Legal Business Name and Doing Business As: Your legal business name is the name under which you are incorporated and pay taxes. If you commonly use another name for normal operations, such as a franchise or licensee name, then include that in the space below the "Legal Business Name" field.
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Your legal business name and street address, as entered on the CCR registration, must match the legal business name under which you are registered with Dun & Bradstreet. If the information does not match, your registration may be rejected during processing.
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Street Address: You must provide a valid street address where your business is located. A Post Office Box or c/o may not be used in this space. If you use a P.O. Box for correspondence, you may include it in the space allocated under the tab "Address Info."
Street Address 2: If necessary, use this space to continue your physical street address.
City, State, Zip: The nine-digit zip code is mandatory.
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When entering the nine-digit zip code on the CCR web site, enter the numbers only, do not include the dash. (Example: 123456789, not 12345-6789)
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Country: Choose the appropriate country code abbreviation from the list provided.
Date Business Started: Enter the date your business was started in its present form. This may be used to distinguish your business from others with similar names. Use the format mm/dd/yyyy. (Example: 01/01/2007)
Fiscal Year-End Close Date: This field calls for the month and day on which you close your fiscal year. For example, if you operate on the calendar year, enter 12/31. In any case, use the format mm/dd.
Average # of Employees and Average Annual Revenue: You must provide accurate information about the number of employees and three-year average annual receipts for your business since these values are used to determine your business size classification. Average annual revenue cannot be zero.
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When entering revenue information on the CCR web site, enter numbers only, do not enter dollar signs or commas.
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Company Security Level: Choose the correct level of security for the facility, if your facility has a clearance.
Highest Employee Security Level: Choose the highest level of security for an employee located at that facility, if any of your employees carry a security clearance.
Corporate Web Page URL: If you have a company website, provide your company's homepage. Both upper and lower cases are acceptable. This is good marketing.
Corporate Information: Here is where you indicate what type of business relationship you are establishing with the U.S. federal government. If you plan to respond to government contracts, check "Contracts." Check "Grants," if you are looking for this option. The last choice, "Both Contracts and Grants," would be for those who plan to respond to both.
Type of Organization (check one): You must choose one of the following boxes to indicate the corporate status of your business. If you are a Limited Liability Partners Company or S-Corporation, choose "Corporation." It is important to understand that you should select business types that reflect the current status of your business. The business types are not an indication of the business opportunities you hope to pursue.
- Sole Proprietorship If you choose Sole Proprietorship as your status, you must provide the name and phone number of the owner of the business on the "Corporate Info" page.
- Corporation (not tax exempt) If you choose Corporation as your status, you must enter the state of incorporation if your business is incorporated in the United States. If you are incorporated outside of the United States, you must enter the country of incorporation and check "Foreign Supplier" under business types (see below).
- Corporation (tax exempt) If you choose Corporation as your status, you must enter the state of incorporation if your business is incorporated in the United States. If you are incorporated outside of the United States, you must enter the country of incorporation and check "Foreign Supplier" under business types (see below).
- Partnership
- U.S. Government Entity Select one of the following:
- Foreign Government
- International Organization
- Other
Business Types (check one or more)
Check all the descriptions that apply to your business. You must choose at least one for your application to be complete. If you are unsure as to whether you qualify under a category, contact your local Small Business Administration (SBA) office for the appropriate guidelines or visit their web site.
- Local Government
- Minority Institution
- Foreign Supplier
- Small Business
- Minority-Owned Business
- Small Disadvantaged Business
- State Government
- Federal Government
- Tribal Government
- Service Location
- Research Institution
- Women-Owned Business
- Labor Surplus Area Firm
- Veteran Owned Business
- 8(a) Program Participant (If you check 8(a) Program Participant, you will be required to provide the name and address of the certifying party in the same section.)
- Sheltered Workshop (JWOD Provider)
- Nonprofit Organization
- Construction Firm
- Emerging Small Business
- Large Business
- Municipality
- Historically Black College or University
- Limited Liability Company
- Educational Institution
- Manufacturer of Goods
- American Indian Owned
- Service-Related Disabled Veteran Owned
- S Corporation
- Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone) Firm
If you answer Minority Owned Business, then you must choose one of the following:
- Native American Owned
- Black American Owned
- Hispanic American Owned
- Asian-Pacific American Owned
- Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American Owned
- No Representation/None of the Above
If you check 8(a) Program Participant, you will be required to complete name and address of certifying party.
- SBA Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
- SBA Certified 8(a) Program Participant
- SBA Certified HUBZone Business
- DoT Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise