7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc), trade name (dba), employer identification number (ein), business tax registration: gross receipts tax and withholding (business tax identification number), municipal business registration and zoning approval and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in New Mexico
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 New Mexico? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in New Mexico 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)
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Set up the business0 of 3
File online through the Secretary of State’s business portal; paper filings are no longer accepted. The articles name a registered agent with a New Mexico street address. Corporations file a biennial report, but an LLC files nothing after formation, which is why New Mexico LLCs are cheap to keep.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- sos.nm.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 business services pages and fee schedule; NMSA 53-19-63; Secretary of State business services pages; NMSA 53-19 (LLC names) and 57-3B (trademarks); IRS EIN page; Taxation and Revenue Department business registration pages and Taxpayer Access Point (TAP); NMSA 3-38-3 (municipal business registration); municipal business registration pages; Construction Industries Division permit pages; municipal zoning and building ordinances; Department of Workforce Solutions unemployment insurance tax information (2026 taxable wage base); Workers’ Compensation Administration employer pages; NMSA 52-1-6. Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.