Oregon. The destination at the end of the trail.

The character of the state

In the 19th century, four hundred thousand people hitched their oxen to covered wagons and travelled three thousand kilometres west, across prairies, mountain passes and river fords, chasing the promise of a better life. The Oregon Trail is the founding story of every emigrant, and this state is where it ends. Anyone who moves their residence today in search of their own piece of America follows the same route, just more comfortably.

At the end of the trail, people kept building: in Eugene, a track coach poured rubber soles in a waffle iron, and that became Nike. Portland cultivates its "Keep Portland Weird", Crater Lake glows an unreal blue, and Oregon has no sales tax to this day. Only the register is as open as the landscape: your name appears in it.

Who Oregon makes sense for

For anyone with ties to the Northwest or a fondness for America's most symbolic emigrant address, with no need for anonymity. For discretion: Wyoming, which the historic trail crossed, by the way.

Do you really need an Oregon LLC?

The honest counter-question before you order: if what draws you to Oregon is mainly the look, you do not need an Oregon LLC for it. Your business address is yours to choose, in any state, for any LLC. You can get a Portland address from one of the many virtual business address providers for around $20 to $150 a month; you book that yourself, directly with the provider, and it is not part of our package. Combined with a Wyoming LLC you get the same presence, plus anonymity in the register and the strongest statutory asset protection in the US.

There are two things an address cannot replace, though, and they belong to the full picture. First: your contracts and invoices state the company's state of formation. If you need "Oregon" to appear there explicitly, you really do need the Oregon LLC. Second: an address is appearance, not substance. If you actually keep premises, staff or ongoing business operations in Oregon, you create a real connection there with reporting and tax consequences, regardless of where the LLC was formed. Set-ups like that belong in a consultation (held in English only) beforehand.

And if your reason for Oregon is a personal or business tie: good choice. That is exactly what this page is for.

No hidden fees, no surprise bills for extra work

Our flat fee covers every service you need to form your Oregon LLC and run it for the first 12 months. You will find a detailed description of the services here. Bought one by one, these services cost over $6,500. With us: one flat fee, $2,600, done.

Formation and taxes

Filed online, an Oregon formation takes about 1 to 3 days. Set up correctly, the Oregon zero-tax LLC pays no income tax in the United States. Whether, and to what extent, the profits are taxable in your country of residence is a question for your tax adviser or for a consultation, held in English.

Transparency in the register

Oregon's register names the people responsible for your LLC. For discretion, look for example to Wyoming or New Mexico. More under anonymity.