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Doing Business In Nevada
Business Regulation and Services


Nevada Department of Business and Industry

555 E. Washington Ave. #4900
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: (702) 486-2750
Fax: (702) 486-2758

788 Fairview Drive, Suite 100
Carson City, NV 89710
Phone: (775) 687-4250
Fax: (775) 687-4266

Nearly every business in the state comes in contact with the Department of Business & Industry in one way or another. The department’s main objective is to encourage and promote growth, development, and legal operation of business within the State of Nevada. Department activities also include the regulation of business and agricultural enterprises, promotion of worker safety, protection and rights, administration of bond programs to encourage growth and development of business within the state, and educating and informing the public and business and industry of their legal rights and responsibilities.

The department is comprised of 18 agencies, boards, and commissions that are organized into the following four service delivery teams:

Licensing & Regulatory Authorities
Athletic Commission
Consumer Affairs
Dairy Commission
Financial Institutions Division
Industrial Relations Division
Insurance Division
Labor Commissioner
Manufactured Housing Division
Real Estate Division
Taxicab Authority
Transportation Services Authority


Business & Consumer Services

Attorney for Injured Workers
Business Finance/Planning
Employee Management Relations Board
Governor’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Office for Hospital Patients
Housing Division
Unclaimed Property Division

Nevada Department of Environmental Protection

333 W. Nye Lane, Suite 104
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 687-4670
Fax: (775) 687-5856

555 E. Washington Ave. Ste 4300
(Grant Sawyer Building)
Las Vegas, NV 89101-1049
Phone: (702) 486-2850
Fax: (702) 486-2863

The mission of the Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) is to protect and enhance the environment of the State of Nevada consistent with the public health and enjoyment, the propagation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the operation of existing industries, the pursuit of agriculture, and economic development activities. Some of the areas NDEP covers are: Air Quality, Corrective Actions, Federal Facilities, Mining Regulations & Reclamation, Water Pollution Control, Water Quality Planning, and Waste Management & Chemical Accident Prevention. NDEP also has an ombudsman available to help businesses work with regulatory agencies.

Nevada State Fire Marshal

107 Jacobson Way, Stewart Facility
Carson City, NV 89711
Phone: (775) 687-4290
Fax: (775) 687-1610

The mission of the State Fire Marshal is to reduce the loss of life and property from fire and hazardous materials incidents statewide through training, investigations, inspections, licensing, permitting, information programs, plans review and the adoption of regulations designed to minimize injury and exposure to injury of the general public and to the emergency responder.

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

1150 E. William Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone: (775) 687-6007
Fax: (775) 687-6110

Las Vegas 101 Convention Center Drive, Suite 250
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone: (702) 486-2600
Fax: (702) 486-2595

557 Silver Street, Room 207
Elko, Nevada 89801
Phone: (775) 738-4914
Fax: (775) 778-6928

To enable universal access to affordable, efficient, safe and reliable utility service in Nevada, the Public Utilities Commission fosters fair competition in utility markets, encourages innovation in the provision of utility services and serves as an effective surrogate for competition where it does not exist.