Incorporate your Business Online in Virginia (VA)
Incorporate your business online with Filings Made Easy. Begin by clicking “Get Started Now” and follow our easy to use five-step process. Read on to learn more about a incorporating a business in Virginia (VA).
How to Incorporate a Business in Virginia (VA):
When you form a corporation in the Commonwealth of Virginia (VA) you will need to file the Article of Incorporation with the Virginia (VA) Secretary of State’s office.
The following must be included in your Articles of Incorporation:
*The name of the corporation
*The principal address of business
*The purpose of the corporation
*The number and classes of authorized shares of stock
*The name and address of the Registered Agent
*The names of the incorporator(s)
If you chose Filings Made Easy we will include the above information and the name of the incorporator(s), will be Filings Made Easy, an employee or agent of Filings Made Easy and the name and address of the corporation’s registered agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia (VA) will be Filings Made Easy or a party affiliated with Filings Made Easy.
Corporate Name:
Filings Made Easy will conduct a preliminary name search to determine the availability of your desired corporation’s name. Your corporation’s name must end in one of the following words or an abbreviation:
*Incorporated
*Corporation
*Company
*Limited
If you fail to include an ending in your application, Filings Made Easy will add “Inc.” when preparing and filing your incorporation documents.
Registered Agent Information:
All corporations operating in Virginia (VA) are required to have a designated Registered Agent at all times. The Registered Agent is responsible for receiving your company’s legal documents and forwarding them to you. Filings Made Easy offers nation wide Registered Agent services, if you desire a Registered Agent please click “DESIGNATED REGISTERED AGENT SERVICES”
Our legal name and address in Virginia (VA) are:
Corporate Filing Solutions, LLC
9211 Forest Hill Ave., Suite 201, Richmond, VA 23235
Directors/Officers:
The directors are an optional provision in the Articles of Incorporation. However if your incorporator(s) are an initial director you must assign a director.
Filing Fees:
Virginia (VA) incorporation filing fee is $25.00.
Charter Fee:
The Commonwealth of Virginia (VA) has a charter fee; if your company has 1,000,000 shares or fewer there is a $50.00 for each 25,000 shares. If your company has more than 1 million shares the fee is $2,500.
Annual Report:
Corporations operating in Virginia (VA) are required to file an annual report in the last three months of the calendar year in which the corporation was incorporated.
S Corporations:
S corporations are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia (VA). There is no additional State specific form for Virginia (VA) S corporations.
