Pitt County · county seat Greenville
Pitt County business formation: LLCs, corporations and assumed names in Greenville and beyond
ECU Health and medical practices, university-area restaurants and services, and agriculture and agribusiness across the county. Your company is filed once with the NC Secretary of State ($125); a trade name is recorded with the Pitt 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 Pitt County
Greenville has no general business license. Businesses near East Carolina University deal with zoning, signs and student-rental rules.
Cities we see most
Greenville · Winterville · Ayden · Farmville · Bethel
What Pitt owners should know
- A licensed physical therapist practicing through an entity usually needs a professional LLC and a board certificate of registration, not a plain LLC.
- Professional LLCs skip the Secretary of State annual report but renew with their licensing board.
- Medical practices should line up the board registration before signing payer contracts.
Worked example: A physical therapist opening a practice in Greenville
Entity: North Carolina LLC (G.S. Chapter 57D)
| Corp USA Pro package | $349 |
| NC Secretary of State filing fee | $125 |
| Day-one total | $474 |
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 Pitt 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. Pitt records assumed name certificates, which are then uploaded to the statewide Secretary of State database.
- Pitt County Register of Deeds
- 100 E. 1st Street, Greenville, NC 27834
- Phone
- 252-902-1650
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.
Pitt questions
Can a physical therapist use a regular LLC?
Professional services in North Carolina generally go through a PLLC or professional corporation with board approval. See our PLLC page.
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