You can usually choose any name you want as long as it is not already used by someone else or is not obscene or objectionable. [FE3] When articles of incorporation are filed, the Corporate Filing Office will check its database and tell you if the name is already being used. If so, you will have to make a change. Also, the corporate laws generally require that the name you choose end in some word or abbreviation that denotes a corporation. These include incorporation (or inc.), corporation (or corp.), company (or co.) or limited (or ltd.)
Your corporate name will only be registered in the state you incorporate in or in which you file an application as a foreign corporation. There may be other corporations with the same name in other states.
Most states now provide online searches available to the public for searching for a corporate name. Click the link below for a list of Corporate Filing Office websites by state.
For a listing of corporate filing offices: http://www.nass.org
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