Does the LLC or the individual hold the license in Kansas?

Kansas does not publish a clear answer on whether the company or the individual holds it, so confirm with the issuing body. The entity filing is separate either way: Kansas charges $85 for the Articles of Organization.

What does it cost to set up a landscaping business in Kansas?

The state's entity fee is $85 to file the Articles of Organization. License, permit and examination fees are set by the issuing body and charged on top. We publish the entity fee because it is the one figure that is the same for every landscaping business in Kansas.

Kansas Landscaping License: What Applies and What Does Not

What Kansas requires of a landscaping business in 2026, what the LLC has to file first, and where the license and the entity are two separate steps.

By Edmond Hui · Last updated: September 2026

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Kansas landscaping licensing at a glance

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Does a landscaping business need a license in Kansas?

Kansas runs no single statewide license covering every landscaping business. What applies depends on the work and where you do it.

Kansas issues no state landscaping license and no state contractor license. State law leaves the licensure of general, building and residential contractors to any county or city that chooses to require it, and a certificate of competency earned on the standard examination the law designates is then valid in any other Kansas county or city that licenses those contractors. At state level the Board of Technical Professions licenses landscape architects under state law.

This records what Kansas publishes, not a determination about your business. Scope, thresholds and local requirements are set by the issuing body, so confirm with them before you bid or file.

Verified 2026-09-03 against the primary source listed under Sources.

What the LLC has to do first

Pesticide and herbicide application is licensed separately from landscaping itself in most states, and that license is usually the one a general landscaping business actually needs.

The entity filing is separate from anything the license requires. In Kansas it is made with the Kansas Secretary of State. File directly with the state here. The order matters wherever the license is issued to the company rather than to a person: the entity has to exist before an application can name it.

Forming an LLC as a landscaping business in Kansas covers the filing itself, step by step.

Insurance Kansas landscapers are asked to show

Landscaping work damages what it is next to: irrigation lines, fences, windows and parked cars. General liability is the cover for that, and commercial clients ask for the certificate before the first visit.

We do not publish Kansas premium figures for this trade, so nothing here is a quote. Our business insurance guide for landscapers covers what each policy does and does not pay for.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state licensing board publishes for this trade, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you whether your own work needs a licence: that turns on the scope of the job, the value of the contract, and the city or county you work in, which commonly adds its own registration on top of the state's. Confirm your own position with the board named on this page and with your local building or business licensing office before you bid or start work.

Frequently Asked Questions

: Kansas runs no single statewide license covering every landscaping business. What applies depends on the work and where you do it. Kansas issues no state landscaping license and no state contractor license. State law leaves the licensure of general, building and residential contractors to any county or city that chooses to require it, and a certificate of competency earned on the standard examination the law designates is then valid in any other Kansas county or city that licenses those contractors. At state level the Board of Technical Professions licenses landscape architects under state law. This records what Kansas publishes, not a determination about your business. Scope, thresholds and local requirements are set by the issuing body, so confirm with them before you bid or file.
: Kansas does not publish a clear answer on whether the company or the individual holds it, so confirm with the issuing body. The entity filing is separate either way: Kansas charges $85 for the Articles of Organization.
: The state's entity fee is $85 to file the Articles of Organization. License, permit and examination fees are set by the issuing body and charged on top. We publish the entity fee because it is the one figure that is the same for every landscaping business in Kansas.
: Landscaping work damages what it is next to: irrigation lines, fences, windows and parked cars. General liability is the cover for that, and commercial clients ask for the certificate before the first visit.

Sources

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Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Kansas sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so. Where we hold the citation but no stable public link, the citation is printed on its own rather than pointed at a guessed address.

ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch12/012_015_0057.htmlKansas landscapers licensing, primary source: K.S.A. 12-1557, Examinations for contractors; certificates of competency; licensure (verified 2026-09-03)
Kansas statute: K.S.A. 12-1557 (local contractor licensure)
Kansas statute: K.S.A. 12-1556 (standard examination)
Kansas statute: K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq. (technical professions licensing)

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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.

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