Example plan · Gresham, OR
Starting a Business in Gresham: Licenses, Registrations & Checklist
A step-by-step plan to open a business in Gresham: what to file first, what depends on what, and which permits come before opening day. Change the business details to fit yours.
Your businessThe plan below updates as you change these.
Permits and registrations specific to Gresham, OR
Sales tax permitNone
City of GreshamHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below).
Multnomah CountyHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below).
Local licenses and permits to obtain
- Hold a Gresham business license · City of Gresham Business License Section (city)
- File Multnomah County business personal property return · Multnomah County Assessor (county)
- File the TriMet transit payroll tax with the Oregon Quarterly Tax Report · Oregon Department of Revenue (county)
- Withhold the Metro Supportive Housing Services income tax for high earners · Metro / City of Portland Revenue Division (county)
- Withhold the Multnomah County Preschool for All tax from high earners · Multnomah County / City of Portland Revenue Division (county)
Register with these Oregon agencies
- Form the business: Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
- Register for state taxes: Oregon Department of Revenue
- Register as an employer: Oregon Employment Department
Startup sequence and prerequisites in Gresham
This example plan has 32 steps. What you file first decides what you can do next: later registrations and licenses wait on the ones below.
Do these first
- Maintain a registered agent in Oregon
- File formation documents with the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
- Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Then, once those are done
- Register for unemployment insurance (Oregon) — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Register for state income tax withholding (Oregon) — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- None (Oregon) — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Register for and file Oregon entity-level taxes — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- City business license and local business income taxes — Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Ensure certified food protection manager on staff — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Gresham — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Hold a Gresham business license — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Report new hires to the Oregon new hire directory — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Carry workers' compensation insurance (Oregon) — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Display required federal labor law posters — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Display required Oregon workplace notices — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Provide paid sick leave (Oregon) — after: Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Government fees
Known charges: $100.00 per year.
Total incomplete: some fees unknown
30 of 32 steps have no fee amount in our data. The figures above count only the 2 steps with a recorded fee. Check each agency's fee schedule. Fees that depend on your situation: File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (Oregon).
File formationOct 24, 2026in 7 days
Ready to operateDec 31, 2026in 75 days
Opening dateNot setAdd a target opening date to check the plan fits
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Things the formation documents depend on: a registered agent and any professional approvals.
Suggested planning date: Oct 24, 2026
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File the formation documents with the state.
Suggested planning date: Nov 7, 2026
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Obtain the EIN (and apply for tax-exempt status, for nonprofits). Most registrations need it.
Suggested planning date: Nov 10, 2026
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State tax accounts, trade name, foreign qualification and publication requirements.
Suggested planning date: Nov 24, 2026
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Licenses and permits you need before you operate: state, industry, local and professional.
Suggested planning date: Dec 24, 2026
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Insurance, employment paperwork, new-hire reporting and workplace notices.
Suggested planning date: Dec 31, 2026
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Suggested planning date: Dec 31, 2026
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Recurring filings and payments, in the order they fall due.
Statutory deadline: Oct 31, 2026 · in 14 days
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Statutory deadline: Oct 31, 2026 · in 14 days
Quarterly
checked Oct 16, 2026
Statutory deadline: Nov 1, 2026 · in 15 days
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checked Oct 16, 2026
Statutory deadline: Jan 31, 2027 · in 106 days
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Statutory deadline: Jan 31, 2027 · in 106 days
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Statutory deadline: Mar 15, 2027 · in 149 days
Annual
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Statutory deadline: Apr 15, 2027 · in 180 days
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Statutory deadline: Oct 24, 2027 · in 372 days
fee $100.00
Annual
checked Oct 13, 2026
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checked Oct 16, 2026
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Common questions about Gresham
The state licenses your industry through its own regulator, and the city and county add local permits. These are the authorities and local items on record for Gresham:
- Contractor licensing: Oregon Construction Contractors Board
- Real estate licensing: Oregon Real Estate Agency
- Alcohol licensing: Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission
- Child care licensing: Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
- Health facility licensing: Oregon Health Authority
- Hold a Gresham business license (City of Gresham Business License Section, city)
- File Multnomah County business personal property return (Multnomah County Assessor, county)
- File the TriMet transit payroll tax with the Oregon Quarterly Tax Report (Oregon Department of Revenue, county)
- Withhold the Metro Supportive Housing Services income tax for high earners (Metro / City of Portland Revenue Division, county)
- Withhold the Multnomah County Preschool for All tax from high earners (Multnomah County / City of Portland Revenue Division, county)
In the example restaurant plan above, the licenses and permits are: Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; City business license and local business income taxes — Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Gresham; Hold a Gresham business license. Change the industry in the form to see yours.
Sources: sos.oregon.gov, oregon.gov, oregon.gov
In the example plan for Gresham, requirements come from four levels. Oregon sets formation, state taxes and employer rules; the city and county add local licenses and taxes.
- Federal (8): Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN); File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C; Deposit federal payroll taxes; File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return)…
- State (15): Maintain a registered agent in Oregon; File Annual Report (Oregon); Register for and file Oregon entity-level taxes; None (Oregon)…
- County (5): Obtain food service establishment / health permit; File Multnomah County business personal property return; File the TriMet transit payroll tax with the Oregon Quarterly Tax Report; Withhold the Metro Supportive Housing Services income tax for high earners; Withhold the Multnomah County Preschool for All tax from high earners
- City (3): City business license and local business income taxes — Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Gresham; Hold a Gresham business license
Sources: sos.oregon.gov, oregon.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Oregon Employment Department.
- Workers' compensation: Oregon Workers' Compensation Division. Required when: 1 employee
- Paid Leave Oregon contributions: applies from 1 employee.
- Register to withhold Oregon income tax from wages.
- The example plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the Oregon new hire directory; Carry workers' compensation insurance (Oregon); Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required Oregon workplace notices.
Sources: oregon.gov, oregon.gov, oregon.gov