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Invest in Maryland

A short guide for companies expanding into Maryland: the economy at a glance, the rules and steps to set up, and who can help, each with its source.

1. Maryland at a glance

Currency and inflation: see the United States at a glance

2. Before you set up

The body that handles foreign investment, any one-stop route, Maryland’s limits on foreign ownership and the zones, as the guide found them.

Investment rules across the United States: see Invest in the United States

3. Steps to set up

The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.

Setting up in Maryland

  1. Form your Maryland business, or register your out-of-state entity, online through Maryland Business Express.Maryland Department of Assessments & TaxationOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Maryland Business Express, register your business page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  2. Register state tax accounts, such as sales and use tax and employer withholding, with the Combined Registration Application.Comptroller of MarylandOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Maryland Business Express, tax accounts page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  3. Register an unemployment insurance account through the BEACON portal if you will employ staff in Maryland.Maryland Department of LaborOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Maryland Labor, new employers page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  4. Register with the Family and Medical Leave Insurance program if you will employ at least one person in Maryland.Maryland Department of LaborOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Maryland Business Express, FAMLI page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

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  1. Get any state business license your business type needs from the Clerk of the Circuit Court, after you register with the entity office.Clerk of the Circuit CourtOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Comptroller of Maryland, starting a new business page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

Steps that apply across the United States: see Invest in the United States

4. Organizations that help investors

Start with Maryland Commerce. Each card links to the organization’s own site.

Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets

Investment and business setup

Customs and tax

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Chambers and industry associations

5. Worth knowing

Across the United States: see Worth knowing in Invest in the United States

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Promote:Maryland is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.

Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of November 4, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.