Small Business Start-Up Issues

Alabama

Department of Revenue
Sales, Use & Business Tax Division, Severance
& License Section
3103 Gordon Persons Building
50 Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36132
334-353-7827
http://www.ador.state.al.us/licenses/index.html

Colorado

Small Business Development Center

Business Assistance Center
1625 Broadway, Suite 805
Denver, CO 80202
303-592-5920
800-333-7798
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/oed/bac.html
Connecticut

Alaska

Department of Community and Economic

Development
Division of Occupational Licensing
333 Willoughby Ave., 9th Floor, State Office
Bldg.,
Juneau, AK 99801
907-465-2534
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/home.htm
Arizona

Department of Commerce
Business Connection
3800 N. Central Avenue, Bldg. D
Phoenix, AZ 85012
602-542-4576
http://www.azcommerce.com/smallbus.htm
Arkansas

Department of Economic Development

One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
800-ARKANSAS
501-682-1060
http://www.aedc.state.ar.us/home.html
California

Office of Small Business

801 K Street, Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95814
800-303-6600
916-322-5790
http://www.commerce.ca.gov/business/small/

Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc.

805 Brook Street, Building #4
Rocky Hill, CT 06067-3405
860-571-7136
800-392-2122
http://www.cerc.com
Delaware

Division of Revenue
820 North French Street
P.O. Box 2340
Wilmington, DE 19899-2340
302-577-5800
http://www.state.de.us/coop/basics.htm
District of Columbia

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

941 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-442-4515
http://www.dcra.org
Florida

Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI)

390 North Orange Avenue
Suite 1300
Orlando, FL 32801
407-316-4600
http://www.floridabusiness.com/default.html

Georgia

Secretary of State
First Stop Business Information Center
Suite 315, West Tower
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-7061
800-656-4558
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/FirstStop/default.htm

Iowa

Department of Economic Development

Small Business Resource Office
200 East Grand
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-242-4750
800-532-1216
http://www.state.ia.us/ided/index.html
Kansas

Hawaii

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Business Registration Division
1010 Richards Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-586-2744
http://www.businessregistrations.com/

Department of Commerce and Housing

Business Development Division
700 SW Harrison St., Suite 1300
Topeka, KS 66603-3712
785-296-5298
http://www.kansascommerce.com
Kentucky

Idaho

Department of Commerce
700 West State Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0093
208-334-2470
http://www.idoc.state.id.us

Cabinet for Economic Development

Business Information Clearinghouse
Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-4252 ext. 4317
800-626-2250
http://www.edc.state.ky.us/kyedc/
ebpermits.html

Illinois

Department of Commerce and Community

Affairs
100 West Randolph St., Suite 3-400
Chicago, IL 60601
312-814-7179
http://www.commerce.state.il.us/doingbusiness/
First_Stop/Permits.htm

Louisiana

Secretary of State
First Stop Shop Division
P.O. Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
225-922-2675
800-259-0001
http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/fss-index.htm

Indiana

Department of Commerce
One North Capitol, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317-232-8800
http://www.ai.org/doc/doingbiz/index.html

Maine

Department of Economic and Community

Development
Office of Business Development
59 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-287-3153
http://www.econdevmaine.com/

Maryland

Department of Business and Economic

Development
217 East Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-3316
410-767-6300
http://www.blis.state.md.us/

Missouri

Department of Economic Development

Business Assistance Center
301 West High Street, Room 720
P.O. Box 118
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0118
888-751-2863
http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/mbac

Massachusetts

Office of Business Development

1 Ashburton Place, Room 2101
Boston, MA 02108
617-727-3206
800-5-CAPITAL
http://www.state.ma.us/mobd/toc.htm
Michigan

Economic Development Corporation

201 N. Washington Square, 4th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913
517-373-9808
http://medc.michigan.org/glocation/
starting_index.htm
Minnesota

Department of Trade and Economic

Development
Small Business Assistance Office
500 Metro Square
121 7th Place East
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-282-2103
800-657-3858
http://www.dted.state.mn.us/01x03x02.asp
Mississippi

Department of Economic and Community

Development
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
601-359-3593
http://www.mississippi.org/decd/existing/
exist_howto.htm

