South Carolina Business Licenses
General South Carolina 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 South Carolina annual report.
Get your South Carolina business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Get your South Carolina construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in South Carolina. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in South Carolina, Harbor Compliance can help.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in South Carolina. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in South Carolina. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
South Carolina Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in South Carolina 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 Utah. 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 South Carolina, and across the US.
South Carolina 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.
South Carolina 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 South Carolina Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- South Carolina Apostille - Authentication
- South Carolina Articles of Incorporation
- South Carolina Articles of Organization
- South Carolina Certificate of Authority
- South Carolina Certificate of Cancellation Service
- South Carolina Certificate of Good Standing / Existence
- South Carolina Certificate of Merger
- South Carolina Certification - Authentication
- South Carolina Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- South Carolina Entity Name Reservation
- South Carolina Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- South Carolina Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- South Carolina Registered Agent (Resident Agent)
- Start a South Carolina 501(c)(3)
South Carolina Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- South Carolina Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- South Carolina Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- South Carolina Sales Tax Exemption
- South Carolina Tax Clearance Certificate
- South Carolina Tax Exemption
South Carolina State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within South Carolina that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Board of Accountancy
- Board of Architectural Examiners
- Board of Financial Institutions - Consumer Finance Division
- Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners
- Board of Registration for Geologists
- Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
- Department of Agriculture - Consumer Protection Division
- Department of Consumer Affairs
- Department of Employment and Workforce
- Department of Health and Environmental Control - Asbestos Program
- Department of Health and Environmental Control - Bureau of Drug Control
- Department of Insurance
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Contractors Licensing Board
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Office of the State Fire Marshall
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Real Estate Commission
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Residential Builders Commission
- Department of Motor Vehicles - Business Licensing Unit
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Revenue - Bingo Licensing and Enforcement Unit
- Division of Professional and Occupational Licensing
- Law Enforcement Division
- Office of the Attorney General - Money Services Division
- Secretary of State - Division of Business Filings
- Secretary of State - Division of Public Charities
South Carolina Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within South Carolina that a business should check for local business license requirements.
