How to start a business in Colorado
- Point of contact - Colorado Secretary of State
- 1700 Broadway Suite 200 Denver CO 80290
- Phone: 303 894 2200 press 2
- Fax: 303 869 4864
- eMail: sos.business@sos.state.co.us
- Corporations
- Business name requirements - Colorado law requires the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed business entity name (for corporation, limited liability company and limited partnership entity types) is not the same as or too similar to a reserved name or to the name of an existing business entity of record (of the same entity type) with the Secretary of State; and that the name is not misleading to the public.
- Fees - See form at CO SoS website Fee schedule
- Procedures - Filing can be performed online at: Online filing
- LLC's & LLP's
- Business name requirements - Same as for Corporations
- Fees - See form at CO SoS website Fee schedule
- Procedures - Filing can be performed online at: Online filing


