Commissioner of Revenue

Opening a New Business in Chesapeake?

Registration/State Licensing

Register A Tradename or General Partnership

General partnerships and trade names must be registered with the Clerk of the Chesapeake Circuit Court.

Clerk of the Circuit Court
307 Albermarle Drive # 300A
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
Telephone: (757) 382-3031
CityofChesapeake.net/services/depart/circourt/circourt.html

Register a Corporation or Limited Partnership

All corporations (foreign and domestic) and limited partnerships conducting business in Virginia must register with the Virginia State Corporation Commission. To become incorporated in Virginia, an organization must file articles of incorporation and amendments with the SCC.

State Corporation Commission
P.O. Box 1197
Richmond, Virginia 23218
Telephone: (800) 552-7945
www.state.va.us/scc

State Contractors License

All contractors must register with the State Board for Contractors. A Class A Contractor's License is required for applicants who bid upon or undertake single jobs of $70,000 or more, or a total volume of $500,000 or more within a 12 month period. A Class B Contractor's License is required if an applicant bids upon or undertakes single jobs of more than $7,500 but less than $70,000. A Class C Contractor's license is required if an applicant bids upon or undertakes single jobs of $1,000 to $7,500.

Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Board for Contractors
3600 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
Telephone: (804) 367-8511
www.state.va.us/dpor

Alcoholic Beverage License

The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control exercises a monopoly over the imporation and sale of alcoholic beverages other than beer and wine. Licenses are issued for the manufacture of liquors, the wholesaling of beer and wine, the sale of beer and wine, and the sale at retail of spirits by the drink.

Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
1103 S. Military Highway
P.O. Box 1486
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327
Telephone: (757) 424-6700
www.abc.state.va.us