When choosing a name for your corporation, you may want to select a name that coincides with the goods you make or sell or the services you provide. (If the case of goods, you may want to consider applying for a trademark to keep your name unique in the context of the product you make or sell.) In some instances, a company name is chosen using the last names of its principals. In other cases, the name may have personal meaning for the corporation’s owners but imply little to the general populace. Ideally, your corporate name should represent your corporate identity. These days, you may want to select a name that’s also available as a domain name (.com) so you can set up a website using the same name as your company.
Usually it’s a requirement in the state of formation that the corporation’s name end with "incorporated," "corporation" or their abbreviation (Inc. or Corp.). A name will not be approved if it is thought to be misleading to consumers or falsely implies government affiliation. A name that’s already in use, or very similar to another name being used, will also be rejected unless you submit a letter from the similarly named corporation consenting to your use of the name. In some states, certain terms—like “credit union,” “bank,” and “trust”—require authentication that the corporation your are naming is actually one of these types of entities.
LegalCPU allows you to choose up to three names in order of preference. We will conduct a name check before we reserve your corporate name to see which, if any, names are available. Note that punctuation (spaces and periods) and corporate suffixes (“Inc.” and “Corp.”) are viewed as indistinct from each other by the officials who process your application. There’s also no distinction regarding typeface, font or whether letters are upper case or lower case. Ignore these details when you are determining your three names.
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