7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc) and the biennial information report, trade name (dba), employer identification number (ein), business tax registration: retailers’ sales tax certificate, withholding, city occupation or business license and zoning approval, building permits and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in Kansas
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 Kansas? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in Kansas 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) and the biennial information report
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File through the Kansas Business Center. The articles name a resident agent with a Kansas street address. The information report is due in odd or even years depending on the formation year; an LLC that skips it is forfeited after 90 days and pays a reinstatement fee to come back.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- sos.ks.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
Secretary of State articles of organization instructions (form DL, revised February 27, 2026); Secretary of State press release of May 26, 2026 on the fee reductions; Secretary of State business filing instructions (DBA, fictitious, assumed and trade names are not registered with the Secretary of State); IRS EIN page; Department of Revenue business registration FAQ and Business Tax Application (form CR-16, Pub. KS-1216); Kansas Business Center; city ordinances; Office of the State Fire Marshal; city and county codes (Kansas adopts building codes locally, not statewide); Department of Labor employer tax rate table (2026 wage base under HB 2570); Workers Compensation Division employer pages; New Hire Directory. Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.