Pest Control Business 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.

   Official government source

   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.

   Official government source

   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. Commercial Pesticide Applicator / Dealer License (no separate company license)

   South Dakota does not issue a separate pest control company license or business registration. SD DANR licenses the individual commercial pesticide applicator: each person applying pesticides to the land of another for hire must pass the commercial category G (General/core) exam plus the category exams matching their work, then buy a commercial applicator license. A pesticide dealer license is required only for a location that distributes restricted-use pesticides in South Dakota - each such location needs its own dealer license. Both run two years and renew by the last day of February in the expiration year.

   Official government source

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license (2-year term); $75 pesticide dealer license, only if a location distributes restricted-use pesticides. Certification exam fees are charged separately by the SDSU Extension testing site.·Exams are taken by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued once the exams are passed and the fee is paid

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license (2-year term); $75 pesticide dealer license, only if a location distributes restricted-use pesticides. Certification exam fees are charged separately by the SDSU Extension testing site.

   Exams are taken by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued once the exams are passed and the fee is paid

1. South Dakota DANR - Commercial Pesticide Applicator License

   Commercial pesticide applicators in South Dakota are certified and licensed by the SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) - the former standalone Department of Agriculture merged into DANR, and sdda.sd.gov now redirects to danr.sd.gov. You are a commercial applicator if you apply pesticides to the land of another for hire. Every applicant must pass the commercial category G (General/core) certification exam plus each additional category exam that matches the work performed; exams are scheduled at SDSU Extension testing locations. Certification and licensure run two years and must be recertified and renewed by the last day of February in the expiration year.

   Official government source

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license (2-year term), paid to DANR; separate certification exam fees are charged by the SDSU Extension testing site. A $75 pesticide dealer license applies only to locations distributing restricted-use pesticides.·Certification exams are taken by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued after the exams are passed and the fee is paid

   $35 commercial pesticide applicator license (2-year term), paid to DANR; separate certification exam fees are charged by the SDSU Extension testing site. A $75 pesticide dealer license applies only to locations distributing restricted-use pesticides.

   Certification exams are taken by appointment at an SDSU Extension testing site; the license is issued after the exams are passed and the fee is paid

2. 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.

   Official government source

   $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

Official Sources

• South Dakota Department of Agriculture — Commercial Pesticide Applicator License
• City of Sioux Falls Finance Department

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