New Business Assistance Contacts

City 

For information on building permits, applications, planning, zone use, and city ordinances adopted as building requirements
Community Development Department
City of Dickinson
4403 Highway 3
Dickinson, TX 77539
(281) 337-6259

For economic development assistance with available building and land sites, incentives, site tours
Dickinson Economic Development Corporation
218 FM 517 West
Dickinson, TX 77539
(281) 337-0466

County 

To file your dba in Galveston County
Galveston County Clerk’s Office
174 Calder Rd, Suite 149
League City, TX 77573
(281) 316-8732

State 

For information on sales tax license and permits
Texas State Comptroller
1-800-252-5555
www.window.state.tx.us 

For information on workforce issues, regulations, job listings, workforce availability, payroll taxes
Texas Workforce Commission
(713) 688-6890, 1-800-832-9394
www.twc.state.tx.us 

Federal 

To request your employer’s tax identification number
Internal Revenue Service
8876 Gulf Freeway
Houston, TX
(281) 721-7070, (800) 829-4933
www.irs.gov

For assistance with start-up businesses, free business management consulting, seminars, business loan information
Small Business Development Center
319 East Galveston Street - Suite A
League City, TX 77573
(409) 933-1414
areid2@uh.edu
www.sbdc.uh.edu