Wisconsin State Business Permits Nav Bar
As a business owner, understanding what permits your business requires may be a challenging task. The following tools will assist in identifying state level agencies that are likely to require permits of businesses.

Wisconsin Business Wizard
View Website Using a series of five question-and-answer pages, the Wisconsin Business Wizard provides customized information to help you start and operate a Wisconsin-based business. 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
Wisconsin DNR
View Website This tool helps to address some of the permits that may be required by the Wisconsin DNR.

For additional information, open the following documents to find a list of possible permits at the Federal and State level that certain businesses may need to operate:
7(a) Wisconsin License and Permit Database View Website
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