General Idaho 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:
Annual Report
Fast easy instructions and affordable support for your Idaho annual report.
Articles of Limited Partnership
Business License
Get your Idaho business license. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Construction License
Get your Idaho construction licenses. Harbor Compliance assists with initial and renewal registrations in every state.
Energy Licensing
Licensing guide for energy industry registrations and licenses in Idaho. Find detailed application, renewal, and reporting requirements.
Finance Licensing In
If you are looking to obtain a finance license in Idaho, Harbor Compliance can help.
How to Form an LLC
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions to form a limited liability company in Idaho. Do it yourself or purchase our formation service.
How to Incorporate
Total cost, time, and step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate in Idaho. Do it yourself or purchase our incorporation service.
Licensing Resources
Idaho Business Licensing Guides and Information.
Start a Business
Total time, cost, and paperwork to start your business in Idaho 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 Idaho. Instruction and services to assist with your non-profit formation.
Nonprofit Compliance
Comprehensive solutions (and free resources) to help manage your fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities in Idaho, and across the US.
Idaho 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.
- Charitable Gift Annuity Licensing Compliance in Idaho
- Idaho Architecture Firm License
- Idaho Charitable Gaming License
- Idaho Charitable Registration
- Idaho Employment Agency Licensing
- Idaho Engineering Firm License
- Idaho Insurance Licensing
- Idaho Private Investigator License
- Idaho Real Estate Licensing
- Idaho Utilization Review Certification / License
Idaho 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.
- Change Your Idaho Registered Agent
- Converting Your Entity in Idaho
- Dissolve Idaho Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Foreign Idaho Corporation
- Foreign Idaho LLC
- Idaho Apostille - Authentication
- Idaho Articles of Incorporation
- Idaho Articles of Organization
- Idaho Certificate of Authority
- Idaho Certificate of Cancellation Service
- Idaho Certificate of Good Standing / Existence
- Idaho Certificate of Merger
- Idaho Certification - Authentication
- Idaho Corporation LLC Nonprofit Amendment
- Idaho Entity Name Reservation
- Idaho Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation
- Idaho Registered Agent Service
- Moving Your Company's Domicile to Idaho
- Obtain Idaho Certified Copies
- Reinstate Idaho Corporation LLC Nonprofit
- Start an Idaho 501(c)(3)
Idaho Tax Filings
Find the information you need to register for state taxes or seek tax exemptions.
- Idaho Sales Tax Exemption
- Idaho Tax Clearance Certificate
- Idaho Tax Exemption
Idaho State Licensing Agencies
Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Idaho that a business should check for business license requirements.
- Alcohol Beverage Control Bureau
- Board of Contractors
- Building Code Board
- Department of Environmental Quality
- Department of Finance
- Department of Health & Welfare
- Department of Insurance
- Department of Insurance - State Fire Marshal
- Department of Labor
- Department of Water Resources
- Division of Building Safety - Electrical Program
- Division of Building Safety - Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning Program
- Division of Building Safety - Plumbing Program
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - State Driving Business Licensure Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Athletic Commission
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Barber and Cosmetology Services Licensing Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Accountancy
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Acupuncture
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Architects and Landscape Architects
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Chiropractic Physicians
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Denturitry
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Drinking Water and Wastewater Professionals
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Genetic Counselors
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Massage Therapy
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Nursing
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Pharmacy
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (IPELS)
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Professional Geologists
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Psychologist Examiners
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Board of Social Work Examiners
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Certified Shorthand Reporters Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Contractors Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Occupational Therapy Licensure Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Physical Therapy Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Public Works Contractor Licensing Program
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Real Estate Appraiser Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Real Estate Commission
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - Speech, Hearing & Communication Services Licensure Board
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - State Board of Morticians
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - State Board of Optometry
- Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses - State Board of Podiatry
- Licensing Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists
- Manufactured Housing Board
- Modular Building Advisory Board
- Office of the Attorney General
- Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board
- Plumbing Board
- Professional Licenses
- Public Works Contractor Licensing (PWCL) Board
- Secretary of State
- State Liquor Dispensary
- State Lottery - Enforcement Division
- State Tax Commission
- Uniform Athlete Agents Registration
Idaho Local Business Licences
Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Idaho that a business should check for local business license requirements.
County / Parish
- Ada County
- Adams County
- Bannock County
- Bear Lake County
- Benewah County
- Bingham County
- Blaine County
- Boise County
- Bonner County
- Bonneville County
- Boundary County
- Butte County
- Camas County
- Canyon County
- Caribou County
- Cassia County
- Clark County
- Clearwater County
- Custer County
- Elmore County
- Franklin County
- Fremont County
- Gem County
- Gooding County
- Idaho County
- Jefferson County
- Jerome County
- Kootenai County
- Latah County
- Lemhi County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Minidoka County
- Nez Perce County
- Oneida County
- Owyhee County
- Payette County
- Power County
- Shoshone County
- Teton County
- Twin Falls County
- Valley County
- Washington County
City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood
- Aberdeen
- American Falls
- Arco
- Arimo
- Athol
- Atlanta
- Avery
- Bancroft
- Blackfoot
- Bliss
- Boise
- Bonners Ferry
- Bruneau
- Buhl
- Burley
- Caldwell
- Cambridge
- Cascade
- Challis
- Coeur d'Alene
- Cottonwood
- Council
- Craigmont
- Culdesac
- Dayton
- De Smet
- Dietrich
- Driggs
- Eagle
- Emmett
- Fairfield
- Filer
- Firth
- Fort Hall
- Fruitland
- Garden City
- Garden Valley
- Gibbonsville
- Glenns Ferry
- Gooding
- Grace
- Grand View
- Grangeville
- Hagerman
- Hailey
- Hansen
- Harrison
- Hayden
- Hazelton
- Homedale
- Horseshoe Bend
- Idaho City
- Idaho Falls
- Irwin
- Jerome
- Kamiah
- Kellogg
- Kendrick
- Ketchum
- Kimberly
- Kootenai
- Kuna
- Laclede
- Lapwai
- Lewiston
- Mackay
- Malad City
- Marsing
- McCall
- McCammon
- Melba
- Meridian
- Middleton
- Midvale
- Minidoka
- Montpelier
- Moscow
- Mountain Home
- Mountain Home Air Force Base
- Mullan
- Murphy
- Murtaugh
- Nampa
- Naples
- New Meadows
- New Plymouth
- Nezperce
- Notus
- Orofino
- Osburn
- Paris
- Parma
- Paul
- Payette
- Pierce
- Plummer
- Pocatello
- Porthill
- Post Falls
- Potlatch
- Preston
- Priest River
- Princeton
- Rathdrum
- Rexburg
- Rigby
- Ririe
- Rockland
- Rupert
- Sagle
- Saint Anthony
- Saint Maries
- Salmon
- Sandpoint
- Shelley
- Shoshone
- Smelterville
- Soda Springs
- Spirit Lake
- Sugar City
- Sun Valley
- Troy
- Twin Falls
- Victor
- Wallace
- Weippe
- Weiser
- Wendell
- Wilder
- Worley
