New Hampshire Employment Agency
Licensing requirements for New Hampshire employment, staffing and talent agencies.
This page provides an overview of employment services licensing in New Hampshire for individuals and agencies. You will find state requirements, application fees, filing instructions, and more. For assistance with licensing, please contact us to learn about our software and managed license services.
Companies that provide employment services in New Hampshire must apply for a license prior to doing business. Depending on the services offered, businesses may need to apply for more than one license type, and in some cases, an individual license will be required as well.
Company Licenses
New Hampshire Employment and Business Support Services Company Licenses
New Hampshire Employment Agency License
Not required
Employment Agency licensure is not required on the State level in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Nurse Agency Registration
Agency: | New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification |
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite: | Yes |
Initial Registration
Form: | Universal Licensure Application and Nurse Agency Supplemental Application |
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Biennially by the date of issuance. |
New Hampshire Professional Employer Organization License
Initial Registration
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | If domiciled in New Hampshire: $100 application fee + $500 license fee If not domiciled in New Hampshire: $100 application fee + $500 or the amount required by the domiciliary state, whichever is greater |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | If domiciled in New Hampshire: $100 application fee + $500 license fee If not domiciled in New Hampshire: $100 application fee + $500 or the amount required by the domiciliary state, whichever is greater |
Due: | Licenses expire annually on the date of issuance. Renewal applications must be filed at least 60 days prior to the expiration date. |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
Notes: | Licensees may elect a two-year renewal cycle after 5 or more years of being licensed in New Hampshire. |
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Financial Reporting
Financial Information Update
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter. |
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Notes: | Every quarter employee leasing companies must submit a certification by an independent certified public accountant that for such quarter all applicable federal and state payroll taxes have been paid on a timely basis. |
New Hampshire Talent Agency License
Not required
Talent Agency licensure is not required on the State level in New Hampshire.
Employee Leasing Company - Enter into leasing contracts with other businesses that require labor. The leasing company loans its workers to the lessee while still providing specified responsibilities, such as workers compensation insurance, to the employees. This includes long term (6 months or more) temporary arrangements but often excludes temporary help arrangements. Unlike professional employer organizations, employee leasing companies are contracted when an employer needs to hire staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Employment Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment for a person.
Professional Employer Organization - PEOs take on the human resources role for businesses and act as a co-employer in the sense that the client company's workers are administratively employees of the PEO but functionally these employees are controlled by the client company. Unlike employee leasing companies, PEOs are contracted when an employer already has staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Staffing Agency - An entity that procures temporary or part-time employment for a person who then works under the supervision of a worksite employer.
Talent Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment or placement for an artist. (Certain art forms are excluded)
American Staffing Association
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solution industry advocacy group.
National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Education and training oriented association for personnel services providers.
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
(NAPEO)
Provides advocacy efforts, information, and other services to members of the employment
industry.