Rhode Island Business Licenses
General Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island annual report.
Get your Rhode Island business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Get your Rhode Island construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Rhode Island. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in Rhode Island, Harbor Compliance can help.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Rhode Island. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Rhode Island. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Rhode Island Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. 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 Rhode Island, and across the US.
Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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.
- Reinstate Rhode Island Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Rhode Island Apostille - Authentication
- Rhode Island Articles of Incorporation
- Rhode Island Articles of Organization
- Rhode Island Certificate of Authority
- Rhode Island Certificate of Cancellation Service
- Rhode Island Certificate of Good Standing / Existence
- Rhode Island Certificate of Merger
- Rhode Island Certification - Authentication
- Rhode Island Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Rhode Island Entity Name Reservation
- Rhode Island Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Rhode Island Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Rhode Island Registered Agent (Resident Agent)
- Start a Rhode Island 501(c)(3)
Rhode Island Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Rhode Island Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Rhode Island Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Rhode Island Sales Tax Exemption
- Rhode Island Tax Clearance Certificate
- Rhode Island Tax Exemption
Rhode Island State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Rhode Island that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Attorney General
- Board of Accountancy
- Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects
- Board of Pharmacy
- Contractors Registration and Licensing Board
- Department of Business Regulation - Commercial Licensing and Regulation Division
- Department of Business Regulation - Division of Banking
- Department of Business Regulation - Insurance Division
- Department of Business Regulation - Real Estate Section
- Department of Business Regulation - Securities Division - Charities Section
- Department of Environmental Management - Licensing & Registration
- Department of Health
- Department of Health - Asbestos Control Program
- Department of Health - Licensing Unit
- Department of Labor and Training - Workforce Regulation and Safety
- Department of Labor and Training - Workforce Regulation and Safety - Elevator Section
- Department of Labor and Training (DLT) - Professional Regulations Unit
- Department of Revenue - Division of Taxation
- Division of Building, Design, and Fire Professionals
- Division of Insurance Regulation
- Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
- Division of State Police - Charitable Gaming Unit
- Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner
- Secretary of State
Rhode Island Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Rhode Island that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Bristol County
- Kent County
- Newport County
- Providence County
- Washington County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Ashaway
- Barrington
- Block Island
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Burrillville
- Carolina
- Central Falls
- Charlestown
- Chepachet
- Clayville
- Coventry
- Cranston
- Cumberland
- East Greenwich
- East Providence
- Exeter
- Fiskeville
- Foster
- Glocester
- Greenville
- Harrisville
- Hope
- Hope Valley
- Hopkinton
- Jamestown
- Johnston
- Kenyon
- Kingston
- Lincoln
- Little Compton
- Manville
- Mapleville
- Middletown
- Narragansett
- Newport
- North Kingstown
- North Providence
- North Scituate
- North Smithfield
- Oakland
- Pascoag
- Pawtucket
- Peace Dale
- Portsmouth
- Providence
- Richmond
- Riverside
- Rumford
- Saunderstown
- Scituate
- Slatersville
- Slocum
- Smithfield
- South Kingstown
- Tiverton
- Tiverton
- Wakefield
- Warren
- Warwick
- West Greenwich
- West Kingston
- West Warwick
- Westerly
- Westerly
- Wood River Junction
- Woonsocket
- Wyoming
