Montana Business Licenses

We help you obtain and maintain licenses for your business or nonprofit nationwide

General Montana 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

Fast easy instructions and affordable support for filing your Montana annual report.

Construction License

Get your Montana construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.

Energy Licensing

Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Montana. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.

How to Form an LLC

Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Montana. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.

How to Incorporate

Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Montana. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.

Licensing Resources

Montana Business Licensing Guides and Information.

Start a Business

Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Montana 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 Montana. Instruction and services to assist with your non-profit formation.

Nonprofit Compliance

Comprehensive solutions (and free resources) to help manage your fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities in Montana, and across the US.


Montana 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.


Montana 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.


Montana Tax Filings

Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.


Montana State Licensing Agencies

Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Montana that a business should check for business license requirements.

  • Attorney General - Charities
  • Board of Pharmacy
  • Board of Private Security
  • Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
  • Board of Public Accountants
  • Department of Agriculture - Seed Program
  • Department of Environmental Quality - Asbestos Control Program
  • Department of Justice - Gambling Control Division
  • Department of Labor & Industry - Independent Contractor Central Unit
  • Department of Labor and Industry
  • Department of Labor and Industry - Board of Realty Regulation
  • Department of Labor and Industry: Board of Architects and Landscape Architects
  • Department of Labor and Industry: Construction Contractor Registration Unit
  • Department of Revenue
  • Liquor License Bureau
  • Public Service Commission
  • Secretary of State
  • State Electrical Board
  • Office of The State Auditor
  • Office of the State Auditor - Commissioner of Securities and Insurance

Montana Local Business Licences

Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Montana that a business should check for local business license requirements.

County / Parish

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  • Beaverhead County
  • Big Horn County
  • Blaine County
  • Broadwater County
  • Carbon County
  • Carter County
  • Cascade County
  • Chouteau County
  • Custer County
  • Daniels County
  • Dawson County
  • Deer Lodge County
  • Fallon County
  • Fergus County
  • Flathead County
  • Gallatin County
  • Garfield County
  • Glacier County
  • Golden Valley County
  • Granite County
  • Hill County
  • Jefferson County
  • Judith Basin County
  • Lake County
  • Lewis and Clark County
  • Liberty County
  • Lincoln County
  • Madison County
  • McCone County
  • Meagher County
  • Mineral County
  • Missoula County
  • Musselshell County
  • Park County
  • Petroleum County
  • Phillips County
  • Pondera County
  • Powder River County
  • Powell County
  • Prairie County
  • Ravalli County
  • Richland County
  • Roosevelt County
  • Rosebud County
  • Sanders County
  • Sheridan County
  • Silver Bow County
  • Stillwater County
  • Sweet Grass County
  • Teton County
  • Toole County
  • Treasure County
  • Valley County
  • Wheatland County
  • Wibaux County
  • Yellowstone County

City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood

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  • Absarokee
  • Anaconda
  • Arlee
  • Ashland
  • Augusta
  • Bainville
  • Baker
  • Belgrade
  • Belt
  • Big Sky
  • Big Timber
  • Bigfork
  • Billings
  • Black Eagle
  • Bonner
  • Boulder
  • Box Elder
  • Bozeman
  • Bridger
  • Broadus
  • Brockton
  • Browning
  • Busby
  • Butte
  • Cascade
  • Chester
  • Chinook
  • Choteau
  • Circle
  • Clancy
  • Colstrip
  • Columbia Falls
  • Columbus
  • Conrad
  • Corvallis
  • Crow Agency
  • Culbertson
  • Cut Bank
  • Darby
  • Deer Lodge
  • Dillon
  • East Helena
  • Ekalaka
  • Emigrant
  • Ennis
  • Eureka
  • Fairfield
  • Fairview
  • Fallon
  • Fishtail
  • Florence
  • Forsyth
  • Fort Benton
  • Frenchtown
  • Fromberg
  • Gardiner
  • Glasgow
  • Glendive
  • Great Falls
  • Hamilton
  • Hardin
  • Harlem
  • Harlowton
  • Havre
  • Heart Butte
  • Helena
  • Hungry Horse
  • Huntley
  • Hysham
  • Inverness
  • Joliet
  • Joplin
  • Kalispell
  • Kila
  • Lakeside
  • Lame Deer
  • Laurel
  • Lewistown
  • Libby
  • Lincoln
  • Livingston
  • Lodge Grass
  • Lolo
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base
  • Manhattan
  • Medicine Lake
  • Melstone
  • Miles City
  • Missoula
  • Moore
  • Opheim
  • Ovando
  • Pablo
  • Paradise
  • Philipsburg
  • Plains
  • Plentywood
  • Polson
  • Poplar
  • Pryor
  • Rapelje
  • Red Lodge
  • Reed Point
  • Rexford
  • Ronan
  • Roundup
  • Roy
  • Rudyard
  • Saco
  • Saint Xavier
  • Sand Coulee
  • Savage
  • Scobey
  • Shelby
  • Shepherd
  • Sheridan
  • Sidney
  • Stevensville
  • Superior
  • Terry
  • Thompson Falls
  • Three Forks
  • Townsend
  • Trout Creek
  • Turner
  • Twin Bridges
  • Victor
  • Warm Springs
  • West Yellowstone
  • Westby
  • White Sulphur Springs
  • Whitefish
  • Whitehall
  • Wibaux
  • Willow Creek
  • Wilsall
  • Winifred
  • Winnett
  • Wolf Point
  • Zortman
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