Built for business-law practices

Your firm's filing back office. You bill the law.

Formation, amendments, foreign qualification, trademark prosecution, and an audit-trail vault for every client entity, run from one console under your firm's brand. The routine state work stops eating billable hours.

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SOC 2 Type II Not a law firm, so no UPL conflict 51 jurisdictions IOLTA-compatible billing
The back office behind 2,300+ firms SOC 2 Type II audited BBB A+ 4.9 from 8,200+ reviews Works alongside Clio, MyCase and PracticePanther
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Reclaimed per formation, off the state portals
0
Firms run client filings on File.Business
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Jurisdictions, one console and one API
100%
State fees passed through at cost, no markup
The billable-hour leak

Every hour on a state portal is an hour you can't bill

Business-law work is full of filings that a client will not pay full rate for: forming the entity, qualifying it in a second state, updating a registered agent, chasing an annual report before it lapses. The work is necessary. It is also a margin sink when a paralegal does it by hand across fifty-one different government websites.

File.Business is the filing layer underneath your practice. Your firm keeps the client relationship, the legal judgment, and the brand. We prepare and submit the paperwork, track every deadline, and hold the record. You go back to billing for advice, not administration.

Doing it by hand
  • A paralegal re-keys client data into each state portal
  • Deadlines live in a spreadsheet no one owns
  • A missed annual report quietly dissolves a client entity
  • Documents scatter across email, drives, and the state site
  • No clean record when a client asks what was filed and when
On File.Business
  • One console prepares every filing across 51 jurisdictions
  • BosAI tracks each entity's deadlines and queues the work
  • Annual reports auto-remind, then file on your approval
  • Every document sits in an encrypted, audit-logged vault
  • A timestamped record of every action, ready for the client
How a client entity moves through your firm

Intake to filed to monitored, without leaving the console

Five stages, every one with your approval in the loop. Select a stage to see what happens and what stays your call.

Stage 1

Capture what the client needs, once

Your intake form or a quick BosAI question captures the client's goal, state, and structure. The data enters the console one time and flows into every downstream filing, so no one re-keys a client name into a government website again.

Import from your practice management or start fresh. The client record is yours and portable.
New matter: NOVAK DENTAL GROUP
Home state: FL · Structure: professional
BosAI pre-fills the filing path
Stage 2

Confirm the entity is filed correctly the first time

For a dental group in Florida or a two-partner law practice in California, a standard LLC gets rejected. BosAI checks whether the client needs a PLLC or a professional corporation, flags any board or licensure requirement, and confirms the name is available before anything is submitted.

You keep the legal call. We surface the state rule so nothing bounces back from the Secretary of State.
Entity: PROFESSIONAL CORP (PC)
Ownership: licensed professionals only
Name check: AVAILABLE · FL
Stage 3

We prepare it. Nothing files until you approve

The console assembles the full filing package with state fees itemized separately from the service fee. You review the exact document that will be submitted, edit anything, and approve. The legal judgment never leaves your firm.

State filing fees are always shown at cost, with no markup, so your client billing is clean.
Articles of Incorporation · DRAFT
State fee itemized separately
Awaiting: ATTORNEY APPROVAL
Stage 4

Filed with the agency, tracked to confirmation

We submit to the correct Secretary of State or agency through their official channel, in any of 51 jurisdictions, and track the response. When a client operates in more than one state, foreign qualification and the coordinated amendments happen from the same place.

Multi-state clients are handled in one queue instead of fifty-one separate logins.
Submitted: FL DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
Status: PROCESSING · tracked
Foreign qualification: ready when needed
Stage 5

The console keeps every client entity in good standing

Once filed, each entity's annual report, franchise tax, registered agent renewal, and license deadlines are tracked automatically. BosAI reminds you, queues the filing, and files on your approval. Beneficial ownership reporting is surfaced only for the foreign-registered clients that still have to report.

See the full recurring picture in the Compliance Calendar and Multi-Entity Dashboard.
Annual report · AUTO-TRACKED
Registered agent · renewing
BosAI queued 3 filings this quarter
Three ways to work with us

Put your brand on it, refer it, or hand off the queue

Choose the model that fits how your firm bills. Move between them as your volume grows. Exact partner pricing lives on the pricing page.

MOST FIRMS

White-label portal

Your firm's brand on a client-facing filing portal. Clients never see us.

