Registering Your Fargo / Moorhead Business

Legal Structure (Business License) - ND Secretary of State / MN Secretary of State - Business Registration for Trade Names, Partnership, LLC, Corporations and Registered Agents for your business.

Employer Identification Number (EIN) - Internal Revenue Service - AKA: Tax ID number - for paying employee payroll taxes, corporate tax id number, and supplier/banking purposes.

Sales Tax ID - ND Tax Department (form) / MN Tax Department (form)- For collection of sales and/or use tax on items sold.

ND Attorney General Licensing - Alcoholic Beverages, Amusement Games, Bingo/Raffles/Professional Sports Pools, Fireworks, Gaming, Tobacco, Transient Merchant.

ND Secretary of State Licensing - Contractors of jobs over $2000.

Minnesota Licensing Website - Centralized listings of all required licensing in Minnesota.

City of Fargo Licensing (liquor) / City of West Fargo Licensing (liquor) / City of Moorhead Licensing - Alcohol, Fireworks, Building Inspections, etc.

US Patent & Trademark Office - Search and register Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Service Marks here.

Hiring Employees

Employer Identification Number - Internal Revenue Service - For Paying Federal Payroll Taxes.

ND Income Tax Withholding (form) / MN Income Tax Withholding (form) - State Employee Payroll Taxes.

ND Unemployment Insurance (form) / MN Unemployment Insurance (form) - State level unemployment insurance.

ND Workforce Safety Insurance (form) / MN Workers Compensation - Protection for injured employees.

ND Department of Labor Posters / MN Department of Labor Posters - Required posters for any business with employees.

New Hire Reporting Requirements - ND Child Support Enforcement / MN New Hire Reporting

Government Procurement

Dunn & Bradstreet - Request a Dunns Number required for CCR registration.

Central Contractors Registration (PROnet) - CCR is the federal government's database of all company's interested in selling to the federal government.

ND Procurement Office (register / Contractor's Clearance) / Minnesota Materials Management Division (register)

HUB-Zone - Historically Underutilized Business Zone - All Indian Reservations and non-reservation land with high unemployment and/or low median wage qualify for bidding differentials of up to 10%.  See the Map

8(a) / Small Disadvantaged Business (apply)- Set Aside Contracts and Bidding differentials for disadvantaged small businesses.

FedBizOpps - Where most government contracts and all contracts under $25,000 (small business set aside) are listed for obtaining bids.