Contractor licensing · MS

Contractor licensing in Mississippi

The agencies that license the work, set the workers compensation trigger and register the business, with a link to each one.

Checked 2026-07-28

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An Arkansas contractor taking work in Mississippi deals with the same four questions everywhere: who licenses the trade, when a licence is actually required, when workers compensation kicks in, and where the business registers. Below is Mississippi's answer to each, with the agency's own link.

Licensing

Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC)

Commercial license required for jobs over $50,000 (including subcontractors and equipment installation); residential license for new construction over $50,000; residential remodeling, additions, or roofing over $10,000. Roofers are state-licensed.

https://www.msboc.us/

Workers compensation

Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission

Employers with five or more regularly employed workers must carry coverage; employers with fewer than five may cover voluntarily.

https://mwcc.ms.gov/

Business registration

Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services Division

https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/login/portal.aspx

Tax registration

Mississippi Department of Revenue

https://www.dor.ms.gov/business

New hire reporting

Most states require newly hired employees to be reported within a short window of their start date.

https://www.ms-newhire.com/

Still to confirm. TAP registration portal is robots-blocked; DOR business page confirms registration is done in TAP. DOR's Construction page (3.5 percent contractor's tax on non-residential contracts) could not be fetched; verify before citing. Five-employee WC rule sourced from a 2013-edition MWCC facts PDF.
These are pointers to each state's own agencies, checked on the date shown, not legal advice and not a substitute for asking the board directly. Rules change and thresholds move. The agency link is always the authority.

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Starting or running the business itself is covered in the contractor business guide. Arkansas licence records for Benton and Washington counties are in the contractor directory.

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