Businesses that want to use the Ohio Business Gateway to access services and submit transactions with OBG partner agencies must first establish an account on OBG.
OBG accounts are based upon the business's Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN, or a SSN in the case of a sole proprietor without a FEIN).
Creating an account on OBG for the purpose of electronic filing is not the same as registering the business with any federal, state, or local agency. For more information about starting a business and registering, please see our page containing information for new businesses.
The person creating the business's OBG account will simultaneously create their own OBG Username and become the OBG Administrator (formerly known as a primary user) for the business.
If a person owns multiple businesses with different FEINs, multiple OBG company accounts will need to be created, one for each business.
An OBG company account can be created from the OBG Electronic Filing login page. If additional user accounts are needed, they can be created after the OBG company account and Administrator's Username is created.
Also, please see Creating and Managing Users for additional information about individual user accounts (Usernames).
If the business's account can not be created because the OBG system indicates the FEIN is already in use, please contact the OBG Help Desk. In most cases, this means that someone else is already acting as the OBG Administrator for the business, and that person will need to be contacted to determine whether or not additional Usernames should be created to enable additional users to access OBG on behalf of business.
Generally speaking, businesses can not independently change their FEIN on OBG. A business needing to change the FEIN associated with the Company's OBG account should contact the OBG Help Desk for assistance.
If the business has obtained a new FEIN because of acquisition or other corporate change, it is usually appropriate to create an additional OBG account for the new FEIN while leaving the existing OBG account for the old FEIN in place. Additional individual user accounts (if any) would need to be created under the new FEIN as well.
If a business has been operating under an SSN and has now obtained an FEIN, it is usually appropriate to create an additional OBG account for the new FEIN while leaving the existing OBG account for the SSN in place.