Michigan Business Licenses
General Michigan Guides & Resources
These guides provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for starting a business or nonprofit, registering with state authorities, and establishing a compliant organization.
Business Resources:
Fast easy instructions and affordable support for your Michigan annual report.
Get your Michigan business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Get your Michigan construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Michigan. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in Michigan, Harbor Compliance can help.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Michigan. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Michigan. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Michigan Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Michigan today! Our affordable formation services are state-specific.
Nonprofit Resources:
How to Start a Nonprofit Organization
Total cost, time, and how to start a nonprofit in Michigan. Instruction and services to assist with your non-profit formation.
Comprehensive solutions (and free resources) to help manage your fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities in Michigan, and across the US.
Michigan Business Licenses for Regulated Industries
Our licensing guides provide a wealth of information including requirements, filing instructions, fees, timelines to licensure, and more for a range of industries and activities.
Michigan Corporate Filings
These web pages provide detailed information on state filings required to form an entity, register a name, gain authority to operate, maintain good standing, and more.
- Michigan Entity Name Reservation
- Michigan Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Michigan Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Michigan Registered Agent (Resident Agent) Service
- Moving Your Company's Domicile to Michigan
- Obtain Michigan Certified Copies
- Reinstate Michigan Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start a Michigan 501(c)(3)
Michigan Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Michigan Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Michigan Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Michigan Sales Tax Exemption
- Michigan Tax Clearance Certificate
- Michigan Tax Exemption
Michigan State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Michigan that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Attorney General - Consumer Protection - Charitable Trust Section
- Department of Education - State Board of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services - Healthy Homes Section
- Department of Health and Human Services - Medical Services Administration
- Department of Insurance and Financial Services
- Department of Insurance and Financial Services - Office of Consumer Finance - Licensing Unit
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Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Board of Architects Fee and Renewal Information
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- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing - Corporations Division
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing - Licensing Division
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Fire Services
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Professional Licensing
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Public Service Commission
- Department of State - Business Compliance and Regulation Division
- Department of State - Office of the Great Seal
- Department of Treasury
- Gaming Control Board
- Liquor Control Commission
- Minority Supplier Development Council
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Asbestos Program
- State Board of Accountancy
- State Lottery - Charitable Gaming Division
- Unemployment Insurance Agency
Michigan Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Michigan that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Alcona County
- Alger County
- Allegan County
- Alpena County
- Antrim County
- Arenac County
- Baraga County
- Barry County
- Bay County
- Benzie County
- Berrien County
- Branch County
- Calhoun County
- Cass County
- Charlevoix County
- Cheboygan County
- Chippewa County
- Clare County
- Clinton County
- Crawford County
- Delta County
- Dickinson County
- Eaton County
- Emmet County
- Genesee County
- Gladwin County
- Gogebic County
- Grand Traverse County
- Gratiot County
- Hillsdale County
- Houghton County
- Huron County
- Ingham County
- Ionia County
- Iosco County
- Iron County
- Isabella County
- Jackson County
- Kalamazoo County
- Kalkaska County
- Kent County
- Keweenaw County
