SCC Banner Image - Link to SCC Home Page
Visit Commonwealth of Virginia portal - Access key V
     
Skip Navigation LinksSCC Home > Office of the Clerk > Entity Formation > Bus. Registration Guide
Attention! ALL State Corporation Commission (SCC) systems, including the SCC web site, will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Friday, February 12th until 6 a.m. Tuesday, February 16th. This planned outage is necessary to upgrade critical SCC IT infrastructure. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.
Office of the Clerk

Business Registration Guide

The SCC can provide you with a Business Registration Guide that explains, among other things, how to incorporate in Virginia. This booklet -- written by the SCC, the Virginia Employment Commission, and the Department of Taxation -- includes the forms you need to register with the SCC. However, the SCC cannot provide advice regarding the legal or tax aspects of incorporating. General information about starting a business can be obtained from other sources, such as the Virginia Department of Business Assistance. (See External Links for additional resources.)