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Licenses, Permits and Registration No business license: Under $3,000 in gross sales. Minimum activity license: Between $3,000 and $100,000* in gross sales. A business tax account and filing are not required with a minimum activity license. A business will renew directly with their local county clerk's office.

You can register a business in Tennessee online through the Secretary of State's office. When you register a business in Tennessee, you file your articles of organization or a charter to form your company. Articles of organization formally open an LLC, while a charter opens a corporation.

Businesses can't operate legally in Tennessee without satisfying certain license, permit, and tax registration requirements. Most state, county, and local governments require businesses to obtain one or more business licenses and permits. These might include: Health inspections licenses.

Tennessee doesn't have a general business license at the state level, so there are no fees there. But the Business Tax registration with the Department of Revenue costs $15, and almost every Tennessee LLC must file that registration.

Starting an LLC costs $300 in Tennessee. This is the state filing fee for a document called the Tennessee Articles of Organization. The Articles of Organization are filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State. And once approved, this is what creates your LLC.

To officially start your LLC in Tennessee, you must file Articles of Organization with the Tennessee Secretary of State, Business Services Division. It costs a minimum of $300 (for LLCs with six members or fewer). After that, it costs $50 for each additional member.