- Lake County
- Lapeer County
- Leelanau County
- Lenawee County
- Livingston County
- Luce County
- Mackinac County
- Macomb County
- Manistee County
- Marquette County
- Mason County
- Mecosta County
- Menominee County
- Midland County
- Missaukee County
- Monroe County
- Montcalm County
- Montmorency County
- Muskegon County
- Newaygo County
- Oakland County
- Oceana County
- Ogemaw County
- Ontonagon County
- Osceola County
- Oscoda County
- Otsego County
- Ottawa County
- Presque Isle County
- Roscommon County
- Saginaw County
- Sanilac County
- Schoolcraft County
- Shiawassee County
- St. Clair County
- St. Joseph County
- Tuscola County
- Van Buren County
- Washtenaw County
- Wayne County
- Wexford County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Ada Township
- Addison
- Adrian
- Alanson
- Alba
- Albion
- Alger
- Algonac
- Allegan
- Allen Park
- Allendale
- Allendale Charter Township
- Alma
- Almont
- Alpena
- Alto
- Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor charter Township
- Applegate
- Armada
- Ashley
- Atlanta
- Au Gres
- Auburn
- Auburn Hills
- Augusta
- Augusta charter Township
- Avoca
- Azalia
- Bad Axe
- Baldwin
- Bangor
- Baraga
- Baroda
- Barton City
- Bath Township
- Battle Creek
- Bay City
- Bay Shore
- Bear Lake
- Beaver Island
- Beaverton
- Beechwood
- Belding
- Bellaire
- Belleville
- Belmont
- Bentley
- Benton Harbor
- Benzonia
- Bergland
- Berkley
- Berrien Springs
- Beulah
- Beverly Hills
- Big Rapids
- Birch Run
- Birmingham
- Blackman
- Blanchard
- Blissfield
- Bloomfield Hills
- Bloomfield Township
- Bloomingdale
- Boyne City
- Boyne Falls
- Brandon Township
- Breckenridge
- Brethren
- Bridgeport
- Bridgeport charter Township
- Bridgewater
- Bridgman
- Brighton
- Briley
- Brimley
- Britton
- Bronson
- Brooklyn
- Brown City
- Brownstown Charter Township
- Buchanan
- Buena Vista charter Township
- Burlington
- Burnips
- Burr Oak
- Burton
- Byron
- Byron Center
- Cadillac
- Caledonia
- Calumet
- Camden
- Canton
- Capac
- Carleton
- Carney
- Caro
- Carson City
- Carsonville
- Caseville
- Cass City
- Cassopolis
- Cedar Springs
- Cedarville
- Center Line
- Central Lake
- Centreville
- Charlevoix
- Charlotte
- Charter Township of Clinton
- Chatham
- Cheboygan
- Chelsea
- Chesaning
- Clare
- Clarkston
- Clarksville
- Clawson
- Clifford
- Climax
- Clinton
- Clio
- Coldwater
- Coleman
- Coloma
- Coloma charter Township
- Colon
- Columbiaville
- Commerce charter Township
- Comstock Park
- Comstock Township
- Concord
- Conklin
- Constantine
- Coopersville
- Copper Harbor
- Cornell
- Corunna
- Covert
- Croswell
- Crystal
- Crystal Falls
- Custer
- Dansville
- Davisburg
- Davison
- Dearborn
- Dearborn Heights
- Decatur
- Deckerville
- Deerfield
- Delhi charter Township
- Delta charter Township
- Delton
- Denton Township
- Detroit
- DeWitt
- DeWitt Township
- Dexter
- Dimondale
- Dollar Bay
- Dorr
- Douglas
- Dowagiac
- Drayton Plains
- Dryden
- Dundee
- Durand
- East China
- East Grand Rapids
- East Jordan
- East Lansing
- East Tawas
- Eastpointe
- Eaton Rapids
- Eau Claire
- Ecorse
- Edmore
- Edwardsburg
- Egelston Township
- Elk Rapids
- Ellsworth
- Elsie
- Emmett
- Emmett charter Township
- Erie
- Escanaba
- Essexville
- Evart
- Fair Plain
- Fairview
- Farmington
- Farmington Hills
- Fennville
- Fenton
- Fenton Township
- Ferndale
- Ferrysburg
- Fife Lake
- Flat Rock
- Flint
- Flint Township
- Flushing
- Flushing Township
- Forest Hills
- Fort Gratiot Township
- Foster City
- Fowler
- Fowlerville
- Frankenmuth
- Frankfort
- Franklin
- Fraser
- Freeland
- Freeport
- Fremont
- Frenchtown Charter Township
- Fruitport
- Fruitport Charter Township
- Gaines Township
- Galesburg
- Garden City
- Garfield Township
- Gaylord
- Genesee charter Township
- Georgetown Township
- Gladstone
- Gladwin
- Glen Arbor
- Gobles
- Goodells
- Goodrich
- Grand Blanc
- Grand Blanc Township
- Grand Haven
- Grand Junction
- Grand Ledge
- Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids charter Township
- Grandville
- Grant
- Grass Lake
- Grass Lake charter Township
- Grawn
- Grayling
- Greenbush
- Greenville
- Grosse Ile Township
- Grosse Pointe
- Grosse Pointe Farms
- Grosse Pointe Park
- Grosse Pointe Woods
- Gwinn
- Hale
- Hamburg
- Hamilton
- Hamtramck
- Hancock
- Hanover
- Harbor Beach
- Harbor Springs
- Harper Woods
- Harrison
- Harrison charter Township
- Harrisville
- Harsens Island
- Hart
- Hartford
- Hartland
- Haslett
- Hastings
- Hazel Park
- Hemlock
- Henderson
- Hesperia
- Hickory Corners
- Highland charter Township
- Highland Park
- Hillsdale
- Holland
- Holly
- Holt
- Holton
- Homer
- Hopkins
- Horton
- Houghton
- Houghton Lake
- Howard City
- Howell
- Hudson
- Hudsonville
- Huntington Woods
