Start an LLC in North Las Vegas, Nevada

Doing business in North Las Vegas

North Las Vegas has grown quickly on the strength of industrial parks in its northern areas. Logistics, manufacturing and family-owned trades businesses make up many new filings, along with a large Spanish-speaking business community. North Las Vegas licenses its own businesses and has made industrial development in the Apex and northern areas a priority. Many first-time owners here are tradespeople, food vendors and family-run retailers who prefer to work in Spanish.

North Las Vegas had 294,034 residents in 2024, the third largest city in Nevada by the Census Bureau's estimate, inside Clark County (65,312 establishments and an average wage of $64,985 countywide). City hall is at 2250 Las Vegas Blvd N, North Las Vegas, NV 89030. Sales tax inside North Las Vegas is the Clark County rate of 8.375 percent; Nevada cities do not levy a separate sales tax. The city holds 12.3 percent of Clark County's 2,398,871 residents and 9.0 percent of all Nevadans. On a $1,000 taxable sale, the 8.375 percent rate adds $83.75.

Your LLC or corporation is filed with the Secretary of State, together with the initial list and the state business license. A business located in North Las Vegas also needs a North Las Vegas business license before it opens. A trade name is filed as a fictitious firm name with the Clark County Clerk, not with the city.

North Las Vegas City Hall and business license

Nevada cities license businesses located inside their limits. Apply to North Las Vegas once the Secretary of State has filed your company, and bring the exact registered name, your state business license number and your sales tax permit if you sell taxable goods.

Sales tax in North Las Vegas

Sales tax inside North Las Vegas is 8.375%, the same as anywhere in Clark County: the 6.85 percent state base plus the county's add-ons. Check the Department of Taxation's current return form before you price, because county rates can change.

Trade names go to the county clerk

A DBA in Nevada is a fictitious firm name certificate filed with the county clerk, not with North Las Vegas and not with the Secretary of State (NRS 602.010). For North Las Vegas that is the Clark County Clerk (702-671-0600).