Business Filings

A business entity doing business in Vermont must register and maintain its good standing with the Secretary of State for as long as it does business in Vermont.

What does it mean to be in good standing with the Office of the Secretary of State?

1. Your required annual/biennial report or renewal filings are up to date.
2. Your registered agent, registered office (physical business address of agent), and agent’s mailing address are up to date.
3. Your principal office (the business’s physical address) and business mailing address are up to date.
4. Your principal personnel (i.e. officers, directors, managers, members, or partners as applicable) are up to date.

Learn more about filing:

• Start a Vermont Business
• Register a Foreign Business
• Amendments & Restatements
• Conversions & Domestications
• Corrections
• Dissociations
• Mergers & Consolidations
• Registered Office & Agent Filings
• Annual & Biennial Reports
• Reinstatements
• End a Business (includes Dissolutions, Cancelations, and Withdrawals)
• Assumed Names (a.k.a., Fictitious Names or DBAs - f.k.a., Trade Names)

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