Minnesota Business Licenses
General Minnesota 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 your Minnesota annual report.
Get your Minnesota construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Minnesota. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Minnesota. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Minnesota. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Minnesota Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Minnesota 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 Minnesota. 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 Minnesota, and across the US.
Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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.
- Minnesota Entity Name Reservation
- Minnesota Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Minnesota Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Minnesota Registered Agent Service
- Moving Your Company's Domicile to Minnesota
- Obtain Minnesota Certified Copies
- Reinstate Minnesota Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start a Minnesota 501(c)(3)
Minnesota Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Minnesota Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Minnesota Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Minnesota Sales Tax Exemption
- Minnesota Tax Clearance Certificate
- Minnesota Tax Exemption
Minnesota State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Minnesota that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Attorney General - Charities
- Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design
- Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Agriculture - Seed Regulatory Program
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Commerce - Licensing Unit
- Department of Commerce Employee Leasing Company Registration Unit
- Department of Health - Asbestos Program
- Department of Health - Lead Program
- Department of Labor and Industry
- Department of Labor and Industry - Construction Codes and Licensing Division
- Department of Labor and Industry - Elevator Constructors Division
- Department of Labor and Industry - Manufactured Home Installation Division
- Department of Labor and Industry - Residential Contractors, Remodelers, Roofers Division
- Department of Public Safety - Liquor Control Division
- Department of Revenue
- Gambling Control Board
- Private Detective and Protective Agent Services Board
- Secretary of State
- State Board of Accountancy
- Unemployment Insurance Program
Minnesota Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Minnesota that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Aitkin County
- Anoka County
- Becker County
- Beltrami County
- Benton County
- Big Stone County
- Blue Earth County
- Brown County
- Carlton County
- Carver County
- Cass County
- Chippewa County
- Chisago County
- Clay County
- Clearwater County
- Cook County
- Cottonwood County
- Crow Wing County
- Dakota County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Faribault County
- Fillmore County
- Freeborn County
- Goodhue County
- Grant County
- Hennepin County
- Houston County
- Hubbard County
- Isanti County
- Itasca County
- Jackson County
- Kanabec County
- Kandiyohi County
- Kittson County
- Koochiching County
- Lac qui Parle County
- Lake County
- Lake of the Woods County
- Le Sueur County
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Mahnomen County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- McLeod County
