Business Name Registration and Renewals

Business name registrations apply to unincorporated business establishments and include the following:

• Sole proprietorship’s (one owner) carrying on business under a name other than the individual’s full name
• Partnerships carrying on business under a firm name other than the full names of the partners
• Corporations carrying on business under a name other than their corporate name, referred to as a trade name of a corporation or an ‘operating as’ name
• An existing general partnership or limited partnership registering a business name different from the registered firm name
• Limited liability partnerships
• Extra-provincial limited liability partnerships
• Extra-provincial limited liability companies

ESC Business Name Registration and Renewal Services:

• Ontario Business Registration
• Ontario Business Renewal
• Manual Business Name Registration Filings
• WSIB and EHT Applications
• Nationwide Business Name Registrations and Filings