Mississippi Business Licenses
General Mississippi 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 filing your Mississippi annual report.
Get your Mississippi business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Get your Mississippi construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Mississippi. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in Mississippi, Harbor Compliance can help.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Mississippi. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Mississippi. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Mississippi Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Mississippi 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi, and across the US.
Mississippi 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.
Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi Entity Name Reservation
- Mississippi Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Mississippi Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Mississippi Registered Agent Service
- Moving Your Company's Domicile to Mississippi
- Obtain Mississippi Certified Copies
- Reinstate Mississippi Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start a Mississippi 501(c)(3)
Mississippi Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Mississippi Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Mississippi Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Mississippi Sales Tax Exemption
- Mississippi Tax Clearance Certificate
- Mississippi Tax Exemption
Mississippi State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Mississippi that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Office
- Attorney General's Office
- Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
- Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Agriculture & Commerce - Bureau of Plant Industry
- Department of Banking and Consumer Finance - Consumer Finance Division
- Department of Banking and Consumer Finance (MS)
- Department of Employment Security
- Department of Environmental Quality - Asbestos and Lead Branch
- Department of Environmental Quality - Asbestos Program
- Department of Revenue
- Gaming Commission - Charitable Gaming Division
- Insurance Department
- Landscape Architecture Advisory Committee
- Motor Vehicle Commission
- Public Service Commission
- Real Estate Commission
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of State - Charities Division
- Secretary of State - Securities Division
- State Board of Architects
- State Board of Contractors
- State Board of Public Accountancy
- State Board of Registered Professional Geologists
- State Department of Health
Mississippi Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Mississippi that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Adams County
- Alcorn County
- Amite County
- Attala County
- Benton County
- Bolivar County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Claiborne County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Coahoma County
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- DeSoto County
- Forrest County
- Franklin County
- George County
- Greene County
- Grenada County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Itawamba County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Kemper County
- Lafayette County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Leake County
- Lee County
- Leflore County
- Lincoln County
- Lowndes County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Panola County
- Pearl River County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Quitman County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Sharkey County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Stone County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Tunica County
- Union County
- Walthall County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wilkinson County
- Winston County
- Yalobusha County
- Yazoo County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Aberdeen
- Ackerman
- Amory
- Ashland
- Baldwyn
- Batesville
- Bay Saint Louis
- Bay Springs
- Belzoni
- Benoit
- Biloxi
- Blue Mountain
- Booneville
- Brandon
- Brookhaven
- Byhalia
- Byram
- Caledonia
- Calhoun City
- Canton
- Carriere
- Carrollton
- Carthage
- Centreville
- Charleston
- Clarksdale
- Cleveland
- Clinton
- Coffeeville
- Collins
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Conehatta
- Corinth
- Crystal Springs
- D'Iberville
- De Kalb
- Decatur
- Diamondhead
- Durant
- Ecru
- Elliott
- Ellisville
- Enterprise
- Eupora
- Fayette
- Florence
- Flowood
- Forest
- Fulton
- Gautier
- Golden
- Goodman
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Grenada
- Gulfport
- Guntown
- Hamilton
- Hattiesburg
- Hazlehurst
- Heidelberg
- Hernando
- Hollandale
- Holly Springs
- Horn Lake
- Houston
- Hurley
- Indianola
- Inverness
- Itta Bena
- Iuka
- Jackson
- John C. Stennis Space Center
- Kiln
- Kosciusko
- Lake
- Lauderdale
- Laurel
- Leakesville
- Leland
- Lexington
- Liberty
- Long Beach
- Louisville
- Lucedale
- Lumberton
- Maben
- Macon
- Madison
- Magee
- Magnolia
- Marks
- Mathiston
- McComb
- McCondy
- Meadville
- Mendenhall
- Meridian
- Mississippi State University
- Moorhead
- Morton
- Moss Point
- Natchez
- New Albany
- New Houlka
- Ocean Springs
- Okolona
- Olive Branch
- Osyka
- Oxford
- Pascagoula
- Pass Christian
- Pearl
- Pearlington
- Perkinston
- Petal
- Philadelphia
- Picayune
- Pontotoc
- Poplarville
- Port Gibson
- Prentiss
- Purvis
- Quitman
- Raleigh
- Raymond
- Richland
- Richton
- Ridgeland
- Rienzi
- Ripley
- Rolling Fork
- Scooba
- Senatobia
- Shannon
- Soso
- Southaven
- Star
- Starkville
- Summit
- Sunflower
- Tie Plant
- Tunica
- Tupelo
- Tylertown
- Union
- Vancleave
- Vicksburg
- Walls
- Water Valley
- Waveland
- Waynesboro
- Wesson
- West Point
- Wiggins
- Winona
- Yazoo City