- Meeker County
- Mille Lacs County
- Morrison County
- Mower County
- Murray County
- Nicollet County
- Nobles County
- Norman County
- Olmsted County
- Otter Tail County
- Pennington County
- Pine County
- Pipestone County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Ramsey County
- Red Lake County
- Redwood County
- Renville County
- Rice County
- Rock County
- Roseau County
- Scott County
- Sherburne County
- Sibley County
- St. Louis County
- Stearns County
- Steele County
- Stevens County
- Swift County
- Todd County
- Traverse County
- Wabasha County
- Wadena County
- Waseca County
- Washington County
- Watonwan County
- Wilkin County
- Winona County
- Wright County
- Yellow Medicine County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Ada
- Adams
- Adrian
- Afton
- Aitkin
- Albany
- Albert Lea
- Alberta
- Albertville
- Alden
- Alexandria
- Altura
- Andover
- Annandale
- Anoka
- Apple Valley
- Appleton
- Arden Hills
- Argyle
- Arlington
- Ashby
- Askov
- Atwater
- Audubon
- Aurora
- Austin
- Avon
- Backus
- Badger
- Bagley
- Balaton
- Barnesville
- Barnum
- Barrett
- Battle Lake
- Baudette
- Baxter
- Bayport
- Beardsley
- Becker
- Belgrade
- Belle Plaine
- Bellingham
- Beltrami
- Belview
- Bemidji
- Benson
- Bertha
- Bethel
- Big Lake
- Bigfork
- Bird Island
- Blackduck
- Blaine
- Blomkest
- Blooming Prairie
- Bloomington
- Blue Earth
- Borup
- Braham
- Brainerd
- Brandon
- Breckenridge
- Breezy Point
- Bricelyn
- Brimson
- Brooklyn Center
- Brooklyn Park
- Brooten
- Browerville
- Browns Valley
- Brownsdale
- Brownsville
- Brownton
- Bruno
- Buffalo
- Buhl
- Burnsville
- Butterfield
- Byron
- Caledonia
- Cambridge
- Campbell
- Canby
- Cannon Falls
- Carlton
- Carver
- Cass Lake
- Center City
- Champlin
- Chanhassen
- Chaska
- Chatfield
- Chisago City
- Chisholm
- Chokio
- Circle Pines
- Clara City
- Clarissa
- Clarkfield
- Clear Lake
- Clearbrook
- Clearwater
- Clements
- Cleveland
- Climax
- Clinton
- Cloquet
- Cohasset
- Cokato
- Cold Spring
- Coleraine
- Collegeville
- Cologne
- Columbia Heights
- Comfrey
- Cook
- Coon Rapids
- Cosmos
- Cottage Grove
- Cottonwood
- Cromwell
- Crookston
- Crosby
- Crosslake
- Crystal
- Crystal Bay
- Cyrus
- Dakota
- Danube
- Darwin
- Dassel
- Dawson
- Dayton
- Deer River
- Delano
- Detroit Lakes
- Dilworth
- Dodge Center
- Dover
- Duluth
- Eagan
- Eagle Bend
- Eagle Lake
- East Grand Forks
- Easton
- Echo
- Eden Prairie
- Eden Valley
- Edgerton
- Edina
- Eitzen
- Elbow Lake
- Elgin
- Elk River
- Elko New Market
- Ellsworth
- Ely
- Elysian
- Emily
- Erskine
- Esko
- Evansville
- Eveleth
- Excelsior
- Fairfax
- Fairmont
- Falcon Heights
- Faribault
- Farmington
- Fergus Falls
- Fertile
- Finlayson
- Fisher
- Floodwood
- Foley
- Forest Lake
- Fosston
- Franklin
- Frazee
- Freeborn
- Fridley
- Fulda
- Garfield
- Gaylord
- Gibbon
- Gilbert
- Glencoe
- Glenville
- Glenwood
- Glyndon
- Golden Valley
- Good Thunder
- Goodhue
- Goodridge
- Graceville
- Granada
- Grand Marais
- Grand Meadow
- Grand Portage
- Grand Rapids
- Grandy
- Granite Falls
- Greenbush
- Grey Eagle
- Grove City
- Grygla
- Hackensack
- Hallock
- Halstad
- Ham Lake
- Hamel
- Hancock
- Hanska
- Harmony
- Hastings
- Hawley
- Hayfield
- Hector
- Henderson
- Henning
- Herman
- Hermantown
- Heron Lake
- Hewitt
- Hibbing
- Hill City
- Hills
- Hinckley
- Hoffman
- Holdingford
- Hopkins
- Houston
- Howard Lake
- Hoyt Lakes
- Hugo
- Hutchinson
- International Falls
- Inver Grove Heights