- Huron charter Township
- Ida
- Imlay City
- Independence charter Township
- Indian River
- Inkster
- Interlochen
- Ionia
- Iron Mountain
- Iron River
- Ironwood
- Ishpeming
- Ithaca
- Jackson
- Jamestown
- Jeddo
- Jenison
- Johannesburg
- Jones
- Jonesville
- Kalamazoo
- Kalkaska
- Kawkawlin
- Keego Harbor
- Kent City
- Kentwood
- Kinde
- Kingsford
- Kingsley
- Kingston
- L'Anse
- Laingsburg
- Lake City
- Lake Linden
- Lake Odessa
- Lake Orion
- Lakeview
- Lakeville
- Lambertville
- Lansing
- Lapeer
- Lawrence
- Lawton
- Le Roy
- Leland
- Leonard
- Leoni Township
- Leonidas
- Leslie
- Lewiston
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Lincoln Park
- Linden
- Linwood
- Litchfield
- Livonia
- Lowell
- Lowell charter Township
- Ludington
- Luna Pier
- Lyon charter Township
- Mackinac Island
- Mackinaw City
- Macomb
- Madison Heights
- Mancelona
- Manchester
- Manistee
- Manistique
- Manton
- Maple City
- Marcellus
- Marine City
- Marion
- Marlette
- Marne
- Marquette Township
- Marshall
- Martin
- Marysville
- Mason
- Mattawan
- Maybee
- Mayville
- McBain
- Melvindale
- Memphis
- Mendon
- Menominee
- Meridian charter Township
- Merrill
- Mesick
- Metamora
- Michigan Center
- Middleton
- Middleville
- Midland
- Mikado
- Milan
- Milford
- Milford charter Township
- Millington
- Minden City
- Mio
- Moline
- Monitor charter Township
- Monroe
- Monroe charter Township
- Montague
- Montrose
- Morenci
- Morley
- Morrice
- Mount Clemens
- Mount Morris
- Mount Morris Township
- Mount Pleasant
- Munising
- Muskegon
- Muskegon charter Township
- Napoleon
- Nashville
- Negaunee
- New Baltimore
- New Boston
- New Buffalo
- New Era
- New Haven
- New Hudson
- New Lothrop
- Newaygo
- Newport
- Niles
- North Adams
- North Branch
- Northport
- Northville
- Norton Shores
- Norway
- Nottawa
- Novi
- Nunica
- Oak Park
- Oakland charter Township
- Okemos
- Olivet
- Onaway
- Onondaga
- Onsted
- Ontonagon
- Orion charter Township
- Oronoko charter Township
- Ortonville
- Oscoda
- Oscoda charter Township
- Oshtemo
- Osseo
- Otisville
- Otsego
- Ovid
- Owendale
- Owosso
- Oxford
- Oxford Charter Township
- Paradise
- Paris
- Parma
- Paw Paw
- Peck
- Pelkie
- Pellston
- Pentwater
- Perry
- Petersburg
- Petoskey
- Pewamo
- Pickford
- Pigeon
- Pinckney
- Pinconning
- Pittsfield charter Township
- Pittsford
- Plainfield charter Township
- Plainwell
- Pleasant Ridge
- Plymouth
- Plymouth charter Township
- Pointe Aux Pins
- Pontiac
- Port Hope
- Port Huron
- Port Sanilac
- Portage
- Portage charter Township
- Portland
- Potterville
- Prescott
- Pullman
- Quincy
- Quinnesec
- Rapid City
- Rapid River
- Ravenna
- Reading
- Redford Charter Township
- Reed City
- Reese
- Remus
- Richland
- Richmond
- River Rouge
- Riverside
- Riverview
- Rochester
- Rochester Hills
- Rockford
- Rockwood
- Rogers City
- Romeo
- Romulus
- Roscommon
- Roscommon Township
- Rose City
- Rosebush
- Roseville
- Royal Oak
- Rudyard
- Saginaw
- Saginaw charter Township
- Sagola
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Clair Shores
- Saint Johns
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Louis
- Saline
- Sand Creek
- Sand Lake
- Sandusky
- Sanford
- Saranac
- Saugatuck
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Sawyer
- Schoolcraft
- Scottville
- Sears
- Sebewaing
- Shelby
- Shelby charter Township
- Shepherd
- Sidney
- Six Lakes
- Skandia
- Smiths Creek
- South Haven
- South Lyon
- Southfield
- Southgate
- Sparta
- Spring Arbor
- Spring Arbor Township
- Spring Lake
- Springfield Township
- Springport
- Spruce
- Stambaugh
- Standish
- Stanton
- Stephenson
- Sterling
- Sterling Heights
- Stevensville
- Stockbridge
- Sturgis
- Summit Township
- Suttons Bay
- Swartz Creek
- Tawas City
- Taylor
- Tecumseh
- Tekonsha
- Temperance
- Texas charter Township
- Thomas Township
- Three Oaks
- Three Rivers
- Tipton
- Tittabawassee Township
- Traverse City
- Trenton
- Troy
- Tustin
- Twin Lake
- Twining
- Ubly
- Union charter Township
- Union City
- University Center
- Utica
- Van Buren Charter Township
- Vanderbilt
- Vassar
- Vermontville
- Vernon
- Vicksburg
- Vienna Township
- Wakefield
- Waldron
- Walker
- Walkerville
- Wallace
- Walled Lake
- Walloon Lake
- Warren
- Washington
- Waterford Township
- Watersmeet
- Watervliet
- Wayland
- Wayne
- Webberville
- Weidman
- West Bloomfield Township
- West Branch
- Westland
- Westphalia
- White Cloud
- White Lake charter Township
- White Pigeon
- Whiteford
- Whitehall
- Whitmore Lake
- Whittemore
- Williamston
- Willis
- Windsor charter Township
- Wixom
- Wolverine
- Woodhaven
- Wyandotte
- Wyoming
- Yale
- York charter Township
- Ypsilanti
- Ypsilanti charter Township
- Zeeland
- Zeeland charter Township
