GUIDES & RESOURCES
Business Licenses
A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.
Websites
- IndyGov.Biz Services
- The City of Indianapolis’ online licensing and permit service.
- Indianapolis - Department of Code Enforcement
- Center for the city’s licensing, permitting, and inspection functions. Issues business licenses for 24 types of businesses (http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/CodeEnforcement/Licenses/BusinessLicensing/Pages/home.aspx). Call the State Information Center at (317) 233-0800 for information on other types of businesses requiring licenses in the state. Issues permits for structural, electrical, heating and cooling, plumbing.
- Marion County Recorder - Assumed Business Name
- If your business operates under an assumed name (a name that does not include the surname of the owner) the name must be recorded with the appropriate county recorder as well as with the Indiana Secretary of State. Record your business name in Marion County by filing a "Certificate of Firm or Partnership Engaged in Business Under Name Other Than Their Own".
- Marion County Health Department - Department of Food Safety
- Issues licenses for opening/renovating restaurants and for events at which temporary food establishments operate. Conducts food safety inspections for restaurants, grocery stores and other food service establishments
- Transient Merchant
- Sale of goods from an outdoor location.
- Business Owner's Guide to State Government
- Licensing and Permits in Indiana
- From the Indiana State Information Center
- Indiana Secretary of State - Check Name Availability
- Do a business name search to determine if a business entity legal name may be available for use. This is a preliminary search, the name can not be guaranteed until the final processing of the Exclusive Use of Corporation Name form.
- Application for Reservation of Exclusive Use of Corporate Name
- Indiana Tax Center
- From Indiana Department of Revenue: Sales Tax ( Registered Retail Merchants certificate), Withholding Tax, and Food & Beverage Tax.
- Indiana Department of Workforce Development
- State unemployment insurance tax requirements for employers.
- Indiana Worker's Compensation Board
- Obtain worker's compensation insurance coverage for your employees.
- Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
- Administers licensing of 15 non-health related professions (i.e. accountants, auctioneers, cosmetologists, engineers, plumbers, private detectives, realtors, etc.)
- Indiana Department of Health - Food Protection Program
- Enforces food sanitation (retail and wholesale) laws, trains local health departments, inspects food operators on state property, administers food product recalls
- Employment Taxes for Small Business
- From the Internal Revenue Service: Federal Income Tax Withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes, and Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN), also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number
- Bar codes - GS1 US
- Business.gov
- Official U.S. Small Business Administration site. Helps small businesses understand their legal requirements and locate government services from federal, state and local agencies.
Library Materials
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Building a business in Indiana a guide for starting and growing a privately owned business by: 658.1109772 BUI |
Online Databases
- Associations Unlimited
- Provides full text for more than 2,800 scholarly business journals. Locate articles from well-known business periodicals.
- General Business File ASAP
- This multi-faceted database provides information on businesses and companies.
- ReferenceUSA
- ReferenceUSA is a searchable national business directory with listings for over 14 million US businesses
Organization Links
- Central Indiana SBDC (Small Business Development Center)
- 9301 E. 59th St., Room F147
Indianapolis, IN 46216
(317) 233-SBDC (7232) - Provides free counseling to help develop business plans and solve problems in existing businesses.
- Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana/Central Indiana Women's Business Center
- 4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 314
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 917-3266 - Programs include business counseling and a 20-hour Business Beginnings class. Formerly known as the Neighborhood Self-Employment Initiative.
- SBA Indiana
- U.S. Small Business Administration - Indiana District Office
8500 Keystone Crossing, Suite 400
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 226-7272 - Counseling and training sessions are available to those starting or running businesses.
- SCORE (Counselors to America’s Small Business)
- 8500 Keystone Crossing, Suite 401
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 226-7264 - Offers one-on-one counseling and a monthly workshop "Starting and Running Your Own Successful Small Business. Registration is required.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What license do I need for my business?
- Indiana does not have any one single, comprehensive business license. The Indiana State Information Center website should help.
