business registration
Official enterprise enrollment
Business registration is the formal process of recording a company or enterprise with government authorities, establishing it as a legal entity.
This typically involves filing paperwork, paying fees, and obtaining licenses or permits required to operate.
Before opening the shop, she completed her business registration with the state.
The term also refers to the resulting documentation: Keep your business registration current.
- registered agentEntity's official legal contact
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- articles of incorporationDocuments legally creating a corporation
- legal protectionRights enforceable by law
- sole proprietorshipUnincorporated individual-owned business
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