- Ironton
- Isanti
- Isle
- Ivanhoe
- Jackson
- Janesville
- Jeffers
- Jordan
- Kandiyohi
- Karlstad
- Kasota
- Kasson
- Keewatin
- Kelliher
- Kenyon
- Kerkhoven
- Kettle River
- Kiester
- Kimball
- Knife River
- La Crescent
- Lafayette
- Lake Benton
- Lake City
- Lake Crystal
- Lake Elmo
- Lake Lillian
- Lake Park
- Lakefield
- Lakeville
- Lamberton
- Lancaster
- Lanesboro
- Laporte
- Le Center
- Le Roy
- Le Sueur
- Leonard
- Lester Prairie
- Lewiston
- Lewisville
- Lindstrom
- Lino Lakes
- Litchfield
- Little Falls
- Littlefork
- Long Lake
- Long Prairie
- Longville
- Lonsdale
- Loretto
- Luverne
- Lyle
- Lynd
- Mabel
- Madelia
- Madison
- Magnolia
- Mahnomen
- Mahtomedi
- Mankato
- Mantorville
- Maple Grove
- Maple Lake
- Maple Plain
- Mapleton
- Maplewood
- Marshall
- Mayer
- Maynard
- Mazeppa
- McGregor
- McIntosh
- Meadowlands
- Medford
- Medina
- Melrose
- Menahga
- Mendota Heights
- Mentor
- Middle River
- Milaca
- Milan
- Millville
- Milroy
- Minneapolis
- Minneota
- Minnesota Lake
- Minnetonka
- Minnetrista
- Montevideo
- Montgomery
- Monticello
- Montrose
- Moorhead
- Moose Lake
- Mora
- Morgan
- Morris
- Morristown
- Motley
- Mound
- Mounds View
- Mountain Iron
- Mountain Lake
- Nashua
- Nashwauk
- Nevis
- New Brighton
- New Hope
- New London
- New Prague
- New Richland
- New Ulm
- New York Mills
- Newfolden
- Newport
- Nicollet
- North Branch
- North Saint Paul
- Northfield
- Northome
- Norwood Young America
- Oakdale
- Odin
- Ogilvie
- Okabena
- Oklee
- Olivia
- Onamia
- Orono
- Oronoco
- Ortonville
- Osakis
- Oslo
- Osseo
- Otsego
- Ottertail
- Owatonna
- Park Rapids
- Parkers Prairie
- Paynesville
- Pelican Rapids
- Pennington
- Pequot Lakes
- Perham
- Pierz
- Pillager
- Pine City
- Pine Island
- Pine River
- Pipestone
- Plainview
- Plummer
- Plymouth
- Preston
- Princeton
- Prinsburg
- Prior Lake
- Ramsey
- Randolph
- Raymond
- Red Lake
- Red Lake Falls
- Red Wing
- Redwood Falls
- Remer
- Renville
- Rice
- Richfield
- Richmond
- Robbinsdale
- Rochester
- Rockford
- Rogers
- Rollingstone
- Roseau
- Rosemount
- Roseville
- Rothsay
- Round Lake
- Royalton
- Rush City
- Rushford
- Russell
- Ruthton
- Sacred Heart
- Saint Bonifacius
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Cloud
- Saint Francis
- Saint James
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Louis Park
- Saint Michael
- Saint Paul
- Saint Paul Park
- Saint Peter
- Sanborn
- Sandstone
- Sartell
- Sauk Centre
- Sauk Rapids
- Savage
- Schroeder
- Sebeka
- Shakopee
- Sherburn
- Shoreview
- Shorewood
- Silver Bay
- Silver Lake
- Slayton
- Sleepy Eye
- South Haven
- South Saint Paul
- Spicer
- Spring Grove
- Spring Lake Park
- Spring Park
- Spring Valley
- Springfield
- Stacy
- Staples
- Starbuck
- Stephen
- Stewart
- Stewartville
- Stillwater
- Sturgeon Lake
- Swan River
- Swanville
- Swift
- Thief River Falls
- Tofte
- Tower
- Tracy
- Trimont
- Truman
- Twin Valley
- Two Harbors
- Tyler
- Ulen
- Underwood
- Upsala
- Vermillion
- Verndale
- Vesta
- Victoria
- Virginia
- Wabasha
- Wabasso
- Waconia
- Wadena
- Waite Park
- Walker
- Walnut Grove
- Waltham
- Wanamingo
- Warren
- Warroad
- Waseca
- Watertown
- Waterville
- Waubun
- Waverly
- Wayzata
- Webster
- Welcome
- Wells
- West Saint Paul
- Westbrook
- Wheaton
- White Bear Lake
- Willmar
- Willow River
- Windom
- Winnebago
- Winona
- Winsted
- Winthrop
- Wolverton
- Wood Lake
- Woodbury
- Worthington
- Wrenshall
- Wright
- Wykoff
- Wyoming
- Young America
- Zimmerman
- Zumbrota