---
slug: vertical-business-formation
title: "Business formation"
kind: vertical
status: published
hash: f848dcbcc77512a605f096f83848d6a5ff0312d3c7abb55ff0190c285b720634
created: 2026-10-05T02:15:18.927Z
updated: 2026-10-05T02:15:18.927Z
summary: "Forming a business entity and getting the numbers it needs: the state filing, the federal tax number, and what the state asks for after."
tags: []
above: []
below: ["[[corporation-formation]]", "[[dba-filing]]", "[[ein-application]]", "[[llc-formation]]", "[[registered-agent-change]]"]
adjacent: []
nested: []
---
# Business formation

*Forming a business entity and getting the numbers it needs: the state filing, the federal tax number, and what the state asks for after.*

Forming a business entity and getting the numbers it needs: the state filing, the federal tax number, and what the state asks for after.

## At a glance

| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Vertical |
| Where it applies | us |
| Version | 1 |

A vertical is a family of procedures. The map lists every one of them; the linked ones have been read from their sources and carry their rules word for word, the grey ones are named and not researched yet. Each procedure below sits one level down, and its own page says what sits under it.


## Facts

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    "jurisdiction_ids": [
      "us"
    ],
    "child_ids": [
      "llc-formation",
      "ein-application"
    ],
    "article_projection": {
      "description": "Every business-formation procedure on the map: the ones read from their sources, and the ones only named so far.",
      "register": "Vertical",
      "body_md": "A vertical is a family of procedures. The map lists every one of them; the linked ones have been read from their sources and carry their rules word for word, the grey ones are named and not researched yet. Each procedure below sits one level down, and its own page says what sits under it."
    },
    "provenance": {
      "seeded_from": "Universal Procedure Graph sheet, Verticals tab",
      "method": "taxonomy from the sheet; this hub has no rules of its own"
    },
    "version": 1
  }
}
```

---

**below:** [[corporation-formation]], [[dba-filing]], [[ein-application]], [[llc-formation]], [[registered-agent-change]]