Domestic Business Corporation Registration

Business Name:

Oregon statute requires a corporate name to include a corporate designation, such as “Corporation,” “Company,” “Incorporated” or “Limited,” or an abbreviation of one of such words.

You may use the link to check name availability. Final determination is made by Corporation Division staff at the time of filing. (Get help for business name availability.)

Activity Description:

A brief description of the primary activity of your business. Examples: coffee shop, consulting, beauty salon, automotive repair, retail clothing.

Business Email:

This address is used (rarely) for certain types of notices, but not the regular renewal notice. (This will not be a public record.)

Mailing Address for Notices:

The address where notices from the Oregon Corporation Division will be sent, including renewal notices. This address may be a Post Office Box.

Daytime Contact:

The name and phone number of the person to call during regular business hours if there are questions about this filing. (This will not be a public record.)

Jurisdiction and Physical Location, Principal Place of Business︿

Physical address where the business is located. It may also be where the business records are kept. The principal office may not be a PO Box, a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business, or a virtual office.

Notification Options︿

Select a notification method for future renewals, and if email is chosen, complete a name and the required address. (This will not be a public record.)

Registered Agent Information︿

Registered Agent:

The person or registered entity authorized to accept legal documents for the business. For an Entity of Record, enter its Registry Number. (“Find Registry Number” allows you to look it up.)

Oregon Physical Address:

This Oregon street address must be suitable for personal delivery of legal papers to the Registered Agent. The registered office may not be a PO Box, commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business, or a virtual office.

Incorporators︿

Add Incorporator:

Name(s), added one-at-a-time, of the individual(s) or business entity(ies) making the initial filing to establish the business entity.

An Entity of Record is a business registered in Oregon. An Entity Not of Record is an entity not required to be registered with the Corporation Division. Examples include state agencies, municipalities, and most banks. Incorporators may or may not have a continuing role or relationship with the business.

Address may be a business or mailing address.

Individual with Direct Knowledge︿

Any authorized representative who knows what the business does. The address may be a business or mailing address.

Initial President and Secretary︿

Adding President and Secretary is optional, but it is required by most banks to set up a business account. President and Secretary may be the same name. Address may be a business or mailing address.

Shares︿

According to ORS Chapter 60, “Shares” means the units into which the proprietary interest in a corporation are divided. Entering more than one share may simplify future ownership changes.

Optional Provisions︿

- The corporation elects to indemnify...

Check this box to elect the indemnification provisions of ORS 58.185 or 60.387-60.414.

- The corporation is a benefit company...

Check this box only if the requirements of ORS 60.750 – 60.770 are clearly understood and agreed to.

- Text of your Optional Provisions:

List any other provision(s) for the regulation of the internal affairs of the organization. (These are rare.)

Examples of other optional provisions:

Listing the purpose or purposes for which the entity is organized.

Provisions for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the entity.

Defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the entity.