Business Address
Get a business address you can use on public documents when you form an entity. Keep your own address private and avoid paying fees to change your business address if you move.
What Is a Business Address?
When you start a business, you’ll need to list a business address on your formation paperwork. In most states, this must be a physical address (not a PO box) in the state. Some businesses list the address of an office, storefront, or other commercial space. For remote businesses, figuring out which address to list is more difficult. Whether you can list your home address as your business address depends your local zoning regulations, HOA rules, and your comfort level with making your personal address public information.
Registered Agent Address vs. Business Address
Why Does My Business Need a Business Address?
You need a business address to list on state documents. If your business doesn’t have a dedicated commercial space, this poses a problem–should you list your home address on public documents? We don’t recommend it.
Here’s why:
Privacy Protection
Once your home address is posted online, the marketers will find it. After that, escaping the deluge of junk mail becomes virtually impossible.
Compliance
You need a local street address to register your business. If you use your home address, you risk running afoul of local zoning laws or HOA regulations. If you list a PO box, your paperwork is likely to be rejected.
Professional Image
Our business address locations are in commercial spaces and business districts, which can lend your business a level of credibility that you don’t get when you use your home address as your business address.
Flexibility
A virtual business address for your LLC allows you to operate your business from anywhere. If you move, you don’t need to worry about (or pay for) filing documents to change the address you have on record with the state.
Benefits of Our Business Address Service
Your registered agent should do more than receive legal notifications on behalf of your business. Your registered agent should also help protect your privacy. When you hire us as your registered agent, you’ll also get a business address to use on public documents. And if you’re in one of our high traffic states, you can also opt for mail service.
Low Overhead
The use of our business address is free when you hire us to act as your registered agent. That’s a lot more affordable than paying rent.
Free Domain Name
When you hire us for business address service, you also get a free domain name for a year.
Mail Scanning
If you’re in one of our high traffic states, you can opt in for Mail Scanning and get 10-25 documents scanned per year.
Customer Service
If you’re having trouble, give us a call. We have locally staffed offices with real people—not AI chatbots—who will pick up the phone to troubleshoot.
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How Using Our Business Address Works
1
Choose your starting point
Hire us either to act as your registered agent or form your company and you’ll get a free business address.
2
Select your mail scanning state
If you’re interested in using our address beyond state documents (for example, on a business card), you’ll need mail scanning. We offer mail scanning in select states, each from a commercial building that we own.
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Set up your client account
Next, you’ll set up your account. This is where we’ll upload your mail when it arrives in our office.
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Check your account
This is where you’ll find any legal notices or mail for your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use a virtual address for my LLC?
Yes! Using a virtual address for your LLC is a great alternative to using your home address. It protects your privacy and allows you to keep a consistent address for your business, even if your business moves or expands into another state.
Can I use your business address for my mail?
If you hire us for Mail Scanning in one of the states where we offer it, you sure can! If you don’t have Mail Scanning, we’ll scan three pieces of your mail each year for free.
Can I use your business address for my LLC members and managers?
Yes. In some states, you’re required to list a physical address for each manager and member of your LLC on your formation documents. If you hire us, you can use our business address in these fields and protect the privacy of your managers and members.
Can I use my home address as my business address?
It depends. Some neighborhoods have HOA or zoning regulations that will prevent you from using your home address as your business address. If you don’t have to worry about that, then you can use your home address as your business address. However there are a few downsides to doing so. To start, you’ll need to list your home address on public documents, which exposes you to aggressive marketers. And secondly, if you ever move, you’ll have to pay to file paperwork to change your address with the state. For these reasons, many small business owners opt to get a business address.