7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc), the initial report and the biennial report, alaska business license, business name registration (dba), employer identification number (ein), no state sales tax or personal income tax; local sales tax registration where the city or borough levies one and zoning approval, building permit, fire marshal plan review and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in Alaska
7 licenses, permits and registrations, in the order to get them, each with the agency, the fee and the official page.
What licenses do you need to open a business in Alaska? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in Alaska takes. A license specific to your kind of business comes from the agency that regulates it; if one of the twenty named businesses is close to yours, its page lists those too.
Every row checked against its agency’s page; the latest on Oct 21, 2026.
Step 1 of 4Set up the business. Now: Articles of organization (LLC), the initial report and the biennial report
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Set up the business0 of 4
File online through the Division’s corporations portal. The articles name a registered agent with an Alaska street address and the NAICS code for the business. An LLC formed in an even year files its biennial report in even years, an odd year in odd years; a late report adds a penalty and two missed reports lead to involuntary dissolution.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- commerce.alaska.gov
Checked Oct 21, 2026
Register for taxOpens after step 1
Approve the spaceOpens after step 2
Before the first hireOpens after step 3
Then pick the place
- The free location checkWho lives and works around an address, the businesses already there and the traffic on its road, from public records.
- The full reportWhether the rules allow a business at that address, the rent it supports, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
Have an address in mind?
Check the address freeNo account. The business check reads public records at the address itself.
Sources and dates
Division of Corporations forms and fees schedule (AS 10.50; form 08-484); Business Licensing FAQs and new application form (AS 43.70.020); Division of Corporations forms and fees schedule; business name registration and renewal forms (08-560); IRS EIN page; Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division; municipal sales tax codes (Title 29); Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission; Department of Public Safety Division of Fire and Life Safety plan review pages; municipal zoning and building codes; Department of Labor unemployment insurance tax rates for new (industry) employers, 2026; Division of Workers’ Compensation employer information; AS 25.27.075 (new hire reporting). Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.