Start a New Business in Wyoming

The business division of the Secretary of State’s Office helps individuals start, maintain, and grow businesses across the state of Wyoming. You can:

• Better understand how to create a Wyoming company

• File your business with the state

• File your annual report

• Renew a trademark

• Renew a trade name

• File business documents

• Get sales and use tax information, workers comp, unemployment insurance, EIN information

• and much more.

Business Division
Herschler Building East
122 West 25th Street
Suite 101
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: 307-777-7311

State of Wyoming Business Services website

The Wyoming SBA is supported by its district office in Casper. They provide services including funding programs, counseling, federal contracting, certifications, and disaster recovery. They can also connect you to partner organizations, lenders, and other community groups that help small businesses succeed.

The Casper office serves the entire state of Wyoming.

Examples of educational programs and events include Women-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Certification, Small Business Skill-Building Workshop, Mentor Pretege Program, and Joint Venture Workshop.

150 East B Street
Room 1011
Casper, Wyoming 82601
Phone: 307-261-6500

Wyoming Small Business Administration website

The Wyoming Business Council offers the value of expertise, networks, and tools Wyoming businesses need to thrive. The team provides:

• Business Startup Support
  The Wyoming Business Council offers programs and resources aimed at building Wyoming’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and fostering connectivity.

• Helping Wyoming Grow
  The Wyoming Business Council offers programs and resources to help existing businesses of all sizes meet their goals as they mature and grow. One of the organization’s main goals is to help turn around businesses with issues that could force the company to fail or close.

• Financing Assistance
  The team helps identify your financial needs and navigate funding resources. From launching your startup to expanding your current operations, they can help both find and secure the appropriate funding.

214 West 15th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: 307-777-2800

Wyoming Business Council website

Established in 1999, the Wyoming Women’s Foundation (WYWF) is located at and provides support through the Wyoming Community Foundation. WYWF makes grants and spearheads initiatives that benefit women and girls as well as the communities overall.

1472 North 5th Street
Suite 201
Laramie, Wyoming 82072
Phone: 307-721-8300

Wyoming Women’s Foundation website

With first-hand small business experience, Wyoming Small Business Development Center expert small business advisors are located throughout the state to bring you no-cost, confidential assistance.

• Start your business: Find guidance and market research to start a successful business in any industry.

• Grow your business: Empower yourself with the tools and expertise to take your business to the next level.

• Innovation funding: Receive assistance and capital to apply for funding to develop your idea or invention.

• Government contracting: Expand your market by selling to local, state, and federal government agencies.

Wyoming SBDC network offices can be found in:

• Powell serving Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties

• Gillette serving Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sherida and Western counties

• Riverton serving Fremont and Teton counties

• Casper serving Converse, Natrona, Niobrara and Platte counties

• Rock Springs serving Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties

• Rawlins serving Carbon county

• Laramie serving Albany county

• Cheyenne serving Goshen and Laramie counties

State headquarters
406 South 21st
Laramie, Wyoming 82071
Phone: 307-766-3405

Wyoming Small Business Development Center SBDC Network website

Wyoming SCORE provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business. Whether you are just starting a business, expanding an established business, or want to become a volunteer, SCORE counselors are here to help you succeed. Wyoming SCORE serves Southeast Wyoming and Northern Colorado

SCORE provides women entrepreneurs with a wealth of resources, templates, tools, and free expert mentoring to foster their business growth and development. The Women's Entrepreneur resource hub offers a comprehensive array of tailored materials and guidance to adeptly navigate through entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities. SCORE mentors, many of them successful women small business owners, are ready to help you achieve your business goals.

Wyoming SCORE Women's Entrepreneurship Hub website

The Wyoming Women’s Business Center (WWBC) empowers entrepreneurs, especially women, through counseling, training, and micro-finance programs to start, expand, and sustain small businesses in the state of Wyoming. The organization strives to advance self-sufficiency and equality.

Client programs include:

• one-on-one business counseling

• business education webinars

• microloan program

• artist development program

• B2B creative services

• digital marketing

302 South 2nd Street
Suite 206
Laramie, Wyoming 82070
Phone: 307-460-3943

Wyoming Women’s Business Center website

The U.S. Small Business Administration helps small businesses to get the funding they need. Funding resources include:

• Loans: Start or expand your business with loans guaranteed by the SBA.

• Investment capital: Find an investor for your business. Investors make both debt and equity investments.

• Disaster assistance: Get help after a disaster with low-interest disaster loans.

• Surety bonds: Protect your work and your client with an SBA-guaranteed surety bond.

• Grants: Look for government grants that help businesses do scientific research and development.

U.S. Small Business Administration website

As the state economic development agency, the Wyoming Business Council leads economic growth in order to build resilient communities and create opportunities for people to thrive.

• Loans: The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) offers a diverse portfolio of loan options for eligible businesses and community organizations looking to start or grow their capacity.

• Equity: Wyoming Venture Capital (WYVC) fund. WYVC is designed to support the innovation and growth needs of entrepreneurs across the state through equity financing for Wyoming high-growth companies with an eye toward an exit in the future.

• Grants: While the Wyoming Business Council is not statutorily able to loan or grant state funds directly to private businesses or individuals, there are some exceptions that are available for very specific situations.

• Incentives: The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) offers a diverse portfolio of loan options for eligible businesses and community organizations looking to start or grow their capacity.

214 West 15th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: 307-777-2800

Wyoming Business Council Financing Assistance website

Programs include accounting and finance, economics, marketing and management, blockchain center for excellence, center for professional selling, center for business and economic analysis, center for principle-based leadership and ethics, and entrepreneurship.

The John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of Wyoming (UW) is designed to encourage college students across the State of Wyoming to act on their talents, ideas, and energy to produce tomorrow's leading businesses. The $50K Competition awards cash prizes to outstanding teams of student entrepreneurs who submit their business plans for new ventures showing significant business potential. The competition encourages teams to compete by providing business consulting expertise, C-level mentorship, financial mentorship, and a strong entrepreneurial network of investors and potential partners.

1499-1401 E Ivinson Avenue
Laramie, Wyoming 82070
Phone: 307-766-8249

University of Wyoming College of Business website

Sheridan College’s business programs blend real-world application, experiential learning, and theoretical knowledge to equip you with the skills to succeed. Business programs include Accounting, Administrative Assistance, Business, Computer Networking Administration, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, IT Support Technician, and Software Development.

Sheridan College offers:

• Career-relevant curriculum aligned to teaching real-world skills

• Industry-experienced faculty

• Flexible courses online, on-campus, or hybrid

• Credit-for-Prior-Learning for previous business, military, training, or other educational experiences

• Military-friendly programs

Sheridan College
1 Whitney Way
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
Phone: 307-675-0505

Sheridan College Business Programs website

The Wyoming Business Report is Wyoming's first and only state-wide business newspaper, founded in 2000. They deliver breaking news, in-depth analysis, research, economic statistics, and coverage of key industries.

Headquartered in Cheyenne, the paper is distributed throughout southeast Wyoming, and into western Nebraska, with the majority of its circulation within Laramie County.

702 W Lincolnway
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Phone: 307-633-3192

Wyoming Business Report website