7 items, in order: certificate of organization (llc), newspaper notice and the biennial report, trade name registration (dba) with newspaper notice, employer identification number (ein), nebraska tax application (form 20): sales tax permit, income tax withholding, no state business license; city licenses and occupation taxes and zoning approval and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in Nebraska
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 Nebraska? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in Nebraska 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: Certificate of organization (LLC), newspaper notice and the biennial report
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File online through the Secretary of State’s eDelivery system; the certificate names a registered agent with a Nebraska street address. Nebraska then requires a notice of organization published for three successive weeks in a legal newspaper near the designated office, with proof of publication filed with the Secretary of State. An LLC that misses the biennial report is dissolved by operation of law in mid-June of that year.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- sos.nebraska.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 forms and fee information page; Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-192 (fees) and 21-193 (publication); Neb. Rev. Stat. 87-210 (fee), 87-211 (term and renewal) and 87-219 (publication); Secretary of State trade name application; IRS EIN page; Department of Revenue starting a business page; Nebraska Tax Application, form 20; Department of Revenue starting a business page; Omaha and Lincoln city licensing pages; Omaha and Lincoln building and zoning pages; city ordinances; Department of Labor 2026 guide to unemployment insurance combined tax rates; DHHS new hire reporting page; Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-106. Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.