  • Your logo, colors, and domain on the client experience
  • Filing documents branded to your firm
  • Partner pricing you can mark up or absorb
  • One dashboard across every client entity
Explore white-label

Referral partner

Send the filing work to us and earn recurring commission on every client.

  • Up to 25% recurring commission
  • Your client, handled end to end
  • No portal to run, nothing to maintain
  • Real-time status on every referral
See the referral program

Managed queue

A named specialist runs the filing queue while your firm supervises.

  • Dedicated specialist and monthly check-in
  • Escalation path for unusual filings
  • Bulk intake for portfolios and roll-ups
  • You approve, we execute
Talk about managed
What routine filings cost your firm

Put a number on the hours you'd get back

Slide in your firm's numbers. This runs entirely in your browser and shows your own capacity, not a quote.

210 hrs
of staff time moved off state portals each year, at roughly 70% automation
$63,000
in billable capacity those hours represent at your rate

Illustrative, from your inputs. For plan pricing and volume tiers, see the pricing page or talk to a specialist.

How the filing layer compares

Built for a firm, not a corporate legal department

The incumbents are strong at what they were built for. Here is where a modern filing layer for client-facing firms is different.

Capability File.Business CT Corporation / CSC CorpNet partner DIY on state portals
All 51 jurisdictions, one console Yes Manual, per state
State fees passed through at cost Bundled pricing Wholesale markup
White-label client portal Not available Docs only Not available
Public API and webhooks Enterprise only Not available Not available
Deadline automation and AI (BosAI) Managed service Reminders Not available
Encrypted vault with immutable audit log Not available Not available
Self-serve pricing, published Quote Partner tiers State fee only

Credit where due. CT Corporation and CSC are the standard for large corporate legal departments managing thousands of entities, with deep registered-agent and service-of-process networks. CorpNet runs a genuinely good reseller program for filing shops. File.Business is built for the firm that wants its own branded platform, transparent pass-through fees, and an API, without an enterprise contract. Compare us in detail on the comparison hub.

The client compliance year

Every client entity's deadlines, tracked before they slip

A representative year across a book of client entities. The console watches all of it and files on your approval, so nothing lapses on your watch.

Q1 · JAN to MAR
The heavy annual-report season
  • Delaware franchise tax and annual report (Mar 1 for corporations)
  • State annual reports opening across many states
  • Prior-year formations file their first report
Q2 · APR to JUN
Tax overlap and renewals
  • Many state annual reports due mid-year
  • Registered agent renewals
  • Business license and permit renewals
Q3 · JUL to SEP
Mid-year filings and changes
  • State reports on fiscal or anniversary dates
  • Foreign qualification for clients expanding states
  • Officer and member updates as firms change
Q4 · OCT to DEC
Year-end and the ownership check
  • Remaining annual reports and franchise tax
  • BOI reporting for foreign-registered client entities only
  • Entity clean-up and dissolutions before year-end

On beneficial ownership: under the FinCEN 2025 interim final rule, entities formed in the United States are exempt from federal BOI reporting. Only clients whose entities were formed abroad and registered to do business in the US still file. The console flags exactly which client entities that is. See BOI reporting.

BosAI for your firm

A compliance brain that speaks entity law

Ask in plain English across your whole book of client entities. BosAI knows the filing paths, the state rules, and every deadline you are carrying.

BosAIFirm workspace, Lockwood and Reyes LLP

Form a PLLC for a two-partner law practice in California. Anything I should know?

California requires attorneys to practice through a registered LLP or a professional corporation, not a PLLC, and both partners must be active bar members. I have set the path to a professional corporation, reserved the name, and flagged the State Bar registration step. Approve to prepare the filing.

Which of my clients has an annual report due in the next 60 days?

Four entities: Harbor Line PLLC (CA, Aug 1), Delgado Holdings LLC (TX, Aug 15), and two Florida LLCs on their anniversary date. I have drafted all four and queued them for your approval in the dashboard.

Does my Wyoming client need to file a BOI report?

No. It was formed in Wyoming, so under the FinCEN 2025 interim final rule it is exempt from federal BOI reporting. If it later registers a foreign branch formed abroad, that would change. I will watch for it.
The Business Operating System, from a firm's seat

Filing is the start. The whole back office is here

Everything a business-law practice touches, in one place your team already has permission to.

Document Vault

Per-document encryption keys and an immutable audit log. We do not read client matter files.

Privileged custody

Contracts and Templates

NDAs, operating agreements, bylaws, and IP assignments your associates start from, not from scratch.

