Michigan Business Licenses

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General Michigan Guides & Resources

Michigan Business Licenses for Regulated Industries

Michigan Corporate Filings

Michigan Tax Filings

Michigan State Licensing Agencies

Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Michigan that a business should check for business license requirements.

Attorney General - Charitable Trust Section
Board of Pharmacy
Department of Insurance and Financial Services

Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Corporations Division
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Licensing Division
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Public Service Commission

Department of State - Office of the Great Seal
Department of Treasury
Liquor Control Commission
State Board of Accountancy

Michigan Local Business Licences

Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Michigan that a business should check for local business license requirements.

County / Parish

Alcona County
Alger County
Allegan County
Alpena County
Antrim County
Arenac County
Baraga County
Barry County
Bay County
Benzie County
Berrien County
Branch County
Calhoun County
Cass County
Charlevoix County
Cheboygan County
Chippewa County
Clare County
Clinton County
Crawford County
Delta County
Dickinson County
Eaton County
Emmet County
Genesee County
Gladwin County
Gogebic County

Grand Traverse County
Gratiot County
Hillsdale County
Houghton County
Huron County
Ingham County
Ionia County
Iosco County
Iron County
Isabella County
Jackson County
Kalamazoo County
Kalkaska County
Kent County
Keweenaw County
Lake County
Lapeer County
Leelanau County
Lenawee County
Livingston County
Luce County
Mackinac County
Macomb County
Manistee County
Marquette County
Mason County
Mecosta County

Midland County
Missaukee County
Monroe County
Montcalm County
Montmorency County
Muskegon County
Newaygo County
Oakland County
Oceana County
Ogemaw County
Ontonagon County
Osceola County
Oscoda County
Otsego County
Ottawa County
Presque Isle County
Roscommon County
Saginaw County
Sanilac County
Schoolcraft County
Shiawassee County
St. Clair County
St. Joseph County
Tuscola County
Van Buren County
Washtenaw County
Wayne County
Wexford County

City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood

Ada Township
Addison
Adrian
Alanson
Alba
Albion
Alger
Algonac
Allegan
Allen Park
Allendale
Allendale Charter Township
Alma
Almont
Alpena
Alto
Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor charter Township
Applegate
Armada
Ashley
Atlanta
Au Gres
Auburn
Auburn Hills
Augusta
Augusta charter Township
Avoca
Azalia
Bad Axe
Baldwin
Bangor
Baraga
Baroda
Barton City
Bath Township
Battle Creek
Bay City
Bay Shore
Bear Lake
Beaver Island
Beaverton
Beechwood
Belding
Bellaire
Belleville
Belmont
Bentley
Benton Harbor
Benzonia
Bergland
Berkley
Berrien Springs
Beulah
Beverly Hills
Big Rapids
Birch Run
Birmingham
Blackman
Blanchard
Blissfield
Bloomfield Hills
Bloomfield Township
Bloomingdale
Boyne City
Boyne Falls
Brandon Township
Breckenridge
Brethren
Bridgeport
Bridgeport charter Township
Bridgewater
Bridgman
Brighton
Briley
Brimley
Britton
Bronson
Brooklyn
Brown City
Brownstown Charter Township
Buchanan
Buena Vista charter Township
Burlington
Burnips
Burr Oak
Burton
Byron
Byron Center
Cadillac
Caledonia
Calumet
Camden
Canton
Capac
Carleton
Carney
Caro
Carson City
Carsonville
Caseville
Cass City
Cassopolis
Cedar Springs
Cedarville
Center Line
Central Lake
Centreville
Charlevoix
Charlotte
Charter Township of Clinton
Chatham
Cheboygan
Chelsea
Chesaning
Clare
Clarkston
Clarksville
Clawson
Clifford
Climax
Clinton
Clio
Coldwater
Coleman
Coloma
Coloma charter Township
Colon
Columbiaville
Commerce charter Township
Comstock Park
Comstock Township
Concord
Conklin
Constantine
Coopersville
Copper Harbor
Cornell
Corunna
Covert
Croswell
Crystal
Crystal Falls
Custer
Dansville
Davisburg
Davison
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights
Decatur
Deckerville
Deerfield
Delhi charter Township
Delta charter Township
Delton
Denton Township
Detroit
DeWitt
DeWitt Township
Dexter
Dimondale
Dollar Bay
Dorr
Douglas
Dowagiac
Drayton Plains
Dryden
Dundee
Durand
East China
East Grand Rapids
East Jordan
East Lansing
East Tawas
Eastpointe
Eaton Rapids
Eau Claire
Ecorse
Edmore
Edwardsburg
Egelston Township
Elk Rapids
Ellsworth
Elsie
Emmett
Emmett charter Township
Erie
Escanaba
Essexville
Evart
Fair Plain
Fairview
Farmington
Farmington Hills
Fennville
Fenton
Fenton Township
Ferndale
Ferrysburg
Fife Lake
Flat Rock
Flint
Flint Township
Flushing
Flushing Township
Forest Hills
Fort Gratiot Township
Foster City
Fowler
Fowlerville
Frankenmuth
Frankfort
Franklin
Fraser

