Guide To Doing Business in Louisiana

We are excited to bring you the Official Guide To Doing Business In Louisiana (Guide).  The Guide is produced and published by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.  This valuable resource is a roadmap of whom to contact and what to do when you start, expand or relocate your business in Louisiana.  We are mailing hard copies to all of our members throughout the state.  It is just another way the the Louisiana Independent Business Association is working to help promote business in Louisiana.

Louisiana overview
Our economy today l Key industries l Key incentives l

Major investments l Market potential Employment snapshot l Regional contacts at-a-glance

Getting started
Business structure l Business plan l Business name l Registration l Location l Permits Financing l Key vendors l Contacts

Permits & licenses
First Stop Shop l Registering your business l
Local requirements l State requirements l

Agricultural Contractors l Environmental l Food/alcohol/tobacco l

Health care l Federal

Incentives & financing
GO Zone Bonds l Other GO Zone incentives

Renewal communities l State incentives
Loans & grants l Recovery financing/bridge loans Venture capital l Banks and other sources of financing