Secretary of State Websites for All Fifty States

lorem In some states, you will need a business license to open a business on the internet. The first stop for this is always your state Secretary of State's office, so here are the web addresses for all fifty states:

Secretary of State web site addresses for all 50 states.

Many of these web sites have a lot of useful information on starting and running businesses, which is not state-specific. It may be a good idea to check out other states' information than your own, especially if your own state's web site is not very helpful.

• Alabama: http://www.sos.alabama.gov/BusinessServices/Default.aspx
• Alaska: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/fin/businessEstablishing.html
• Arizona: http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/filings.htm
• Arkansas: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/BCS/Pages/default.aspx
• California: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/starting-a-business.htm
• Colorado: http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/businessHome.html
• Connecticut: http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3175&q=391762&SOTSNav_GID=1844
• Delaware: http://www.delaware.gov/topics/startasmallbusiness
• District of Columbia: http://brc.dc.gov/planning/planning.asp
• Florida: http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/businesses/
• Georgia: http://sos.georgia.gov/firststop/
• Hawaii: http://hawaii.gov/dcca/bac/starting_business
• Idaho: http://business.idaho.gov/Default.aspx?TabID=467&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
• Illinois: http://www.illinois.gov/Business/Pages/run.aspx (go to the second section, “Starting a Business”)
• Indiana: http://www.in.gov/sos/business/2428.htm
• Iowa: http://www.iowa.gov/For_Businesses/Starting%20a%20Business
• Kansas: http://www.kansas.gov/businesscenter/starting/
• Kentucky: http://onestop.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• Louisiana: http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/98/default.aspx
• Maine: http://www.maine.gov/portal/business/
• Maryland: http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/checklist.html
• Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/portal/business/
• Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/business
• Minnesota: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=92
• Mississippi: http://www.mississippi.gov/content/Pages/Business.aspx (Scroll down to the second section, “Starting a Business”)
• Missouri: http://www.business.mo.gov/
• Montana: http://sos.mt.gov/business/startup/index.asp
• Nebraska: http://www.revenue.ne.gov/business/bus_regist.html
• Nevada: http://business.nv.gov/StartABusiness.htm
• New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/business/doingbusiness.html (Scroll down to “Starting a Business”)
• New Jersey: http://www.nj.gov/njbusiness/starting/
• New Mexico: http://www.newmexico.gov/business/Starting_A_Business.aspx
• New York: http://www.nysegov.com/citguide.cfm?superCat=28&cat=201&content=main
• North Carolina: http://www.blnc.gov/start-your-business
• North Dakota: http://www.nd.gov/businessreg/
• Ohio: http://business.ohio.gov/starting/
• Oklahoma: http://www.ok.gov/portal/section.php?sec_id=4
• Oregon: http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/bus/Pages/starting.aspx
• Pennsylvania: http://www.pabizonline.com/Pages/default.aspx
• Rhode Island: http://www.ri.gov/business/
• South Carolina: http://www.sc.gov/HowDoI/Pages/StartaBusiness.aspx
• South Dakota: http://sd.gov/business.aspx
• Tennessee: http://www.tn.gov/topics/Business
• Texas: http://www.texaswideopenforbusiness.com/small-business/
• Utah: http://www.utah.gov/business/starting.html
• Vermont: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/corps/start.htm
• Virginia: http://vdba.virginia.gov/starting_business.shtml
• Washington: http://access.wa.gov/topics/business/startbusiness
• West Virginia: http://www.wv.gov/business/Pages/StartingaBusiness.aspx
• Wisconsin: http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/business.html
• Wyoming: http://www.wyomingbusiness.org/program/business-permitting/2833