Should you form an entityor use an EOR in Oregon..
Teamed's EOR employs your Oregon team immediately, skipping the $100 registration and $150 minimum tax, while you test the market.
At a glance
Entity or EOR in Oregon, the quick math
Registering a company with the Oregon Secretary of State costs $100, and once it exists, the state charges a $150 minimum franchise tax every year even if you make no money, on top of a 6.6% corporate income tax on what you do earn. An EOR sidesteps all of that by employing your Oregon staff under its own existing registration, so you pay for the people you hire, not for the entity that holds them.
- Corporate income tax
- 6.6%
- Minimum franchise tax
- $150
- Formation / registration fee
- $100
Setting up in Oregon
What forming a company here actually costs
Registering a business entity with the Oregon Secretary of State carries a $100 filing fee. That gets you on the books, but it is only the start. Oregon then applies a 6.6% corporate income tax to what the entity earns, collected through the state's corporate excise return, and layers a $150 minimum franchise tax on top, due every year whether the company turns a profit or not.
Beyond tax, a real Oregon entity needs a registered agent, a payroll setup with the state, unemployment insurance registration, and workers compensation coverage before you can legally put someone on payroll. None of that is difficult, but it takes time and paperwork before your first hire's first paycheck goes out.
The trade-off
Why many companies start with an EOR instead
Teamed already holds an Oregon registration, runs payroll, handles state and federal withholding, and manages the compliance calendar for you. Your new hire signs a contract and starts working, without you filing anything with the Secretary of State or the Department of Revenue.
Whether that arrangement still makes sense once you scale up in Oregon depends on your salaries there and how long you plan to keep people on the ground. Run the numbers through the crossover calculator rather than guessing at a headcount where an entity suddenly becomes cheaper.
Making the switch
When Oregon's numbers start to favor a real entity
The $100 registration fee and the $150 minimum tax are small line items on their own. As your Oregon team grows, the calculation that matters more is whether you want direct control over benefits design, equity plans, and local branding, things an EOR structure does not give you.
There is no fixed employee count where that shift happens automatically, it moves with your salary levels and your commitment to staying in the state long term. That is exactly what the crossover calculator is built to model.
Before you commit
Sometimes an employer of record is the better fit
An employer of record is sometimes the right call for good, not just a stopgap, especially for a small or still-changing Oregon team, or while you're testing whether the market is worth a permanent presence. Talk to a member of the team about your specific plans, or run the crossover calculator yourself before assuming an entity is the more mature choice.
Contractors, employer of record and your own entity all run on one platform at Teamed, so moving between them later does not mean changing provider or re-onboarding anybody. Real HR and legal experts handle the work rather than a ticket queue.
Talk to a member of the team and we will tell you plainly which one suits where you are. If you would rather look at the numbers yourself first, the crossover calculator models it on local salaries and employer costs rather than on a headcount rule of thumb.
Who carries it
Your own entity, when it's time. We set it up, migrate you in, and hand it back intact.
Global Entity and Employment Operations, which we call GEMO, is how Teamed forms your company, registers it for tax and payroll, runs it month to month and keeps its filings current, across 100+ countries. You stay the employer. We do the work behind it.
In Oregon, that means we take on the Secretary of State registration, the payroll and workers compensation setup, and the corporate excise tax filings, then transfer the whole structure to you once it makes sense to own it directly. It works the same way across the 100+ countries we cover, so your Oregon entity isn't a one-off exception to how we operate everywhere else.
They set up our EU entity and moved hires across without missing a payroll.
Questions
Oregon entity and EOR questions
Do I need to register a business in Oregon just to hire one employee there?
No, not if you use an EOR. Teamed employs your Oregon-based hire under its own existing registration, so you avoid the $100 Secretary of State filing fee and everything that follows it, like ongoing minimum tax filings.
What is Oregon's minimum franchise tax, and do we owe it even without profit?
Oregon applies a $150 minimum franchise tax to registered corporations every year, regardless of whether the business made money. It is separate from, and in addition to, the 6.6% corporate income tax charged on actual earnings.
How does Oregon's corporate income tax rate affect a new entity?
Once your Oregon entity earns taxable income, the state's corporate excise tax applies at 6.6%. That is on top of the $150 minimum tax, so the entity pays whichever is higher in a given year, not one or the other.
Is setting up an entity in Oregon faster or slower than starting with an EOR?
An entity requires registration, a registered agent, payroll setup, and insurance before you can legally pay anyone, all of which takes real time. An EOR skips that sequence entirely because the legal structure already exists, so hiring can start much sooner.
Can we move from an EOR to our own entity in Oregon later?
Yes, that is exactly what Teamed's Global Entity and Employment Operations service is built for. We set the Oregon entity up, migrate your employees into it, and hand it back to you fully intact when the timing is right.
Where these figures come from
Sources
Figures on this page come from the Oregon Department of Revenue's Form OR-20 corporation excise tax instructions and the Oregon Secretary of State's Business Registry fee schedule.
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