Business and professional licenses
Types of licenses
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Renew your professional license
How to set up account access
For consumers
Look up a business or professional license | File a complaint | Disciplinary actions
Military assistance
Getting or transferring a license | Placing a license on inactive status
Fingerprinting and background checks
Criminal conviction screening
UCC (Uniform Commercial Code)
Filing and search options | Fees and payment options | Forms | … more UCC
How do I?
- Open a business
- Apply for a business license
- Renew a business license
- Renew a corporation or LLC (Washington State Secretary of State)
- Get a customized Business Licensing Guide
- Check the status of a business or professional license
- Visit the Small Business Guide (Governor's Office for Regulatory Innovation and Assistance)
- Make a suggestion. Tell us your ideas for regulatory improvement (Governor's Office for Regulatory Innovation and Assistance)
- Provide feedback. Take our survey. Tell us how we're doing!
