7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc), publication and no annual report, trade name registration (dba), employer identification number (ein), transaction privilege tax (tpt) license and withholding registration (joint tax application), city business license and zoning approval and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in Arizona
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 Arizona? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in Arizona 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), publication and no annual report
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File through the Commission’s online portal. The articles name a statutory agent with an Arizona street address who accepts the appointment. After approval, publish a notice of the filing in a newspaper in the county of the known place of business within 60 days, unless that county is Maricopa or Pima, where the Commission posts the notice itself. Corporations, unlike LLCs, file an annual report.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- azcc.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
Corporation Commission articles of organization instructions (form L010i); A.R.S. 29-3201; Secretary of State trade name registration pages; IRS EIN page; Department of Revenue TPT license and renewal pages; A.R.S. 42-5005; City of Phoenix license services FAQ; city codes; City and county zoning and building codes; Arizona adopts building codes city by city; DES unemployment insurance tax rate chart for 2026 (UIT-0603A); DES new hire reporting page; Industrial Commission employer pages (A.R.S. 23-902). Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.