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Business Entity
Choose and form the legal structure that fits the business, such as an LLC, before applying for entity-specific accounts and records.
A professional website is one piece of a professional business presence. Use this guide to understand the business address, phone, entity, EIN, D-U-N-S, banking, and Google requirements that may come next.
Requirements vary by state, bank, provider, and business type. This roadmap is a practical starting point—not legal, tax, banking, or accounting advice.
Choose and form the legal structure that fits the business, such as an LLC, before applying for entity-specific accounts and records.
Obtain the federal EIN when required or useful for banking, licensing, payroll, and business-credit purposes.
Use a consistent business name, address, phone number, website, and email across business records.
Open the business bank account, establish business records, then build credit, local visibility, and additional systems as needed.
A virtual office can provide a professional mailing/business address and may help keep a home address off ordinary business materials. But different organizations treat virtual addresses differently.
A rented mailing address or virtual office is generally not eligible as a Google Business Profile location if the business does not actually operate there. A co-working office must have clear signage, receive customers during stated hours, and be staffed during those hours by the business's own staff.
A dedicated business phone number helps separate business calls from personal calls and keeps the same business identity across the website, D&B records, bank records, directories, and marketing.
RingCentral is one VoIP option for small businesses. Its business-phone platform can provide business calling, messaging, call routing, greetings, and access from desktop and mobile devices.
Tip: Keep the same business phone number wherever possible so your website, D&B information, banking records, and business profiles match.
Flat-rate assistance prices. No hidden service charges. State filing fees and other outside costs are separate and explained before you proceed. The $99 EIN assistance service is unchanged.
An LLC is formed at the state level. Filing requirements, fees, publication rules, annual reports, taxes, and licenses vary by state.
LLC Filing Assistance can be offered as an added service for clients who want administrative help organizing the filing information and completing the state formation process.
An EIN is a federal tax identification number issued by the IRS. It is commonly used for business banking, licenses, tax filings, payroll, and business-credit applications.
EIN Application Assistance can be offered as an added service to help clients organize the required information and complete the application process correctly.
A D-U-N-S Number is a unique nine-digit business identifier from Dun & Bradstreet. It can be used by companies and marketplaces to identify a business and may support business-credit, supplier, partnership, and contracting relationships.
Website note: D&B's published application checklist does not list a website as a required item. Having a website can still help create a consistent, verifiable business identity across public records.
Dun & Bradstreet states that a standard D-U-N-S Number can be obtained without charge. Standard processing can take time, and D&B may offer paid expedited options.
Before applying, search D&B first to make sure the business does not already have a D-U-N-S Number.
Banks set their own requirements, but business accounts commonly require proof that the business exists, identification for owners/controllers, and tax-identification information.
For an LLC, the formation document establishes the entity and the EIN provides a federal business tax ID. Banks may also ask for ownership/manager information and additional records depending on the bank and business structure.
Practical sequence: form the LLC → obtain the EIN → gather ownership documents → open the business bank account.
Google Business Profile is designed for businesses that make in-person contact with customers during stated hours. Online-only businesses and lead-generation companies are generally not eligible.
Paid Wimzy IT website clients can add optional administrative assistance with LLC formation filings and EIN applications.
State filing fees are separate.
The IRS does not charge for an EIN.
Save $74 compared with the two separate assistance services. State filing fees are separate.
Policies and filing requirements can change. Use the official sources below when making final decisions.