Freeland
Freeport
Fremont
Frenchtown Charter Township
Fruitport
Fruitport Charter Township
Gaines Township
Galesburg
Garden City
Garfield Township
Gaylord
Genesee charter Township
Georgetown Township
Gladstone
Gladwin
Glen Arbor
Gobles
Goodells
Goodrich
Grand Blanc
Grand Blanc Township
Grand Haven
Grand Junction
Grand Ledge
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids charter Township
Grandville
Grant
Grass Lake
Grass Lake charter Township
Grawn
Grayling
Greenbush
Greenville
Grosse Ile Township
Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Park
Grosse Pointe Woods
Gwinn
Hale
Hamburg
Hamilton
Hamtramck
Hancock
Hanover
Harbor Beach
Harbor Springs
Harper Woods
Harrison
Harrison charter Township
Harrisville
Harsens Island
Hart
Hartford
Hartland
Haslett
Hastings
Hazel Park
Hemlock
Henderson
Hesperia
Hickory Corners
Highland charter Township
Highland Park
Hillsdale
Holland
Holly
Holt
Holton
Homer
Hopkins
Horton
Houghton
Houghton Lake
Howard City
Howell
Hudson
Hudsonville
Huntington Woods
Huron charter Township
Ida
Imlay City
Independence charter Township
Indian River
Inkster
Interlochen
Ionia
Iron Mountain
Iron River
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Ithaca
Jackson
Jamestown
Jeddo
Jenison
Johannesburg
Jones
Jonesville
Kalamazoo
Kalkaska
Kawkawlin
Keego Harbor
Kent City
Kentwood
Kinde
Kingsford
Kingsley
Kingston
L'Anse
Laingsburg
Lake City
Lake Linden
Lake Odessa
Lake Orion
Lakeview
Lakeville
Lambertville
Lansing
Lapeer
Lawrence
Lawton
Le Roy
Leland
Leonard
Leoni Township
Leonidas
Leslie
Lewiston
Lexington
Lincoln
Lincoln Park
Linden
Linwood
Litchfield
Livonia
Lowell
Lowell charter Township
Ludington
Luna Pier
Lyon charter Township
Mackinac Island
Mackinaw City
Macomb
Madison Heights
Mancelona
Manchester
Manistee
Manistique
Manton
Maple City
Marcellus
Marine City
Marion
Marlette
Marne
Marquette Township
Marshall
Martin
Marysville
Mason
Mattawan
Maybee
Mayville
McBain
Melvindale
Memphis
Mendon
Menominee
Meridian charter Township
Merrill
Mesick
Metamora
Michigan Center
Middleton
Middleville
Midland
Mikado
Milan
Milford
Milford charter Township
Millington
Minden City
Mio
Moline
Monitor charter Township
Monroe
Monroe charter Township
Montague
Montrose
Morenci
Morley
Morrice
Mount Clemens
Mount Morris
Mount Morris Township
Mount Pleasant
Munising
Muskegon
Muskegon charter Township
Napoleon
Nashville
Negaunee
New Baltimore
New Boston
New Buffalo
New Era
New Haven
New Hudson
New Lothrop
Newaygo
Newport
Niles

North Branch
Northport
Northville
Norton Shores
Norway
Nottawa
Novi
Nunica
Oak Park
Oakland charter Township
Okemos
Olivet
Onaway
Onondaga
Onsted
Ontonagon
Orion charter Township
Oronoko charter Township
Ortonville
Oscoda
Oscoda charter Township
Oshtemo
Osseo
Otisville
Otsego
Ovid
Owendale
Owosso
Oxford
Oxford Charter Township
Paradise
Paris
Parma
Paw Paw
Peck
Pelkie
Pellston
Pentwater
Perry
Petersburg
Petoskey
Pewamo
Pickford
Pigeon
Pinckney
Pinconning
Pittsfield charter Township
Pittsford
Plainfield charter Township
Plainwell
Pleasant Ridge
Plymouth
Plymouth charter Township
Pointe Aux Pins
Pontiac
Port Hope
Port Huron
Port Sanilac
Portage
Portage charter Township
Portland
Potterville
Prescott
Pullman
Quincy
Quinnesec
Rapid City
Rapid River
Ravenna
Reading
Redford Charter Township
Reed City
Reese
Remus
Richland
Richmond
River Rouge
Riverside
Riverview
Rochester
Rochester Hills
Rockford
Rockwood
Rogers City
Romeo
Romulus
Roscommon
Roscommon Township
Rose City
Rosebush
Roseville
Royal Oak
Rudyard
Saginaw
Saginaw charter Township
Sagola
Saint Charles
Saint Clair
Saint Clair Shores
Saint Johns
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis
Saline
Sand Creek
Sand Lake
Sandusky
Sanford
Saranac
Saugatuck
Sault Ste. Marie
Sawyer
Schoolcraft
Scottville
Sears
Sebewaing
Shelby
Shelby charter Township
Shepherd
Sidney
Six Lakes
Skandia
Smiths Creek
South Haven
South Lyon
Southfield
Southgate
Sparta
Spring Arbor
Spring Arbor Township
Spring Lake
Springfield Township
Springport
Spruce
Stambaugh
Standish
Stanton
Stephenson
Sterling
Sterling Heights
Stevensville
Stockbridge
Sturgis
Summit Township
Suttons Bay
Swartz Creek
Tawas City
Taylor
Tecumseh
Tekonsha
Temperance
Texas charter Township
Thomas Township
Three Oaks
Three Rivers
Tipton
Tittabawassee Township
Traverse City
Trenton
Troy
Tustin
Twin Lake
Twining
Ubly
Union charter Township
Union City
University Center
Utica
Van Buren Charter Township
Vanderbilt
Vassar
Vermontville
Vernon
Vicksburg
Vienna Township
Wakefield
Waldron
Walker
Walkerville
Wallace
Walled Lake
Walloon Lake
Warren
Washington
Waterford Township
Watersmeet
Watervliet
Wayland
Wayne
Webberville
Weidman
West Bloomfield Township
West Branch
Westland
Westphalia
White Cloud
White Lake charter Township
White Pigeon
Whiteford
Whitehall
Whitmore Lake
Whittemore
Williamston
Willis
Windsor charter Township
Wixom
Wolverine
Woodhaven
Wyandotte
Wyoming
Yale
York charter Township
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti charter Township
Zeeland
Zeeland charter Township