7 licenses, permits and registrations, in the order to get them, each with the agency, the fee and the official page, and what the Census counts of boutiques in Oregon say.
7 licenses, permits and registrations, in the order to get them
Every row checked against its agency’s page; the latest on Oct 21, 2026.
Step 1 of 4Set up the business. Now: Articles of organization (LLC) and the annual report
0 of 7 items done. Each step opens when the one before it is complete. Progress stays on this device. Members keep a dated, noted plan for each saved location in the workspace.
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File online through the Oregon Business Registry. The articles name a registered agent with an Oregon street address. The Division mails a renewal notice about 45 days before the anniversary; a missed report puts the LLC in inactive status and then dissolves it.
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Needed whenever the business trades under any name other than the owner’s legal name or the LLC’s registered name, in the counties where it operates. Registered through the same Oregon Business Registry as the LLC.
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Needed to hire, to open a business bank account and for the Oregon payroll tax registration. Issued at once online.
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Register for taxOpens after step 1
Register for the BIN through Revenue Online before the first paycheck; it is the one account for withholding, unemployment insurance, the statewide transit tax and Paid Leave Oregon, all filed on the combined quarterly return. A storefront under the CAT thresholds has no state tax registration to make until it hires.
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Register with the Portland Revenue Division within 60 days of starting business in the city or county. Elsewhere ask the city clerk or finance office whether a license applies; Eugene licenses only a few activities, and some cities license every storefront.
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Approve the spaceOpens after step 2
Confirm the zoning allows your use before signing; a change of occupancy needs building permits and inspections, and the certificate of occupancy comes before the county health license and the OLCC license, which both ask the local government to sign off on the premises.
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Before the first hireOpens after step 3
Workers’ compensation coverage is required for every employer with any employee, full or part time, from the first hire, and must be posted. Report each new hire, and each contractor expected to work more than 20 days, within 20 days.
The free location checkWho lives and works around an address, the boutiques already there and the traffic on its road, from public records.
The full reportWhether the rules allow a boutique at that address, the rent it supports, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
No account. The boutique check reads public records at the address itself.
Sources and dates
Corporation Division business registry fee schedule and Oregon Business Registry pages; Corporation Division assumed business name pages and fee schedule (ORS 648); IRS EIN page; Department of Revenue withholding and payroll tax pages; Corporate Activity Tax pages (ORS 317A); Portland Revenue Division business tax pages; Multnomah County Business Income Tax; city ordinances; Building Codes Division pages; city and county development codes; Employment Department current tax and contribution rates (2026); Paid Leave Oregon employer pages; Department of Revenue statewide transit tax page; Child Support Program new hire reporting; ORS 656.017; U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023; U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Fees are as published by each agency on the date checked; cities add their own.
Questions about opening here.
7 items, in order: articles of organization (llc) and the annual report, assumed business name registration (dba), employer identification number (ein), business identification number (combined payroll tax registration); corporate activity tax, city business license or business license tax and zoning approval and certificate of occupancy, and 1 more.
Oregon Secretary of State, Internal Revenue Service, Oregon Department of Revenue, Your city, Your city or county planning and building departments and Oregon Employment Department.
With articles of organization (llc) and the annual report (Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division), then assumed business name registration (dba). The steps run structure, tax, space, permits and employer, in that order.
Each item's fee, renewal cycle and official page are shown to members, as the agency published them on the date checked. Cities and counties add their own fees.
How to open a boutique in Oregon (2026) | DoorWorthy
