- 1). Form your well-financed investment group and develop a business plan, including by-laws specifying how the organization will operate and the responsibilities of each principal. The plan should include articles of incorporation on how the company is organized, its principals, when and where the board will convene, by-laws of operation and its long-term and short-term goals. Consult with the state Bureau of Corporations (the name may vary by state) to determine whether or not the name you have chosen for your company is already in use. If not, register with the SBC in the home state of your operations. Most states require a nominal fee and either annual or bi-annual registration. Depending on the goals of the holding company, you can form a corporation, a limited partnership, a Chapter C, Sub Chapter S, or just about any form of corporate entity that best suits the goals of your business plan.
- 2). File a Doing Business As (DBA) form with the county clerk or its equivalent in the county of incorporation, though this varies by state. Most states require you file the DBA notice with the county but some, like Vermont, require that the paperwork is filed with the town clerk in which the business is located. This will require that you publish an announcement weekly for 30 days in a newspaper of general circulation where your holding company is located.
- 3). Begin acquiring stock in the company or companies for which you formed the holding company in the first place. You're now in business.
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