Corporations

The Corporation Section of the Division of Corporate & Consumer Services at the Department of Financial Institutions is the filing office for the organizational instruments to create corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies, as well as documents to amend those charters in some respect or other. The unit also licenses foreign (out-of-state) organizations desiring to transact business in Wisconsin.

I Want to Search

• Search Entity Records by Name
• Business Entity Types
• Out of State Organizations
• Other Useful Links
• Cable/Video Service Provider Franchise
• Historical Statistics

I Want to File

• Create an LLC or Corporation
• File an LLC or Corp Annual Report
• Change Registered Agent and/or Office Address Online

I Want to Order

• Request a Certificate of Status
• Order Corp/LLC Copywork
• Pay Filings Online
• Copywork by US Mail

What's New

Domestic Annual Report Application Upgrade - Beginning Monday, March 7, 2011, an updated Annual Report application for Domestic Business corporations and Domestic Limited Liability Companies was implemented. In an effort to more efficiently utilize staff time, we will begin to auto-file online annual reports. We have successfully auto-filed new domestic corporations and LLCs since 2006. Read the full report