Start Your Business

SilverFlume Nevada's Business Portal guides you through the sequence of steps required to register your business. Click one of the options below to get started.

• Start Your Business (Online Wizard)
• Get A State Business License
• File Initial List/State Business License
• Reserve an Entity Name
• Update Common Business Registration
• Create Your Operating Agreement
• Research your options with New Business Checklist

Manage Your Business

With SilverFlume Nevada's Business Portal, you can access all your state business registration and filing needs. Click on one of the options below to manage your business.

• Find My Business
• File Annual List and/or State Business License
• File Amended List
• Order a Certificate of Good Standing
• Close a Business
• Update Common Business Registration
• Manage Your Operating Agreement
• More (Amendments, Change Registered Agent, etc.)

Other Business Services

While starting and managing your business can be done directly through SilverFlume, you may need to complete related tasks as listed below.

• File a Tax Return
• Make a Tax Payment
• Manage My Trust Account
• UCC Online Filings & Searches
• Business Data Reporting Services
• Nevada Digital Operating Agreement
• Resources for capital, grants, training and more
• Resources for relocation and incentives, export, film and more
• More

About SilverFlume

What is SilverFlume?

SilverFlume is Nevada's online one-stop business portal that consolidates the forms and information needed to start and run your company. SilverFlume eliminates about 80% of redundant registration steps by collecting your information and using it to streamline your interactions with partner agencies. SilverFlume simplifies governmental compliance, enabling you to focus on growing and operating a successful company.

What's in a Name?

When SilverFlume launched in 2012, Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller wanted to distinguish Nevada's business portal from the vast array of other "portals" available on the internet. Seeking a unique term with Nevada roots, Secretary Miller branded the state's business portal "SilverFlume", Flumes are artificial water channels and were used extensively to carry minerals and timber in a quick and efficient manner in the mines that made Nevada “The Silver State". SilverFlume replicates the fluidity of those waterways by acting as a portal for the transfer of information. Whereas the internet is filled with "portals," there is only one SilverFlume.

Are you ready to get started?

Let our New Business Checklist give you a quick summary of what licenses you'll need.

SilverFlume Features

• Want to set up a Nevada business but don't know how?
• Reserve an Entity Name
• File Articles of Organization or Incorporation
• File Initial List
• Get a State Business License
• Create Common Business Registration
• File Nevada Labor Laws eAffirmation of Compliance
• File Workers' Compensation / eAffirmation of Compliance
• OSHA - Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS)
• File for Sales and Use Permit and/or Obtain eClearance Letter
• DMV Permit to Non-Resident Business Vehicles
• Required Postings for Nevada Employers

• Watch Video about Digital Operating Agreement
• Learn about Digital Operating Agreement
• Create Your Operating Agreement
• Manage Your Operating Agreement

• File Annual List and/or State Business License
• File Amended List
• Order a Certificate of Good Standing
• Update Common Business Registration

SilverFlume Partners

SilverFlume, brought to you by the Nevada Secretary of State, is a one-stop shop to simplify the procedure of licensing your business with participating agencies.

• Administration, Nevada Department of
• Business and Industry, Nevada Department of
• Economic Development, Nevada Governor’s Office of
• Health and Human Services, Nevada Department of
• Motor Vehicles, Nevada Department of
• Public Safety, State of Nevada Department of
• Secretary of State’s Office, Nevada
• State Treasurer, Nevada Office of
• Taxation, Nevada Department of

• Fernley, City of
• Henderson, City of
• Las Vegas, City of 
• Pahrump, Town of
• Tonopah, Town of

• Churchill County, Nevada
• Clark County, Nevada
• Douglas County, Nevada

• Accountancy, Nevada State Board of
• Agriculture, State of Nevada Department of
• Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design, Nevada State Board of
• Athletic Commission, Nevada State
• Audiology and Speech Pathology, State of Nevada Board of Examiners for
• Barbers' Health and Sanitation Board, Nevada
• Business and Industry, Nevada Department of
• Contractors Board, Nevada State
• Dental Examiners, Nevada State Board of
• Dispensing Opticians, Nevada Board of
• Financial Institutions, Nevada Department of Business and Industry Division of
• Health and Human Services, Nevada Department of
• Hearing Aid Specialists, Nevada State Board of
• Homeopathic Medical Examiners, Nevada State Board of
• Labor Commissioner, Nevada
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Nevada Board for the Regulation of
• Long Term Care Administrators, Nevada Board of Examiners for
• Medical Examiners, Nevada State Board of
• Motor Vehicles, State of Nevada Department of
• Nursing, Nevada State Board of
• Occupational Therapy, State of Nevada Board of
• Optometry, Nevada State Board of
• Osteopathic Medicine, Nevada State Board of
• Pharmacy, Nevada State Board of
• Physical Therapy Examiners, Nevada State Board of
• Public Utilities Commission, State of Nevada
• Real Estate Division, Nevada
• Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS), Nevada Department of Business and Industry
• Secretary of State’s Office, Nevada
• Securities Division, Nevada Secretary of State's Office
• State Bar of Nevada
• Taxicab Authority, Department of Business and Industry Nevada
• Transportation Authority, Nevada
• Veterinary Medical Examiners, Nevada State Board of

• Carson City, NV - GIS
• Clark County, NV - GIS Division
• Douglas County, NV - GIS Division
• Lyon County, NV - GIS
• Storey County, NV - GIS
• Washoe County, NV - GIS Division

• Employment Security Division, Nevada Department of
• Remaining state, local and regulatory agencies
• Remaining GIS regional integrations