Cleaning Service Permit Requirements in Sioux Falls, SD

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC or corporation. Free from the IRS.

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   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. South Dakota Department of Revenue - Sales Tax License

   Any business with a physical presence in South Dakota must be licensed for sales tax collection, and South Dakota taxes services as well as tangible personal property and products transferred electronically. The state sales and use tax rate is 4.2 percent (reduced from 4.5 percent), and municipal sales and use tax of generally 1 to 2 percent applies where the purchaser receives the product or service. Remote sellers and marketplace providers with more than $100,000 in gross sales into South Dakota in the previous or current calendar year must also license and remit. Register using the Department of Revenue's online Tax License Application.

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   Free - there is no fee for a South Dakota sales tax license·Apply online through the Tax License Application; the license is typically issued within a few business days

   Free - there is no fee for a South Dakota sales tax license

   Apply online through the Tax License Application; the license is typically issued within a few business days

2. South Dakota Workers' Compensation Insurance (optional, not required)

   South Dakota is one of the few states with no law requiring any employer to carry workers' compensation insurance. The SD Department of Labor and Regulation states plainly: 'There is no law in South Dakota requiring any employer to carry workers' compensation insurance. However, it is highly recommended. An uninsured employer may be sued in civil court by an injured worker.' Employers who do carry coverage gain the statutory exclusive-remedy protection; those who do not are exposed to unlimited civil damages. Employers that carry coverage must also meet the state's workplace posting requirements.

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   No mandatory cost. If coverage is elected, premiums are set by the insurer based on payroll and class code.·Coverage can usually be bound by an insurer within days; there is no state application or approval step

   No mandatory cost. If coverage is elected, premiums are set by the insurer based on payroll and class code.

   Coverage can usually be bound by an insurer within days; there is no state application or approval step

1. No Sioux Falls General Business License Required

   Sioux Falls has no general business license, and business licensing is not handled by the Finance Department. The Licensing Office operates under the City Attorney's Office and states that 'not all businesses and professions need City licensing'; Code of Ordinances Sec. 110.026 lists the complete set of licenses the city issues. Licensing is split across departments: City Attorney's Office (alcohol, medical cannabis, pawnbroker and secondhand dealers, transportation services, circus, fortune telling, motion picture theater, livery, charitable/educational/religious registration), City Clerk (raffle and bingo), Police Records (alarm businesses, peddler/mobile food), Planning and Building Services (contractor licensing), Landfill (hauler license), Water Reclamation (liquid waste generators), and the Sioux Falls Health Department (daycare, tattoo artist and establishment). Massage therapists are licensed by the state Board of Massage Therapy. If your business type is not on that list, no city license is required.

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   $0 for business types the city does not license; fees for the specific licensed categories vary by category·N/A unless your business falls in one of the listed licensed categories

   $0 for business types the city does not license; fees for the specific licensed categories vary by category

   N/A unless your business falls in one of the listed licensed categories

2. Sioux Falls Home Occupation Permit and South Dakota DBA (Fictitious Name) Filing

   A cleaning service run from a Sioux Falls residence needs a Home Occupation Permit from the Zoning Division of Planning and Development Services (231 N. Dakota Ave., 605-367-8254): the occupation must be conducted within the dwelling by family members residing there, may not make substantial alterations or show evidence of a business, may not sell merchandise on the premises, and may not generate more than four client visits per day. Separately, if you operate under a trade name that does not plainly show each owner's surname, SDCL 37-11-1 requires a fictitious (DBA) name statement - filed electronically with the South Dakota Secretary of State or on paper with any county Register of Deeds, signed before a notary. South Dakota has no 'county clerk' filing office; the Minnehaha County Register of Deeds is the county-level filing point. The filing must be renewed every fifth year.

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   DBA filing $10, renewal $10 (same fee whether filed online with the Secretary of State or on paper with a Register of Deeds). The Home Occupation Permit fee is not published on the city's page, application, or 2025 brochure - confirm with the Zoning Division at 605-367-8254.·Secretary of State online DBA filings are processed electronically and Register of Deeds paper filings are recorded over the counter. No home occupation processing time is published; apply through the city's Customer Self Service portal or in person at City Center.

   DBA filing $10, renewal $10 (same fee whether filed online with the Secretary of State or on paper with a Register of Deeds). The Home Occupation Permit fee is not published on the city's page, application, or 2025 brochure - confirm with the Zoning Division at 605-367-8254.

   Secretary of State online DBA filings are processed electronically and Register of Deeds paper filings are recorded over the counter. No home occupation processing time is published; apply through the city's Customer Self Service portal or in person at City Center.

Official Sources

• City of Sioux Falls Finance Department
• South Dakota Department of Revenue — Sales Tax License

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