Permits

As a business owner, understanding what permits your business requires may be a challenging task. The following tools will assist in identifying key entities at the local and state level that are likely to require permits of businesses.

Wisconsin Business Wizard
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Provides customized information to help you start and operate a Wisconsin-based business through a series of five question-and-answer pages.

By investing a few minutes of your time, the Business Wizard will help you to:

• Determine licensing, permitting and regulatory requirements
• Obtain necessary application forms
• Identify available state resources
• Access other valuable business-related information

In addition to using the Business Wizard, please contact the local unit of government to make them aware of your business and to determine if you need any local permits.

Wisconsin DNR
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Offers the Small Business Assistance Permit Primer tool to help address some of the permits that may be required by the Wisconsin DNR.