Starting a Business in Jackson: Licenses, Registrations & Checklist
A step-by-step plan to open a business in Jackson: what to file first, what depends on what, and which permits come before opening day. Change the business details to fit yours.
Permits and registrations specific to Jackson, MS
- Privilege license — Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi · Municipal clerk / State privilege license (MS DOR): Jackson / Hinds County (city)
- Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Jackson · Jackson (Hinds County) building department (city)
- File Hinds County business personal property return · Hinds County Tax Assessor (county)
- Form the business: Mississippi Secretary of State
- Register for state taxes: Mississippi Department of Revenue
- Register as an employer: Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Startup sequence and prerequisites in Jackson
Based on your selections, this plan has 10 steps. What you file first decides what you can do next: later registrations and licenses wait on the ones below.
Do these first
- Maintain a registered agent in Mississippi
- File formation documents with the Mississippi Secretary of State
- Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Then, once those are done
- Register for and file Mississippi entity-level taxes — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Privilege license — Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Jackson — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
No fee amounts are known for this plan yet.
Total incomplete: some fees unknown
9 of 10 steps have no fee amount in our data. The figures above count only the 1 step with a recorded fee. Check each agency's fee schedule.
Common questions about Jackson
The state licenses your industry through its own regulator, and the city and county add local permits. These are the authorities and local items on record for Jackson:
- Contractor licensing: Mississippi State Board of Contractors
- Real estate licensing: Mississippi Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: Mississippi Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Child care licensing: Mississippi State Department of Health
- Health facility licensing: Mississippi State Department of Health
- Privilege license — Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi (Municipal clerk / State privilege license (MS DOR): Jackson / Hinds County, city)
- Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Jackson (Jackson (Hinds County) building department, city)
- File Hinds County business personal property return (Hinds County Tax Assessor, county)
With your current selections, the licenses and permits are: Privilege license — Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Jackson. Change the industry above to see yours.
Sources: sos.ms.gov, dor.ms.gov, mdes.ms.gov
Formation comes first; tax, license and employer registrations wait on it. In your plan the first steps are:
- Maintain a registered agent in Mississippi
- File formation documents with the Mississippi Secretary of State
- Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Sources: sos.ms.gov, dor.ms.gov
No fee amounts are recorded for your plan yet.
Steps without a recorded fee are not counted, so check each agency's fee schedule before you budget.
Sources: sos.ms.gov, dor.ms.gov
In your plan for Jackson, requirements come from four levels. Mississippi sets formation, state taxes and employer rules; the city and county add local licenses and taxes.
- Federal (2): Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN); File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C
- State (4): Maintain a registered agent in Mississippi; File Annual Report (Mississippi); Register for and file Mississippi entity-level taxes; File the annual unclaimed property holder report (Mississippi)
- County (1): File Hinds County business personal property return
- City (2): Privilege license — Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Jackson
Sources: sos.ms.gov, dor.ms.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
- Workers' compensation: Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. Required when: 5 employees
- Register to withhold Mississippi income tax from wages.
Sources: mdes.ms.gov, mdes.ms.gov, dor.ms.gov