Corporation Trust Center (CT Corporation)

Corporation Trust Center (CT Corporation), 1209 North Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801-1120

The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 North Orange Street, is a single-story building located in the Brandywine neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, operated by CT Corporation. This is CT Corporation's location in the state of Delaware for providing registered agent services.[1] It is home to (the registered agent of) over 6,500 corporations,[2] and more than 200,000 businesses hold addresses at the location as their registered agents.[3]

Companies have offices in Delaware due to its desirable corporate taxes and law. Offices are usually held in the state to avoid the high franchise fees associated with registering the company in Delaware and operating the corporation outside the state.[4] Notable companies that hold offices at this location include Google, American Airlines, Apple Inc, General Motors, Coca-Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Verizon Internet Services, and Deutsche Bank with about 430 of their more than 2,000 subsidiary companies and special purpose companies.[3][5]

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  1. ↑ http://ct.wolterskluwer.com/ctcorporation
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/business/30delaware.html
  3. 1 2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/10/tax-havens-blacklist-us-delaware
  4. ↑ http://corp.delaware.gov/frtaxcalc.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag_dyn~uid,g14yuwn57c79vi7q~cm.asp

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Coordinates: 39°44′56″N 75°32′53″W / 39.749°N 75.548°W / 39.749; -75.548


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