Montana

Department of Commerce
Small Business Development Center
1424 Ninth Ave.
Helena, MT 59620
406-444-4109
800-221-8015
http://commerce.state.mt.us/EconDev/SBDC/
SBDC.htm
Nebraska

Department of Economic Development

301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
402-471-3111
800-426-6505
http://assist.neded.org/index.html
Nevada

Department of Business and Industry

788 Fairview Ave.
Suite 100
Carson City, NV 89701-5491
775-687-4250
http://www.state.nv.us/binn/
New Hampshire

Small Business Development Center

1000 Elm Street, 12th floor
Manchester, NH 03101
603-624-2000
http://www.nhsbdc.org/

New Jersey

Division of Revenue
Business Gateway Services
225 West State Street,
Trenton, NJ 08608-1001
609-292-9292
http://www.state.nj.us/njbgs/index.html

Ohio

Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

37 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3065
614-225-6910
http://www.ohiosbdc.org/main.shtml
Oklahoma

New Mexico

Economic Development Department

1100 St. Francis Dr.
Santa Fe, NM 87503
505-827-0300
http://www.edd.state.nm.us/SERVICES/
index.html

Tax Commission
2501 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73194
Connors Building, Capitol Complex
405-521-4321
http://www.oktax.state.ok.us/oktax/busreg.html
Oregon

New York

Governors Office of Regulatory Reform

Governor Alfred E. Smith Office Building
P.O. Box 7027, 17th Floor
Albany, NY 12225
518-474-8275
800-342-3464
http://www.gorr.state.ny.us/gorr/startbus.html

Business Information Center

Public Service Building, Suite 151
255 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-1327
503-986-2200
http://www.sos.state.or.us/corporation/bic/
bizguide/contents.htm
Pennsylvania

North Carolina

Department of the Secretary of State

Business License Information
111 Hillsborough Street (1st floor)
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-807-2166
800-228-8443
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/blio/default.asp
North Dakota

Business Information Center

700 E. Main, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 5509
Bismarck, ND 58506
701-328-5850
http://www.state.nd.us/businessreg/

Entrepreneurial Assistance Office

357 Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-783-8950
http://www.dced.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/DCED/
business/starting.htm
Rhode Island

Economic Development Corp.

One West Exchange Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-2601
http://www.riedc.com/sab/sabframe.htm
South Carolina

Small Business Development Center

1710 College Street
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-5118
http://sbdcweb.badm.sc.edu

South Dakota

Governors Office of Economic Development

711 E. Wells Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-3369
800-872-6190
605-773-5032
http://www.state.sd.us/oed/start-up/doingbus.htm
Tennessee

Department of Economic and Community

Development
Business Services
11th Floor, William R. Snodgrass TN Tower
312 8th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0405
615-741-2626
http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/bus_start.htm
Texas

Department of Economic Development

1700 North Congress, SFA Building
Austin, TX 78711
512-936-0100
http://www.tded.state.tx.us/guide/
Utah

Department of Community and Economic

Development
324 South State Street, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-538-8700
http://www.dced.state.ut.us/nav/library/
bizutah/title.htm
Vermont

Department of Economic Development

National Life Bldg., Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620-0501
800-VERMONT
802-828-3080
http://www.thinkvermont.com/business/
starting/guide/index.shtml

Virginia

Economic Development Partnership

Post Office Box 798
Richmond, VA 23218-0798
804-371-8106
http://www.yesvirginia.org/lib.html
Washington

Department of Licensing
Master License Service (MLS)
405 Black Lake Blvd., Building 2
P.O. Box 9034
Olympia, WA 98507-9034
360-664-1400
http://www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/buslic.htm
West Virginia

Secretary of State
Bldg. 1, Suite 157-K
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305-0770
304-558-8000
http://www.state.wv.us/sos/corp/startup.htm
Wisconsin

Department of Commerce
201 W. Washington Ave.
P.O. Box 7970
Madison, WI 53707
800-HELPBUS
608-266-1018
http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/MT/MT-COM2600.html
Wyoming

Small Business Development Center

P.O. Box 3922
Laramie, WY 82071-3922
307-766-3505
800-348-5194
http://www.uwyo.edu/sbdc/starting.html