Louisiana Business Licenses
General Louisiana 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 Louisiana annual report.
Get your Louisiana construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Louisiana. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Louisiana. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Louisiana. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Louisiana Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Louisiana 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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana, and across the US.
Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana Certificate of Authority - Foreign Louisiana Corporation
- Louisiana Certificate of Authority - Foreign Louisiana LLC
- Louisiana Certificate of Cancellation Service
- Louisiana Certificate of Good Standing / Existence
- Louisiana Certificate of Merger
- Louisiana Certification - Authentication
- Louisiana Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Louisiana Entity Name Reservation
- Louisiana Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Louisiana Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Louisiana Registred Agent (Resident Agent)
- Moving Your Company's Domicile to Louisiana
- Obtain Louisiana Certified Copies
- Reinstate Louisiana Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start a Louisiana 501(c)(3)
Louisiana Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Louisiana Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Louisiana Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Louisiana Sales Tax Exemption
- Louisiana Tax Clearance Certificate
- Louisiana Tax Exemption
Louisiana State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Louisiana that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Louisana Board of Professional Geoscientists
- Board of Drug and Device Distributors
- Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Agriculture & Forestry - Seed Programs Division
- Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Horticulture Commission
- Department of Environmental Quality
- Department of Health - Medicaid Program
- Department of Insurance
- Department of Justice - Public Protection Division - Charities
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Revenue - Alcohol and Tobacco Control Office
- Office of Charitable Gaming
- Office of Conservation - Water Well Drillers and Contractors Program
- Office of the State Fire Marshall - Licensing Section
- Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board
- Real Estate Commission
- Secretary of State - Commercial Division
- State Board of Architectural Examiners
- State Board of Interior Designers
- State Board of Private Investigator Examiners
- State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Workforce Commission
- State Board of CPAs of
- State Plumbing Board of
Louisiana Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Louisiana that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Acadia Parish
- Allen Parish
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- Avoyelles Parish
- Beauregard Parish
- Bienville Parish
- Bossier Parish
- Caddo Parish
- Calcasieu Parish
- Caldwell Parish
- Cameron Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Claiborne Parish
- Concordia Parish
- De Soto Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Carroll Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Evangeline Parish
- Franklin Parish
- Grant Parish
- Iberia Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jefferson Parish
- La Salle Parish
- Lafayette Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Madison Parish
- Morehouse Parish
- Natchitoches Parish
- Orleans Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Plaquemines Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Rapides Parish
- Red River Parish
- Richland Parish
- Sabine Parish
- St. Bernard Parish
- St. Charles Parish
- St. Helena Parish
- St. James Parish
- St. John the Baptist Parish
- St. Landry Parish
- St. Martin Parish
- St. Mary Parish
- St. Tammany Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Tensas Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- Union Parish
- Vermilion Parish
- Vernon Parish
- Washington Parish
- Webster Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Carroll Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Winn Parish
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Abbeville
- Addis
- Alexandria
- Ama
- Amelia
- Amite City
- Arabi
- Arcadia
- Arnaudville
- Baker
- Ball
- Barksdale Air Force Base
- Bastrop
- Baton Rouge
- Bayou Cane
- Belle Chasse
- Benton
- Blanchard
- Bogalusa
- Bossier City
- Boutte
- Breaux Bridge
- Broussard
- Bunkie
- Buras-Triumph
- Cade
- Calhoun
- Cameron
- Carencro
- Carlyss
- Centerville
- Central
- Chalmette
- Chataignier
- Chauvin
- Clinton
- Colfax
- Collinston
- Columbia
- Convent
- Coushatta
- Covington
- Crowley
- Cut Off
- Delcambre
- Denham Springs
- DeRidder
- Destrehan
- Donaldsonville
- Downsville
- Duson
- Elm Grove
- Elmwood
- Empire
- Enterprise
- Estelle
- Eunice
- Evangeline
- Farmerville
- Ferriday
- Folsom
- Fort Polk South
- Franklin
- Franklinton
- Galliano
- Geismar
- Golden Meadow
- Gonzales
- Grambling
- Grand Coteau
- Grayson
- Greensburg
- Greenwood
- Gretna
- Hahnville
- Hammond
- Harahan
- Harrisonburg
- Harvey
- Haughton
- Holden
- Homer
- Houma
- Independence
- Inniswold
- Iota
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Jena
- Jennings
- Jonesboro
- Jonesville
- Kaplan
- Keithville
- Kenner
- Killona
- Kinder
- Lacombe
- Lafayette
- Lake Charles
- Lake Providence
- LaPlace
- Larose
- Leesville
- Lillie
- Livingston
- Livonia
- Lockport
- Logansport
- Luling
- Lutcher
- Madisonville
- Mandeville
- Mansfield
- Many
- Maringouin
- Marksville
- Marrero
- Mathews
- Metairie
- Minden
- Monroe
- Morgan City
- Moss Bluff
- Napoleonville
- Natchitoches
- Negreet
- New Iberia
- New Orleans
- New Roads
- Norco
- Oak Grove
- Oakdale
- Oberlin
- Old Jefferson
- Opelousas
- Patterson
- Pearl River
- Pierre Part
- Pineville
- Plain Dealing
- Plaquemine
- Plattenville
- Ponchatoula
- Port Allen
- Prairieville
- Raceland
- Rayne
- Rayville
- Reserve
- River Ridge
- Robert
- Ruston
- Saint Bernard
- Saint Francisville
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Martinville
- Saint Rose
- Scott
- Shenandoah
- Shreveport
- Sicily Island
- Slaughter
- Slidell
- Sorrento
- Springhill
- Sulphur
- Summerfield
- Sunset
- Sunshine
- Tallulah
- Terrytown
- Thibodaux
- Trout
- Vacherie
- Vidalia
- Ville Platte
- Vivian
- Waggaman
- Walker
- Waterproof
- Welsh
- West Monroe
- Westlake
- Westwego
- Winnfield
- Winnsboro
- Youngsville
- Zachary
