Register your business or company
Business structures in your state or territory
Useful guides, information or resources in your state or territory on business structures.Decide on a business structure
Information to help you decide on your business structure, whether sole trader, partnership, trust or company.Register your business name
A business name is simply a name or title under which a person, or other legal entity, trades.Register your business name in your state or territory
Contact the consumer affairs or fair trading body in your state or territory to register your business name.Register your company
If you decide that a company structure best suits your business, then you need to register as a company.Register your domain name
Your domain name is your website address on the internet and gives you an online identity or brand.Register your trade mark
A registered trade mark gives you the exclusive right in Australia to use it as a brand and to legally stop imitators.
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