Texas Secretary of State

The Texas Secretary of State governs Texas business filings.  Whether it’s a Texas corporation, Texas LLC, Texas nonprofit, or any type of business entity; you create or register your company with the Texas Secretary of State.

Texas Secretary of State

Mailing Address:
Corporations Section
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 13697
Austin, Texas 78711

Physical Address:
Corporations Section
Secretary of State
1019 Brazos
Austin, Texas 78701

Contact info:

• Public Information & Response Team - (512) 463-5555
• New Filings Team - (512) 463-5583
• Change Filings Team - (512) 463-5582
• Records Team (copies or certificates) - (512) 463-5578
• SOSDirect - (512) 475-2755
• Fax - (512) 463-5709

Name search:

You can start your Texas business yourself, but if you would like help doing so, you can sign up for our business formation services.

Pros

Texas is awesome for small businesses.  There is no personal income tax, but there is a gross receipts tax of 1%.  The great thing is that your first million dollars of revenue is tax free; making doing business in Texas tax free for most small businesses.

Cons

There are a lot of bad things about simply functioning as a Texas business.  The Texas SOS does not allow you to do name searches.  They charge you $1.00.  Everything is cumbersome and half way done with the Texas Secretary of State.  It’s like there was a project 10 years ago to redevelop the entire department into current technology and it lost its funding and it just stopped.  So close to making things easy for TX businesses, but so far away.