Register your Ontario business name
For sole proprietors and partnerships. We prepare your registration, file it with the Ontario Business Registry and email you the confirmation. It lasts five years.
The order form takes about five minutes. No card details on the form: we confirm your total by email first.
Business name registration
The complete price, itemized.
What you get
- Your business name registration, prepared and filed
- A check of your details before anything is filed
- Your registration document by email, with your Business Identification Number
- The $60 government fee, paid to the province for you
What we need from you
- The business name you want to use
- Your legal name and home address
- The business address in Ontario
- A short description of what the business does
How it goes
Send your order
Fill in the form with the details listed above. It takes about five minutes.
We check and confirm
A person reads your details and emails your total with a secure payment link.
We file it
Once you have paid, we file with the registry and email your documents as PDFs.
Before you register
A business name registration does not create a separate legal entity. You and the business stay legally the same. If you want a company that stands apart from you, look at incorporating instead.
Registering a name also does not give you exclusive rights to it. The registration runs for five years, and renewing costs the same as registering.
Common questions
Do I need to register at all?
Not if you work under your own legal name with nothing added. “Jane Smith” needs no registration. “Jane Smith Design” does.
Is this the same as a Master Business Licence?
Yes. Ontario now calls it a business name registration. It is the same thing banks and suppliers ask for.
Can someone else register the same name?
Yes. A business name registration does not stop another person from registering the same name. For stronger protection, people look at incorporating or registering a trademark.
How long does it take?
The registry processes online registrations right away once submitted. We aim to file within one business day of receiving your payment and details.
Business name registration, $104.07 all in
Government fee, our fee and HST included. Questions first? Write to .
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