Idaho Official Government Website

Licenses/Permits

  • Visit the Business Wizard and the Licenses section of this site.
  • Idaho Department of Labor and Idaho State Tax Commission – IBRS to establish unemployment and withholding accounts, apply for a sales tax permit and create lodging tax accounts

Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses

DOPL licenses many professions and occupations and includes numerous individual boards, such as the Board of Medicine.

The former Division of Building Safety merged with DOPL in early 2024. DOPL now licenses the following occupations which were formerly licensed by the Division of Building Safety:

  • Plumbers and plumbing contractors
  • Electricians and electrical contractors
  • HVAC technicians and contractors
  • Public works contractors and public works construction managers
  • Manufactured and modular housing manufacturers, retailers, resale brokers, service companies, salespersons and installers

The agency issues permits to contractors and homeowners to perform electrical, plumbing or HVAC installations and replacements. The various boards also inspect elevators, boilers and pressure vessels, oversees logging and industrial safety and issues permits to rehabilitate older mobile homes.

The DBS state office and its subsidiary offices around the state are now closed. The DOPL maintains subsidiary offices in Coeur d’Alene and Blackfoot.


Idaho State Police

The following divisions oversee business activities:

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