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Steps to Starting Your Business

  • Business Start-Up Guide (COMING SOON)
    Your guide to starting a business in North Richland Hills
  • SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Businesses
    SCORE provides FREE and confidential one-on-one business consulting for interested individuals. They have volunteer counselors with experience and expertise that can help you grow your current business or pursue your dreams of business ownership. They offer face-to-face counseling, telephone counseling, and internet counseling.

    "Helping small businesses start, established businesses grow, and entrepreneurs succeed."

    SCORE
    National: www.score.org
    Fort Worth: www.scorefortworth.org
    Local North Richland Hills SCORE Office:
    North Richland Hills Public Library
    9015 Grand Avenue
    North Richland Hills, TX 76180
    817-427-6819

Additional Steps to Starting Your Business

NRH Public Library
  • Register your business name
    Also known as an assumed name, contact the County Clerk at the Northeast Sub-Courthouse - (817)581-3604.
  • Federal Employers Identification Number
    Number used to identify a business, contact the Internal Revenue Service - (800)829-1040.
  • Corporate Certificate
    To incorporate your business, contact the Secretary of State - (512)463-5600.
  • Sales Tax Permits
    State Sales and Use Tax is imposed on all retail sales, leases and rentals of most goods, as well as taxable services, contact the Comptroller of Public Accounts - (817)847-6201.
  • Certificate of Occupancy
    Needed in order to open your business in the City, contact the City of North Richland Hills Planning and Development Department - (817)427-6330.
  • Health Permit
    Pertaining to the handling, processing, packaging, and warehousing of food products, contact the City of North Richland Hills Neighborhood Services Department - (817)427-6650.
  • Copyright
    Contact the United States Copyright Office - (202)707-3000.
  • Liquor License
    Pertaining to the sale, transportation, or storage of alcoholic beverages, contact the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission - (817)451-9466 or the City Secretary's Office - (817)427-6050.

Local, State, & Federal Business Resources