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Paradise, Spring Valley and Enterprise NV Business License

Last verified: November 5, 2026

If your business address is in Paradise, Spring Valley or Enterprise, Clark County licenses it: these are unincorporated towns, so there is no city hall to apply to. Do not let a mailing address decide that for you. The county warns that a large part of the Las Vegas valley has a Las Vegas mailing address but sits in unincorporated Clark County. This page settles the address question and gives the short route to the license. For license categories, fee schedules, searches and renewals, use our Clark County business license guide.

Quick answer:

  • Issuing office: the Clark County Department of Business License. It is the county, not a city and not the County Clerk.
  • Apply: through the Clark County business license online application, by appointment, or by mail.
  • Fee: a one-time $45 non-refundable application fee plus the license fee for your category, listed in the Clark County: List of License Categories and Fees (PDF).
  • Needed first: a Nevada state business license, Department of Taxation registration and, if you trade under another name, a fictitious firm name (DBA) certificate from the Clark County Clerk.
  • Timing: most general licenses are issued within 45 days after the county receives a complete application.
  • Renewal: the period depends on the license category, and the county mails the renewal notice.
  • Contact: 702-455-4340.

Is Your Address in an Unincorporated Town?

The county says the primary location of your business decides where you file, and it lists six licensing agencies: Clark County itself and the cities of Boulder City, Henderson, Las Vegas, Mesquite and North Las Vegas. Run the street address through the Clark County Jurisdiction Locator before you pick a form. If the locator names a city, use that city's license instead: see our Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas guides.

The towns below are the ones this page covers. Each has a planning page on the county's own site, and the county's January 11, 2025 overview of town advisory boards and citizens advisory councils shows which have an advisory board.

Paradise

The county's Winchester/Paradise planning page calls it an unincorporated town administered by Clark County. The planning area it shares with Winchester covers 47 square miles, and the two towns have separate advisory boards, so an address in Winchester takes the same county license with a different board.

Spring Valley

The county's Spring Valley planning page describes an unincorporated town of 36 square miles in the western part of the valley, administered by the county. It has its own Town Advisory Board.

Enterprise

The county's Enterprise planning page describes an unincorporated town of 67 square miles in the southwest of the valley, administered by the county. It also has its own Town Advisory Board.

Summerlin South

Summerlin is the part to check twice. The county's Summerlin South planning page lists Summerlin South, 10 square miles, as an unincorporated town administered by the county, and the county's 2025 overview does not list an advisory board for it. We found no official county source that draws the line between Summerlin South and the rest of Summerlin, so do not assume a Summerlin address is unincorporated. The locator decides.

Who Licenses You in These Towns

  • County license: the Department of Business License issues it. The county says the department makes sure each business in the unincorporated area is zoned correctly, meets health and safety standards and is regulated under Clark County Code 6.04.010 (Clark County Department of Business License: FAQ).
  • State license: the county does not issue it. The county's step-by-step guide sends you to the Secretary of State, and NRS 76.100 sets the fee at $200, or $500 for a corporation organized under chapter 78, 78A or 78B or a foreign corporation filing lists under chapter 80.
  • Trade name: the Clark County Clerk handles the fictitious firm name certificate, and nothing else on this page.
  • City license: none applies to an address with no city. If you are based in a city and work in these towns, the county says you may need a county license on top of your city license.

Step-by-Step: Getting a County License in These Towns

Step 1: Confirm Jurisdiction and Zoning

After the locator, ask Clark County Comprehensive Planning whether your activity is allowed in the zoning district at your address: call 702-455-4314 or email [email protected]. Do this before you sign a lease. The county reviews zoning on every application, so a use that zoning does not allow stops the license no matter how clean the paperwork is.

Step 2: Get the State Business License

File through the Secretary of State's ORION business portal. The county's guide still names the old SilverFlume portal, which now redirects to ORION. If you need an LLC first, our Nevada LLC guide covers the filing, and our comparison of Nevada LLC services covers filing for you. The Nevada business license guide explains the state side.

Step 3: Register With the Department of Taxation

The county's guide lists this before its own application. Use the Nevada Department of Taxation: start and run a business page. A sales tax permit costs $15 per location.

Step 4: File a DBA Only If You Use Another Name

If you advertise under any name other than your own legal name or the exact entity name on file with the Secretary of State, file with the Clark County Clerk: fictitious firm name. The owner name on the certificate must match the entity name on your state business license exactly. The Clark County Clerk fee schedule lists $25 for a new or renewed certificate.

Step 5: Apply to the County and Wait for Review

Find your category in the county's fee list, then apply online, book an appointment through Clark County: appointment services or call 702-455-4340, or mail the general application with the $45 fee and the license fee. The county processes the application and sends it to Comprehensive Planning, which has 5 working days from processing to review it. Except for home occupation applications, Fire Prevention and any other agency your activity touches then review it. The county's guide describes the mail, appointment and payment options in full, and our Clark County business license guide walks through them.

Zoning and the Town Advisory Boards

Zoning is the local layer in these towns, and the county's guide for the general license tells you to start with Comprehensive Planning. If you plan to work from home, read our Nevada home-based business guide first, because home occupation rules sit in the county's Title 30 Unified Development Code.

Paradise, Spring Valley and Enterprise each have a Town Advisory Board. The county's 2025 overview says these boards are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, that they make recommendations on matters such as zoning changes, and that the commissioners make the official decisions. A board advises; it does not license you. We did not find a county statement on whether a general business license ever goes before a board, so ask Comprehensive Planning whether your use needs a land use application. Only then does the board schedule matter.

First-Year Costs

ItemCostWhere to confirm
LLC articles of organization$75Nevada Legislature: NRS chapter 86 (NRS 86.561)
LLC initial list$150Nevada Legislature: NRS chapter 86 (NRS 86.263)
State business license$200, or $500 for corporationsNevada Legislature: NRS chapter 76
Sales tax permit$15 per locationNevada Department of Taxation: start and run a business
Fictitious firm name (DBA)$25Clark County Clerk: fee schedule
County application fee$45, one time, non-refundableClark County: Business License Fees
County license feeSet by categoryClark County: List of License Categories and Fees (PDF)

For a new LLC, the three state items add up to $425 ($75 + $150 + $200); that sum is our arithmetic from the statutes, not a county figure. Add $45 and your category's county license fee, plus a DBA and a sales tax permit if they apply. We left the county license fee out of the total because it depends on your category and, for some categories, on gross revenue.

Mistakes That Stall an Application

  • Choosing the agency by mailing address. The county says the primary business location decides, and a Las Vegas mailing address can sit on county land.
  • Applying before the prerequisites are done. The county's guide says steps one to four must be complete, and it terminates incomplete applications with no refund of the application fee.
  • Mismatched owner names. The owner name on the DBA certificate must match the entity name on the state license exactly.
  • Advertising under two names with one license. The county says advertising under more than one name requires more than one business license.
  • Planning the opening around the submission date. The county's window for most general licenses is 45 days after a complete application.

Where This Guide Stops

This page is for general county licenses in the towns above. Regulated and privileged licenses (cannabis, liquor and gaming) start from separate county applications; begin with the Clark County: liquor and gaming license guide or the Clark County: step-by-step guide to apply for a business license. We have not read the license fee for any single category, the late-payment penalties, or the advisory boards' meeting schedules, and we found no verified population count for these towns, so none appear here. Ask the Department of Business License at 702-455-4340 before you budget or pay.

Disclaimer

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice. Confirm fees, forms and deadlines with the Clark County Department of Business License before you apply or renew.

Sources

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