Cumberland County · county seat Fayetteville
Cumberland County business formation: LLCs, corporations and assumed names in Fayetteville and beyond
Veteran- and military-spouse-owned businesses, defense contractors serving Fort Bragg, and home services in Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Your company is filed once with the NC Secretary of State ($125); a trade name is recorded with the Cumberland County Register of Deeds for $26.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits North Carolina filings for owners. We are not the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state and county charge passes through at the exact amount billed, and anyone can file directly with the Business Registration Division for no service fee.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits North Carolina filings for owners. We are not the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state and county charge passes through at the exact amount billed, and anyone can file directly with the Business Registration Division for no service fee.
Your local license in Cumberland County
Fayetteville does not sell a general business license. Businesses near Fort Bragg deal more with zoning, sign rules and, for contractors, federal registration than with any city tax.
Cities we see most
Fayetteville · Hope Mills · Spring Lake · Stedman · Eastover
City guides: Fayetteville business license
What Cumberland owners should know
- Military families who may be reassigned should use a commercial registered agent so the NC record does not chase a PCS move.
- Federal contracting registration in SAM.gov must match the LLC name exactly.
- The LLC annual report keeps coming due every April 15 even if you are deployed; schedule it or have us file.
Worked example: A transitioning Army veteran starting a defense subcontracting LLC near Fort Bragg
Entity: North Carolina LLC (G.S. Chapter 57D)
| Corp USA Complete package | $479 |
| NC Secretary of State filing fee | $125 |
| Day-one total | $604 |
Next year: a $200 annual report (plus $3 online) due April 15. North Carolina cities no longer sell general privilege licenses, so there is no city business license line here; trade permits and zoning approvals are separate.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits North Carolina filings for owners. We are not the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state and county charge passes through at the exact amount billed, and anyone can file directly with the Business Registration Division for no service fee.
Recording a Cumberland County assumed business name
If you will trade under a name other than the exact legal name, North Carolina requires an assumed business name certificate filed with the Register of Deeds in a county where you do business (G.S. 66-71.4). One filing covers the whole state. The standard recording fee is $26. Cumberland also accepts initial assumed name filings online with a $15 processing fee.
- Cumberland County Register of Deeds
- Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse, 117 Dick Street, Room 114, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits North Carolina filings for owners. We are not the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state and county charge passes through at the exact amount billed, and anyone can file directly with the Business Registration Division for no service fee.
Cumberland questions
My spouse is stationed at Fort Bragg but we are residents of another state. Can we form an NC LLC?
Yes. Members can live anywhere. The LLC needs an NC registered agent (G.S. 55D-30).
SourceCan I file a Cumberland DBA online?
Initial filings, yes, with a $15 processing fee on top of the $26 recording fee.
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