Alaska — statewide
Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
In short
Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing issues 8 permits we publish for Alaska — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $250 one-time filing — a $150 fee plus a $100 tax | perpetual, but a biennial report is due every other year | 2026-09-04 |
| Biennial Reportonly if it applies to you | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $100 every other year, domestic — $200 for a foreign entity; late filing after February 2 raises these to $137.50 and $247.50 | every 2 years — due January 2, with filing open from the preceding October 2 | 2026-09-04 |
| Business License | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $50 a year, or $100 for a 2-year term | 1 or 2 years, selectable at application | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $250 one-time filing | perpetual, but a biennial report is due every other year | 2026-09-04 |
| General Contractor Registration | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $350 total — a $100 nonrefundable application fee plus a $250 registration fee | 2 years — expires December 31 of even-numbered years | 2026-09-04 |
| Auto Repair Shop License — Alaska professional licensing catalogue positiononly if it applies to you | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Shop Owner License | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | $410 total — a $150 nonrefundable application fee plus a $260 license fee | 2 years — every license expires August 31 of odd-numbered years, regardless of issue date | 2026-09-04 |
| Veterinary Facility Permit — Alaska Board of Veterinary Examiners positiononly if it applies to you | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Articles of Incorporation
The $250 figure is actually two separate charges bundled together on the form: a $150 filing fee plus a $100 corporate tax.
Biennial Report
This is a genuinely biennial cycle, not an annual one — an entity formed in an even-numbered year reports every even year, an odd-year entity every odd year, always due January 2nd. Continued non-filing for roughly six months risks involuntary dissolution.
Business License
Genuinely required of every person or entity doing business in Alaska, one license per doing-business-as name — unlike most other states, this is a real, universal requirement rather than an absent category. Fees are non-refundable once the license is issued; a tobacco or other regulated endorsement adds $100 on top.
Articles of Organization (LLC)
Two hundred and fifty dollars — the identical fee Alaska charges to incorporate.
General Contractor Registration
A $25,000 surety bond is required alongside the registration fee, well above the $10,000 bond a specialty or mechanical contractor posts, or the $5,000 a handyman posts. Minimum liability insurance runs $20,000 property, $50,000 for a single injury and $100,000 for a multi-person injury, with workers' compensation required once the business has employees or is structured as a corporation or LLC.
Auto Repair Shop License — Alaska professional licensing catalogue position
The business licensing division's A-to-Z professional licensing catalogue, covering everything from acupuncturists to veterinary examiners, contains no entry for auto repair, mechanics or collision work, so the state-level item for a repair shop is the general Alaska business license that every business holds. A Division of Motor Vehicles dealer license is triggered by buying or selling five or more vehicles a year, so it does not apply to a shop that only repairs vehicles.
Shop Owner License
This is the shop-level license, separate from the $330 an individual hairdresser, barber, esthetician or manicurist pays for their own personal license. A shop must also separately hold the general Business License and certify sanitary compliance with the environmental conservation department; a shop doing tattooing, piercing or permanent cosmetics needs a further sanitary standards certificate on top.
Veterinary Facility Permit — Alaska Board of Veterinary Examiners position
The Alaska Board of Veterinary Examiners' applications and forms page lists the license and permit types the board issues — examination and credentials licenses, temporary licenses and permits, veterinary technician licensing, a courtesy license for special events, and a student permit — and that list names no facility, premises, hospital or clinic category. No state facility fee is shown here for that reason; a practice still needs licensed veterinarians, the Alaska business license and whatever its municipality requires.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Alaska — statewide
- Phone
- (907) 465-2550
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers — Shop Owner License application, fee and biennial termAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska Board of Veterinary Examiners — complete list of licence and permit types, with no facility category among themAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska CBPL — biennial report fee, due January 2, filing window and late feeAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska CBPL — business licence fee schedule, $50 a year, 1- or 2-year termsAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska CBPL — domestic corporation Articles of Incorporation, $250 filing feeAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska CBPL — domestic LLC Articles of Organization, $250 filing feeAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Alaska CBPL — General Contractor registration, fee, bond, and biennial termAlaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Alaska statewide offices
Alaska jurisdictions
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