Business filing services in Orange, California
LLCs, corporations, DBAs, EINs and license guidance for Orange business owners — prepared and filed by a real office you can call or walk into. We also file in all 50 states.
The City of Orange is four miles from our office — close enough that a fair number of clients walk in on their lunch break. The business mix here splits between the medical and professional cluster around the hospitals and the independent retail and restaurants in Old Towne.
Medical and dental practices bring their own wrinkle: California restricts who can own certain professional practices, and some of them need to be formed as professional corporations rather than ordinary LLCs. We will flag it when your situation looks like one of those, and tell you when the right next call is to an attorney rather than to us.
What a Orange business usually needs
- A City of Orange business license — nearly every city in Orange County requires one, including for home-based businesses
- A California entity (LLC or corporation) or a fictitious business name, depending on how you are set up
- A federal EIN — required for a business bank account, employees and most license applications
- A fictitious business name statement filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder, plus the four weeks of newspaper publication California requires
- A California seller's permit through the CDTFA if you sell tangible goods
- An Orange County health permit if you prepare, serve or sell food
Filing a DBA from Orange
Orange County fictitious business name statements are filed with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder in Santa Ana — a few blocks from our office. That is the first half of the job.
The second half is the part most people miss. California requires the statement to be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in an adjudicated newspaper of general circulation in Orange County, within 30 days of filing, with a proof of publication filed back with the county afterward. Skip it and the registration is never properly complete. We arrange the publication and file the proof as part of the same job.
Working with us from Orange
Orange is about four miles from our Santa Ana office — ten minutes down Main or Glassell. Walk in during business hours; you will usually be in and out in one visit.
What we do
What we file for Orange businesses
LLC Formation
Form an LLC in any state. Formation documents, EIN, operating agreement and the compliance calendar your state expects.
Learn moreDBA / Fictitious Name
Operate legally under a business name. We file it with the right office and handle the newspaper publication California requires.
Learn moreIncorporation
C-Corp, S-Corp or nonprofit, in any state. Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, stock certificates and the S-Corp election.
Learn moreQuestions
Orange business filing questions
Do I need a City of Orange business license?
Yes — the city requires a business license to operate within city limits, and Old Towne has additional considerations around signage and use for storefront businesses. We confirm the current requirements for your address.
Can I form an LLC for my medical or dental practice?
Generally no. California does not allow certain licensed professionals to render professional services through an ordinary LLC, and a professional corporation is usually the correct structure. We prepare professional corporation filings and will tell you plainly when your situation needs an attorney's opinion first.
How close are you to the county offices?
Very. Our Santa Ana office is a few blocks from the Orange County Clerk-Recorder, which is where DBAs are recorded, so county filings do not sit around waiting to be driven somewhere.
Important: California New Business Bureau is a private document preparation and business filing service. We are not a government agency and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by any Secretary of State, the IRS, or any other government body. We are not a law firm or a CPA firm, we do not provide legal or tax advice, and we do not represent you before any agency. Government filing fees are set by the agencies and are separate from our service fees. Self-filing directly with the agency is always an option and forms are available from the agencies at their published fees.
Other Orange County cities we serve
Ready to get your paperwork started?
Call us or request a free consultation. We will walk you through exactly what your filing needs in your state, what it costs and how long it takes — and if you are in Southern California, you are welcome to come in.