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State Licenses & Permits

Metadata Updated: February 9, 2023

Starting a business? Confused about whether you need a business license or permit?

Virtually every business needs some form of license or permit to operate legally. However, licensing and permit requirements vary depending on the type of business you are operating, where it’s located, and what government rules apply.

To help you identify the specific licenses or permits your business may need, simply select a state from the list below to learn about specific license and permit requirements in the area where your business is located.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date July 29, 2022
Metadata Updated Date February 9, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from SBA JSON

Additional Metadata

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Metadata Created Date July 29, 2022
Metadata Updated Date February 9, 2023
Publisher Small Business Administration
Maintainer
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Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-01-30T23:06:14.251Z
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Harvest Source Title SBA JSON
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 028:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash a7ba592ba2e0368f41d83b7dc0d4c00494294604
Source Schema Version 1.1

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