Tennessee Business Licenses
General Tennessee 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 Tennessee annual report.
Get your Tennessee business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Get your Tennessee construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Tennessee. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in Tennessee, Harbor Compliance can help.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Tennessee. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Tennessee. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Tennessee Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Tennessee 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 Tennessee. 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 Tennessee, and across the US.
Tennessee 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.
Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee Certificate of Good Standing / Existence
- Tennessee Certificate of Merger
- Tennessee Certification - Authentication
- Tennessee Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Tennessee Entity Name Reservation
- Tennessee Fictitious Name Registration & Renewal
- Tennessee Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Tennessee Registered Agent Service
Tennessee Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Tennessee Employer (Payroll & Withholding Tax) Registration Service
- Tennessee Sales & Use Tax Registration Service
- Tennessee Sales Tax Exemption
- Tennessee Tax Clearance Certificate
- Tennessee Tax Exemption
Tennessee State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Tennessee that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Board of Pharmacy
- Department of Commerce & Insurance - Fire Prevention/State Fire Marshal's Office
- Department of Commerce & Insurance - Licensing & Regulations
- Department of Commerce & Insurance - Modular Building Program
- Department of Commerce & Insurance - Professional Geologists Licensing Program
- Department of Commerce & Insurance - Soil Scientists Licensing Program
- Department of Commerce and Insurance
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Board for Licensing Contractors
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Insurance Division
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Real Estate Commission
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners
- Department of Commerce and Insurance - Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
- Department of Environment & Conservation - Asbestos Program
- Department of Environment & Conservation - Fleming Training Center - Cross-Connection Control Program
- Department of Financial Institutions - Compliance Division
- Department of Labor & Workforce - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
- Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- Department of Revenue
- Division of TennCare
- Health Facilities Commission
- Office of the State of Architect
- Public Utility Commission
- Secretary of State - Division of Business Services
- Secretary of State - Division of Charitable Solicitations and Gaming
- State Board of Accountancy
Tennessee Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Tennessee that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Anderson County
- Bedford County
- Benton County
- Bledsoe County
- Blount County
- Bradley County
- Campbell County
- Cannon County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Cheatham County
- Chester County
- Claiborne County
- Clay County
- Cocke County
- Coffee County
- Crockett County
- Cumberland County
- Davidson County
- Decatur County
- DeKalb County
- Dickson County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Fentress County
- Franklin County
- Gibson County
- Giles County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Hamblen County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Hawkins County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Loudon County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- McMinn County
- McNairy County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morgan County
- Obion County
- Overton County
- Perry County
- Pickett County
- Polk County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Robertson County
- Rutherford County
- Scott County
- Sequatchie County
- Sevier County
- Shelby County
- Smith County
- Stewart County
- Sullivan County
- Sumner County
- Tipton County
- Trousdale County
- Unicoi County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weakley County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Adamsville
- Alamo
- Alcoa
- Alexandria
- Altamont
- Andersonville
- Antioch
- Arlington
- Arnold Air Force Base
- Ashland City
- Athens
- Atoka
- Atwood
- Bartlett
- Baxter
- Belfast
- Bells
- Benton
- Bethpage
- Big Sandy
- Blountville
- Bluff City
- Bolivar
- Bon Aqua
- Bradford
- Brentwood
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Brownsville
- Bruceton
- Bulls Gap
- Burns
- Butler
- Byrdstown
- Camden
- Carthage
- Celina
- Centerville
- Chapel Hill
- Chapmansboro
- Chattanooga
- Church Hill
- Clarksburg
- Clarksville
- Cleveland
- Clinton
- Coalfield
- Coalmont
- Collegedale
- Collierville
- Columbia
- Cookeville
- Copperhill
- Cordova
- Cornersville
- Corryton
- Cosby
- Cottontown
- Counce
- Covington
- Cowan
- Crab Orchard
- Crossville
- Crump
- Cumberland City
- Dandridge
- Dayton
- Decatur
- Decherd
- Dickson
- Dover
- Doyle
- Dresden
- Drummonds
- Ducktown
- Dunlap
- Dyer
- Dyersburg
- Eads
- East Ridge
- Elizabethton
- Elkton
- Erin
- Erwin
- Estill Springs
- Evensville
- Fairview
- Farragut
- Fayetteville
- Finger
- Franklin
- Friendship
- Friendsville
- Gadsden
- Gainesboro
- Gallatin
- Gallaway
- Gatlinburg
- Georgetown
- Germantown
- Gibson
- Gleason
- Goodlettsville
- Graysville
- Greenback
- Greenbrier
- Greeneville
- Hampton
- Harriman
- Harrogate
- Hartsville
- Heiskell
- Helenwood
- Henderson
- Hendersonville
- Henning
- Henry
- Hermitage
- Hillsboro
- Hixson
- Hohenwald
- Holladay
- Hornbeak
- Humboldt
- Huntingdon
- Huntland
- Huntsville
- Jacksboro
- Jackson
- Jamestown
- Jasper
- Jefferson City
- Jellico
- Johnson City
- Jonesborough
- Kingsport
- Kingston
- Kingston Springs
- Knoxville
- Kodak
- Kyles Ford
- La Vergne
- Lafayette
- LaFollette
- Lakeland
- Lancaster
- Lawrenceburg
- Lebanon
- Lenoir City
- Lewisburg
- Lexington
- Limestone
- Linden
- Livingston
- Loretto
- Loudon
- Louisville
- Lowland
- Lyles
- Lynchburg
- Lynnville
- Madison
- Madisonville
- Manchester
- Martin
- Maryville
- Mascot
- Maury City
- Maynardville
- McEwen
- McKenzie
- McMinnville
- Medina
- Memphis
- Midway
- Milan
- Millington
- Minor Hill
- Monteagle
- Monterey
- Morrison
- Morristown
- Moss
- Mount Juliet
- Mount Pleasant
- Mountain City
- Munford
- Murfreesboro
- Nashville
- New Johnsonville
- New Market
- Newbern
- Newport
- Nolensville
- Norris
- Oak Hill
- Oak Ridge
- Oakdale
- Oakland
- Old Fort
- Old Hickory
- Oliver Springs
- Oneida
- Ooltewah
- Orlinda
- Palmer
- Palmyra
- Paris
- Parsons
- Pelham
- Petersburg
- Pickwick Landing Dam
- Pigeon Forge
- Pikeville
- Piney Flats
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant View
- Portland
- Powell
- Pulaski
- Red Bank
- Red Boiling Springs
- Ripley
- Rock Island
- Rockford
- Rockvale
- Rockwood
- Rocky Top
- Rogersville
- Rutherford
- Rutledge
- Sale Creek
- Savannah
- Selmer
- Sevierville
- Sewanee
- Seymour
- Shelbyville
- Signal Mountain
- Smithville
- Smyrna
- Soddy-Daisy
- Somerville
- South Fulton
- South Pittsburg
- Sparta
- Spring Hill
- Springfield
- Summertown
- Summitville
- Sunbright
- Surgoinsville
- Sweetwater
- Talbott
- Tazewell
- Tellico Plains
- Tennessee Ridge
- Tiptonville
- Townsend
- Tracy City
- Trenton
- Troy
- Tullahoma
- Turtletown
- Unicoi
- Union City
- Vonore
- Walling
- Wartburg
- Waverly
- Waynesboro
- Westmoreland
- White House
- Whites Creek
- Whiteville
- Winchester
- Winfield
- Woodbury
