Registering Your Business Entity Anywhere In The United States

Below is the directory for the Secretary of State where you can register your business. The state where you record your entity is up to you. Ideally, registration occurs in the place where the company will base its operations. There are rare instances where a company will register as a “foreign entity” in another state. Keep in mind; some sites are more accessible to navigate than others. Also, some states have online registration, which might require creating an account before filing your business.

 

Alabama
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities 
Alaska

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees/FormsbyEntity.aspx
Arizona
https://azsos.gov/business/corporations
Arkansas
https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/forms-fees
California
https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/
Colorado
https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/businessHome.html
Connecticut
https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Common-Elements/V5-Template—Redesign/Business-Services—Home-Page
Delaware
https://corp.delaware.gov/
Florida
https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/
Georgia
http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/Corporations/creating_a_new_entity
Hawaii
https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/
Idaho
https://sos.idaho.gov
Illinois
https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html
Indiana
https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/Home/Index
Iowa
https://sos.iowa.gov/file/origination/index.aspx
Kansas
https://sos.kansas.gov/business/
Kentucky
https://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/business-filings/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana
https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/FileBusinessDocuments/Pages/default.aspx
Maine
https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/corp/index.html
Maryland
https://egov.maryland.gov/businessexpress
Massachusetts
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm
Michigan
https://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-89334_61343_35413—,00.html
Minnesota
https://www.sos.state.mn.us/business-liens/start-a-business/how-to-register-your-business/
Mississippi
http://www.sos.ms.gov/BusinessServices/Pages/default.aspx
Missouri
https://www.sos.mo.gov/business
Montana
http://business.mt.gov/Business-Navigator/Start#268813683-step-2-choose-your-business-structure
Nebraska
https://www.nebraska.gov/osbr/index.cgi
Nevada
https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/businesses/commercial-recordings/forms-fees/all-business-forms
New Hampshire
https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Account/LandingPage
New Jersey
https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/gettingregistered.shtml
New Mexico
http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Business_Services/Corporations_Overview.aspx
New York
https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/ecorp_public/f?p=201:17
North Carolina
https://www.sosnc.gov/Guides/launching_a_business/business_structure
North Dakota
https://www.nd.gov/businessreg/
Ohio
https://www.sos.state.oh.us/businesses/
Oklahoma
https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/default.aspx
Oregon
https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/register.aspx
Pennsylvania
https://www.dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities/Business/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island
http://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/Business-Portal/Forms
South Carolina
https://businessfilings.sc.gov/businessfiling/Home/CategorizedForms
South Dakota
https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/RegistrationType.aspx
Tennessee
https://sos.tn.gov/business-services/business-entity-filings
Texas
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/formationfaqs.shtml
Utah
https://corporations.utah.gov/online_bus_reg.html
Vermont
https://www.sec.state.vt.us/corporationsbusiness-services/business-nonprofit-services/start-a-vermont-business.aspx
Virginia
https://www.scc.virginia.gov/clk/begin.aspx
Washington
https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/
West Virginia
https://sos.wv.gov/business/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin
https://openforbusiness.wi.gov/
Wyoming
https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Business/RegistrationInstr.aspx