- Rio Blanco County
- Rio Grande County
- Routt County
- Saguache County
- San Juan County
- San Miguel County
- Sedgwick County
- Summit County
- Teller County
- Washington County
- Weld County
- Yuma County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Agate
- Akron
- Alamosa
- Allenspark
- Alma
- Anton
- Arapahoe
- Arvada
- Aspen
- Aspen Park
- Ault
- Aurora
- Austin
- Avon
- Bailey
- Basalt
- Bayfield
- Bellvue
- Bennett
- Berthoud
- Bethune
- Black Forest
- Black Hawk
- Boulder
- Breckenridge
- Briggsdale
- Brighton
- Broomfield
- Brush
- Buena Vista
- Buffalo Creek
- Burlington
- Byers
- Calhan
- Campo
- Canon City
- Carbondale
- Castle Pines
- Castle Rock
- Cedaredge
- Centennial
- Center
- Central City
- Cheraw
- Cherry Hills Village
- Cheyenne Wells
- Clifton
- Coal Creek
- Collbran
- Colorado City
- Colorado Springs
- Columbine
- Commerce City
- Cortez
- Craig
- Crawford
- Creede
- Crested Butte
- Cripple Creek
- Dacono
- De Beque
- Deer Trail
- Del Norte
- Delta
- Denver
- Dillon
- Dinosaur
- Divide
- Dolores
- Dove Creek
- Dumont
- Dupont
- Durango
- Eagle
- Eastlake
- Eaton
- Edwards
- Elbert
- Eldorado Springs
- Elizabeth
- Empire
- Englewood
- Erie
- Estes Park
- Evergreen
- Fairplay
- Firestone
- Flagler
- Fleming
- Florence
- Florissant
- Fort Carson
- Fort Collins
- Fort Lupton
- Fort Morgan
- Fountain
- Franktown
- Fraser
- Frederick
- Frisco
- Fruita
- Georgetown
- Gilcrest
- Glen Haven
- Glendale
- Glenwood Springs
- Golden
- Granby
- Grand Junction
- Grand Lake
- Grant
- Greeley
- Greenwood Village
- Grover
- Guffey
- Gunnison
- Gypsum
- Hartman
- Haxtun
- Hayden
- Henderson
- Highlands Ranch
- Holyoke
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Hotchkiss
- Hudson
- Hugo
- Hygiene
- Idaho Springs
- Idledale
- Ignacio
- Indian Hills
- Jamestown
- Jefferson
- Joes
- Johnstown
- Julesburg
- Keenesburg
- Ken Caryl
- Kersey
- Keystone
- Kiowa
- Kittredge
- Kremmling
- La Jara
- La Junta
- La Salle
- Lafayette
- Lakewood
- Lamar
- Laporte
- Larkspur
- Las Animas
- Leadville
- Limon
- Littleton
- Livermore
- Lone Tree
- Longmont
- Louisville
- Louviers
- Loveland
- Lyons
- Mancos
- Manitou Springs
- Mead
- Meeker
- Merino
- Mesa
- Minturn
- Moffat
- Monte Vista
- Montrose
- Monument
- Morrison
- Mosca
- Nederland
- New Castle
- Niwot
- North Washington
- Northglenn
- Nucla
- Nunn
- Oak Creek
- Otis
- Ouray
- Ovid
- Pagosa Springs
- Palmer Lake
- Paonia
- Parachute
- Parker
- Peetz
- Penrose
- Peyton
- Pine
- Pinecliffe
- Pitkin
- Platteville
- Pleasant View
- Pueblo
- Pueblo West
- Rangely
- Raymer
- Red Feather Lakes
- Ridgway
- Rifle
- Rocky Ford
- Roggen
- Roxborough Park
- Rye
- Saguache
- Salida
- San Luis
- Sanford
- Security-Widefield
- Sedalia
- Shawnee
- Sherrelwood
- Silt
- Silver Plume
- Silverthorne
- Silverton
- Simla
- Snowmass
- Somerset
- Springfield
- Steamboat Springs
- Sterling
- Stoneham
- Strasburg
- Superior
- Telluride
- The Pinery
- Thornton
- Towaoc
- Trinidad
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Vail
- Victor
- Vilas
- Walden
- Walsenburg
- Ward
- Weldona
- Wellington
- West Pleasant View
- Westcliffe
- Westminster
- Wheat Ridge
- Wiggins
- Windsor
- Winter Park
- Wolcott
- Woodland Park
- Woodmoor
- Woodrow
- Woody Creek
- Wray
- Yuma
