Combining two businesses: merger or simple agreement?
Incorporate your Saint-Lambert business from $999, government fees included. Suited to combining or merging two small businesses.
Professional services and retail on the south shore
Complete legal filings
Each incorporation includes all legal filings required to create a compliant and operational corporation from day one.
Share capital structure
Depending on the option selected, your share capital structure is prepared in a simple or advanced format to support the future evolution of your business.
Digital minute book
All corporate documents are delivered in a digital minute book, ready for electronic signature and secure record keeping.
Professional validation
Documents are prepared according to established legal standards and reviewed before delivery.
Human support
Our team supports you throughout the process and provides guidance when decisions need to be made, without unnecessary complexity.
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Build your company in Quebec or federally with a strong legal structure from day one.
Keep your company’s annual filings up to date and maintain compliance of your corporate minute book.
Access professional legal templates to structure relationships with your employees, partners, and suppliers.
By opening a NBC business account.
A guided process, from information gathering to final document delivery.
Each step is designed to ensure compliance and legal consistency.
Tailor your incorporation to your needs (simple or advanced structure).
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Saint-Lambert: established, mature businesses
Saint-Lambert has the profile of an established town: professional services, health care, quality retail, restaurants, real estate and consulting. Many businesses have operated there for years, with experienced owners.
In that context, one situation recurs: two entrepreneurs already working together, or two complementary small businesses, consider combining.
Three ways to combine, three levels of commitment
The first is a collaboration agreement. Each keeps their own business, sharing mandates or referrals, with a contract setting compensation and responsibilities. It is reversible and light, but creates no common value.
The second is a joint company. You create a new corporation owned by both parties, carrying the joint activity while each keeps their own. It is the most common compromise, and it requires a solid shareholders agreement from the outset.
The third is a true merger: the two businesses become one. It is the most binding, the most complex on tax, and the one demanding a serious valuation of what each side brings. It is planned with an accountant and a lawyer, not on a handshake.
Start by having your own corporation
In all three cases, having a properly formed corporation is the starting point: it is what contracts, holds shares or merges. Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
What to settle before combining
Four questions determine what follows: who contributes what and at what value, who decides in a disagreement, how a partner can exit and at what price, and what happens on death or incapacity. A combination that fails without written answers rarely ends well.
Provincial or federal for a Saint-Lambert business?
For a Quebec clientele, the provincial regime fits. If the two combined businesses operate across provinces, federal deserves review, notably for protecting the shared name.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions. In a combination, these documents become the record of who decided what and when.
Common questions from Saint-Lambert entrepreneurs
Can we simply share revenue without a structure? Possible, but informal sharing can be treated as a de facto partnership, with joint liability between partners. Better to document it.
Do we necessarily need a new company? No. A collaboration agreement is often enough, especially at first.
Compare your options in REQ, platform or notary, or start your incorporation.