Step 2: Creating Your Business

Incorporated = Inc. & Limited Liability Company = LLC

If you choose to create an incorporated company, you will file as a Corporation or LLC. In Florida, these filings require that the name you choose must be unique. No other company can have the exact same name, so be creative and unique in the naming of your new business.

How to Incorporate a Business?

The formation of a company is an important decision so having this kind of assistance is very helpful in doing it right the first time. The first step to incorporating your business is choosing if you want to have corporation and which type your business will qualify as. Your accountant, tax preparer, attorney, or bookkeeper may the best person to go to help you make this choice.

S Corporation       C Corporation       Limited Liability Company

Articles of Incorporation

Once you have chosen the type, you would then file the Articles with the Florida Department of State to legally create the entity. You will need a company name, principal address (which must be a physical Florida address) and a mailing address for the company which can be a PO Box if you would like. You will also need the names and addresses of all the owners in the company as the state requires this information. An email address is also necessary to file with the state.