Nebraska Business Licenses
General Nebraska 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 Nebraska annual report.
Get your Nebraska construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Nebraska. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Nebraska. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Nebraska. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Nebraska Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Nebraska 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 Nebraska. 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 Nebraska, and across the US.
Nebraska 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.
Nebraska 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.
- Nebraska Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Nebraska Entity Name Reservation
- Nebraska Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Nebraska Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Nebraska Registered Agent Service
- Obtain Nebraska Certified Copies
- Reinstate Nebraska Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start a Nebraska 501(c)(3)
Nebraska Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Nebraska Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Nebraska Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Nebraska Sales Tax Exemption
- Nebraska Tax Clearance Certificate
- Nebraska Tax Exemption
Nebraska State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Nebraska that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Board of Engineers and Architects
- Board of Examiners For Land Surveyors
- Board of Geologists
- Department of Agriculture - Seed Program
- Department of Banking & Finance
- Department of Health and Human Services - Medicaid and Long-Term Care Division
- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit
- Department of Insurance
- Department of Labor - Labor Standards Division
- Department of Labor - Labor Standards Division - Contractor Registration Section
- Department of Labor - Unemployment Insurance Tax Division
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Revenue - Charitable Gaming Division
- Division of Public Health
- Liquor Control Commission
- Public Service Commission
- Real Estate Commission
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of State - Charities
- Secretary of State - Licensing Division
- State Board of Landscape Architects
- State Board of Public Accountancy
- State Electrical Division
Nebraska Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Nebraska that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Adams County
- Antelope County
- Arthur County
- Banner County
- Blaine County
- Boone County
- Box Butte County
- Boyd County
- Brown County
- Buffalo County
- Burt County
- Butler County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chase County
- Cherry County
- Cheyenne County
- Clay County
- Colfax County
- Cuming County
- Custer County
- Dakota County
- Dawes County
- Dawson County
- Deuel County
- Dixon County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Dundy County
- Fillmore County
- Franklin County
- Frontier County
- Furnas County
- Gage County
- Garden County
- Garfield County
- Gosper County
- Grant County
- Greeley County
- Hall County
- Hamilton County
- Harlan County
- Hayes County
- Hitchcock County
- Holt County
- Hooker County
- Howard County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Kearney County
- Keith County
- Keya Paha County
- Kimball County
- Knox County
- Lancaster County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Loup County
- Madison County
- McPherson County
- Merrick County
- Morrill County
- Nance County
- Nemaha County
- Nuckolls County
- Otoe County
- Pawnee County
- Perkins County
- Phelps County
- Pierce County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Red Willow County
- Richardson County
- Rock County
- Saline County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Scotts Bluff County
- Seward County
- Sheridan County
- Sherman County
- Sioux County
- Stanton County
- Thayer County
- Thomas County
- Thurston County
- Valley County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wheeler County
- York County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Ainsworth
- Albion
- Alda
- Allen
- Alliance
- Alma
- Amherst
- Arapahoe
- Arcadia
- Arnold
- Arthur
- Atkinson
- Auburn
- Aurora
- Axtell
- Bartlett
- Bassett
- Battle Creek
- Beatrice
- Beaver City
- Bellevue
- Benkelman
- Bertrand
- Big Springs
- Blair
- Bloomfield
- Blue Hill
- Boys Town
- Brewster
- Bridgeport
- Broken Bow
- Burwell
- Butte
- Cairo
- Cambridge
- Cedar Rapids
- Central City
- Ceresco
- Chadron
- Chalco
- Chambers
- Chappell
- Clay Center
- Coleridge
- Columbus
- Cozad
- Creighton
- Crete
- Crofton
- Curtis
- Dakota City
- Dalton
- David City
- Deshler
- Diller
- Dodge
- Doniphan
- Duncan
- Dunning
- Eagle
- Elba
- Elkhorn
- Elm Creek
- Elwood
- Eustis
- Exeter
- Fairbury
- Fairmont
- Falls City
- Fort Calhoun
- Franklin
- Fremont
- Fullerton
- Geneva
- Genoa
- Gering
- Gibbon
- Gordon
- Gothenburg
- Grand Island
- Grant
- Greeley
- Gretna
- Harrisburg
- Harrison
- Hartington
- Hastings
- Hay Springs
- Hayes Center
- Hebron
- Hemingford
- Henderson
- Hershey
- Holdrege
- Hooper
- Howells
- Humboldt
- Humphrey
- Hyannis
- Imperial
- Jackson
- Kearney
- Keystone
- Kimball
- La Vista
- Laurel
- Lewiston
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Litchfield
- Long Pine
- Loup City
- Lynch
- Madison
- Malcolm
- McCook
- Merna
- Milford
- Minden
- Mitchell
- Mullen
- Murdock
- Murray
- Nebraska City
- Neligh
- Nelson
- Newman Grove
- Norfolk
- North Platte
- O'Neill
- Oakland
- Offutt Air Force Base
- Ogallala
- Ohiowa
- Omaha
- Ord
- Osceola
- Oshkosh
- Osmond
- Overton
- Oxford
- Papillion
- Pawnee City
- Pender
- Peru
- Petersburg
- Pierce
- Plainview
- Plattsmouth
- Pleasanton
- Ponca
- Prague
- Randolph
- Ravenna
- Red Cloud
- Republican City
- Rushville
- Saint Edward
- Saint Paul
- Schuyler
- Scotia
- Scottsbluff
- Seward
- Shelby
- Shelton
- Sidney
- Silver Creek
- Snyder
- South Sioux City
- Spalding
- Spencer
- Springfield
- Springview
- Stanton
- Stapleton
- Sterling
- Stockville
- Strang
- Stuart
- Superior
- Sutherland
- Syracuse
- Taylor
- Tecumseh
- Tekamah
- Thedford
- Tilden
- Trenton
- Tryon
- Valentine
- Valley
- Wahoo
- Wakefield
- Walthill
- Waterloo
- Wausa
- Waverly
- Wayne
- Weeping Water
- West Point
- Wilber
- Wilcox
- Winnebago
- Wisner
- Wolbach
- Wood River
- Wymore
- York