Oregon Business Licenses
General Oregon 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 Oregon annual report.
Get your Oregon construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Oregon. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Oregon. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Oregon. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Oregon Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Oregon 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 Oregon. 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 Oregon, and across the US.
Oregon 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.
Oregon 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.
- Oregon Certification - Authentication
- Oregon Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Oregon Entity Name Reservation
- Oregon Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Oregon Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Oregon Registered Agent & Commercial Clerk
- Reinstate Oregon Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start an Oregon 501(c)(3)
Oregon Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Oregon Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Oregon Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Oregon Sales Tax Exemption
- Oregon Tax Clearance Certificate
- Oregon Tax Exemption
Oregon State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Oregon that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Board of Accountancy
- Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
- Construction Contractors Board
- Department of Agriculture - Seed Regulatory Program
- Department of Consumer and Business Services - Building Codes Division
- Department of Consumer and Business Services - Building Codes Division - Licensing Department
- Department of Environmental Quality - Asbestos Program
- Department of Justice - Charitable Activities Section
- Department of Public Safety Standards and Training - Private Security and Private Investigators Program
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Transportation - Fuels Tax Group and Collection Unit
- Division of Financial Regulation
- Division of Financial Regulation
- Public Utility Commission
- Real Estate Agency
- Secretary of State - Corporations Division
- State Board of Architect Examiners
- State Board of Geologist Examiners
- State Board of Pharmacy
- State Landscape Architect Board
- Workers' Compensation Division
Oregon Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Oregon that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Baker County
- Benton County
- Clackamas County
- Clatsop County
- Columbia County
- Coos County
- Crook County
- Curry County
- Deschutes County
- Douglas County
- Gilliam County
- Grant County
- Harney County
- Hood River County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Josephine County
- Klamath County
- Lake County
- Lane County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Malheur County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Multnomah County
- Polk County
- Sherman County
- Tillamook County
- Umatilla County
- Union County
- Wallowa County
- Wasco County
- Washington County
- Wheeler County
- Yamhill County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Adams
- Adrian
- Agness
- Albany
- Aloha
- Alsea
- Amity
- Arlington
- Ashland
- Astoria
- Athena
- Aumsville
- Aurora
- Baker City
- Bandon
- Banks
- Beavercreek
- Beaverton
- Bend
- Blachly
- Bly
- Boardman
- Boring
- Brookings
- Brothers
- Brownsville
- Burns
- Butte Falls
- Camas Valley
- Camp Sherman
- Canby
- Cannon Beach
- Canyonville
- Cascade Locks
- Cave Junction
- Central Point
- Chemult
- Chiloquin
- Christmas Valley
- Clackamas
- Clatskanie
- Colton
- Condon
- Coos Bay
- Coquille
- Corbett
- Cornelius
- Corvallis
- Cottage Grove
- Cove
- Crabtree
- Crane
- Creswell
- Culver
- Dallas
- Damascus
- Days Creek
- Dayton
- Deer Island
- Depoe Bay
- Diamond
- Drain
- Dufur
- Dundee
- Eagle Creek
- Eagle Point
- Echo
- Elgin
- Elkton
- Elmira
- Enterprise
- Estacada
- Eugene
- Fairview
- Falls City
- Fields
- Florence
- Forest Grove
- Fossil
- Gardiner
- Gaston
- Gervais
- Gladstone
- Glendale
- Gleneden Beach
- Glide
- Gold Beach
- Grand Ronde
- Grants Pass
- Grass Valley
- Gresham
- Halfway
- Halsey
- Happy Valley
- Harrisburg
- Hebo
- Helix
- Heppner
- Hermiston
- Hillsboro
- Hines
- Hood River
- Hubbard
- Imbler
- Independence
- Jacksonville
- Jefferson
- John Day
- Joseph
- Junction City
- Keizer
- Keno
- Klamath Falls
- La Grande
- La Pine
- Lake Oswego
- Lakeside
- Lakeview
- Langlois
- Lebanon
- Lexington
- Lincoln City
- Lowell
- Lyons
- Madras
- Manzanita
- Mapleton
- Marcola
- Marion
- Marylhurst
- McMinnville
- Medford
- Merlin
- Mill City
- Milton-Freewater
- Milwaukie
- Mitchell
- Molalla
- Monmouth
- Monroe
- Mosier
- Mount Angel
- Mount Vernon
- Mulino
- Murphy
- Myrtle Creek
- Myrtle Point
- Newberg
- Newport
- North Bend
- North Plains
- North Powder
- Nyssa
- Oak Grove
- Oakland
- Oakridge
- Oatfield
- Ontario
- Oregon City
- Paisley
- Parkdale
- Pendleton
- Philomath
- Phoenix
- Pilot Rock
- Pleasant Hill
- Port Orford
- Portland
- Powers
- Prineville
- Prospect
- Rainier
- Redmond
- Reedsport
- Riddle
- Rockaway Beach
- Rogue River
- Roseburg
- Rufus
- Saint Benedict
- Saint Helens
- Saint Paul
- Salem
- Sandy
- Scappoose
- Scio
- Seal Rock
- Seaside
- Selma
- Sheridan
- Sherwood
- Silver Lake
- Silverton
- Sisters
- South Beach
- Spray
- Springfield
- Stanfield
- Stayton
- Sunnyside
- Sutherlin
- Sweet Home
- Talent
- Tangent
- The Dalles
- Three Rivers
- Tigard
- Tillamook
- Troutdale
- Tualatin
- Turner
- Ukiah
- Umatilla
- Union
- Vale
- Veneta
- Vernonia
- Vida
- Waldport
- Wallowa
- Warm Springs
- Warrenton
- Wasco
- Welches
- West Haven-Sylvan
- West Linn
- Weston
- Wheeler
- White City
- Willamina
- Williams
- Wilsonville
- Winston
- Woodburn
- Yachats
- Yamhill
- Yoncalla
