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Registering an out-of-state business

Do you have an out-of-state business?

Expand your business to operate in Delaware

If you want to expand to (operate in) Delaware, register and license your business.

Register and license your business

Register employees living in Delaware

If you have employees who live in Delaware, register as a "Witholding Agent Only" for those employees. Employers who have employees who work out of state, but live in Delaware are not required to withhold DE wages from those employees, however, may elect to do so, in conjunction with the employee's wishes, as a courtesy.

Register a withholding account

Expand your legal entity to operate in Delaware

If you have a legal entity formed in another state and want to expand to (operate in) Delaware, apply for a "Foreign Qualification".

Apply for a "Foreign Qualification"

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Foreign Qualification is the process of registering your corporation or LLC—considered domestic to the state in which it was formed and foreign to all other states—as a foreign entity in the state in which it operates.

When you Foreign Qualify your business, the state knows that a foreign corporation or LLC is conducting business within its borders.