Draft faster

Compliance Calendar

Every client entity's deadlines in one calendar, personalized by state and entity type.

Never lapse

Multi-Entity Dashboard

Compliance status across your whole book of client entities on one screen.

Portfolio view

Team Permissions

Partner, associate, and paralegal roles with matter assignment and per-action audit trail.

Role-based access

Cap Table

For your startup clients: equity, grants, and 409A tracking that ties back to the entity.

Startup clients

Bulk Filings

Ten to ten thousand entities at once, for portfolio clients and roll-ups.

At scale

API and Webhooks

Push filings from your own systems and get status back in real time. REST, sandbox, docs.

Build on it
From a firm that made the switch

The paralegals stopped living on state websites

We were losing a full day a week to formations and annual reports. Now intake happens once, BosAI queues every deadline, and I approve filings from my phone. My associates bill the advice again instead of babysitting portals.
Managing partner
6-attorney business-law boutique, Austin TX
~1 day
of staff time reclaimed each week
180+
client entities on one dashboard
0
lapsed annual reports since switching

Representative composite based on firm outcomes. Individual results depend on caseload and state mix.

Tools your firm can use today

Decision guides, templates, and a live calendar

Practical resources for the entity work you do every week. All free to use.

Decision guide

Entity selection guide

Walk a client from goal to the right structure: LLC, PLLC, PC, or corporation.

Open the guide Reference

PLLC vs PC by profession

Which licensed professions can use which entity, and where the states differ.

Read the reference Templates

Contract and template library

Operating agreements, bylaws, NDAs, and IP assignments to start from.

Browse templates Live tool

Client compliance calendar

Personalized deadlines by state and entity type for every client you manage.

Open the calendar
For the questions a firm actually asks

Straight answers on ethics, custody, and control

Are you a law firm, and does this create a UPL problem for me?
No. File.Business is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We are a document preparation and filing service. Every filing is prepared for your review and nothing is submitted until you approve it, so the legal judgment stays entirely with your firm. The administrative filing work sits with us, under your supervision through the workspace.
Do my clients need a PLLC or a professional corporation instead of an LLC?
Usually, for licensed professions. Most states require doctors, dentists, architects, accountants, and attorneys to practice through a PLLC or a professional corporation, with ownership limited to licensed members of that profession. A standard LLC can be rejected. BosAI checks the requirement for each client's state and profession before anything is filed, and you make the final call. See PLLC and professional corporation.
Can non-lawyers own a law firm through this?
In almost every state, no. Bar rules prohibit non-lawyer ownership of a law firm to protect a lawyer's independent judgment. The exceptions are narrow: Arizona abolished its ban in 2020, and Utah runs a regulatory sandbox that permits certain alternative structures. We confirm your state's rule before forming the entity so the ownership structure is compliant from the start.
How does IOLTA and trust billing work?
We support trust-account billing and disbursement for client funds, kept separate from operating money. State filing fees are always shown at cost and passed through, so your client billing stays clean. You choose whether to pass fees through to the client or absorb them, and a hybrid is common: pass through the state fee, absorb the service fee.
Who can access privileged client documents?
Your firm, on your terms. The Document Vault uses per-document encryption keys and keeps an immutable audit log of every action. We do not access your client matter documents. Storage is SOC 2 Type II audited.
Do you handle clients that operate in more than one state?
Yes. When a client expands, we handle foreign qualification and then coordinate the amendments and annual reports across every state from one queue, instead of fifty-one separate logins. The Multi-Entity Dashboard shows each entity's status at a glance.
White-label or referral: which model should my firm pick?
It depends on how you bill. Choose white-label if you want your firm's brand on a client-facing portal and control over pricing. Choose the referral program if you would rather hand off the work and earn recurring commission with nothing to run. Many firms start with referral and move to white-label as volume grows.
Does the firm get a dedicated specialist?
Yes, on the managed and enterprise plans. You get a named specialist, a monthly check-in, and an escalation path for unusual filings. Bulk intake is available for portfolio clients and roll-ups. See enterprise.
What does it cost?
State filing fees are passed through at cost with no markup. Partner and volume pricing for the platform is published on the pricing page, and a partnerships specialist can build a plan around your firm's volume. Talk to a specialist.
One platform for every client filing

Give the routine work to us. Keep the law for you.

Open a firm account in minutes, or talk with a partnerships specialist about white-label and volume plans built around your practice.

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SOC 2 Type II · Not a law firm · State fees passed through at cost