All 50 States: Secretary of State Sites and Business Entity Searches
Applying to register your business entity is often very straightforward.
Registering can usually be completed in under an hour, depending on how complex your business is and which structure you’ve chosen for your business. For many coaches, creatives, creators, or entrepreneurs, an LLC will be the best fitting entity structure.
Want to explore the different entity options in greater depth? This article looks at the pros and cons of the most common options and explains how to register your LLC yourself.
There are companies and professional services that you can hire to file your LLC, or other business entity, for you. However, they usually charge a fee (sometimes hundreds of dollars above the state filing fee) and it is a very straight forward process that you are more than capable of navigating on your own. Even with a filing company, you will need to gather the relevant information about your business and make the decisions about rules and guidelines, so I recommend that you check out your state’s policies before you count yourself out and hire a service.
If you’re ready to get started, you need to visit your state’s Secretary of State website to learn the specific rules, requirements, guidelines, and fees for where you do business. To help, I’ve collected the relevant Secretary of State website for each state.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
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Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgina
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
THIS ARTICLE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGAL ADVICE AND IS OFFERED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. EVERY SITUATION IS UNIQUE AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT A LOCAL ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE ON YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
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