7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc) and the annual report license tax, trade name registration (dba), employer identification number (ein), sales and use tax license, city business license, where the city has one and zoning approval, building permits and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
How to open a business in Wyoming
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 Wyoming? 7, in the order to get them
These are the steps every business in Wyoming 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 annual report license tax
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Set up the business0 of 3
File online through the Secretary of State’s business center. The articles name a registered agent with a Wyoming street address. Wyoming has no state income tax and no franchise tax; the annual report license tax is the only recurring state charge on the entity, and a report can be filed up to 120 days early.
- Fee
- Premium only
- Renewal
- Premium only
- Official page
- sos.wyo.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 Division fee schedule (effective July 1, 2026); W.S. 17-29-209; Secretary of State trade name registration application and instructions; W.S. 40-2-104; IRS EIN page; W.S. 39-15-106 (license fee); Department of Revenue sales and use tax license application; Cheyenne City Clerk licenses and permits pages (307-637-6330); City of Casper business and health license pages; Town of Jackson business license; W.S. 35-9-121 (local enforcement of the state building codes); Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety 2024 code adoption; Laramie County building code resolutions; Department of Workforce Services taxable wage base page (2026); W.S. 27-14-108 (extrahazardous employments); W.S. 27-1-115 (new hire reporting). Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.