DBA means "Doing Business As".  If you are an Individual Sole Proprietor and want to do business under a name which is different from your legal name then you have to Register a DBA Name with the Utah Department of Commerce.

If you are a Corporation or LLC and want to do business under a name which is different from the name which is registered with the Utah Department of Commerce then you have to Register a DBA Name with the Utah Department of Commerce.

Other names for a Utah DBA Name include:

• Utah Alternate Name
• Utah Assumed Business Name
• Utah Assumed Name
• Utah Business Name
• Utah Fictitious Name
• Utah Trade Name

Yes. You can Register a DBA Name with the Utah Department of Commerce.

Yes. You can register a Utah DBA Name with the UT Department of Commerce for a Utah Corporation or a Utah LLC.

Before a Utah Corporation or LLC can register a DBA Name, the UT Corporation or UT LLC must be in good standing with the Utah Department of Commerce.

Yes. You can register a Utah DBA Name even if you have not formed a Utah Corporation or LLC. In fact that's what most skilled craftsman and professionals do when they want to use a business name other their own name.

You Register a DBA Name with the Utah Department of Commerce for an existing Utah business.

You Reserve a Company Name with the Utah Department of Commerce for use with a Utah business that will be formed and legally registered with the UT Department of Commerce sometime in the future.


When you Register a Corporation or LLC with the Utah Department of Commerce there are certain tax and administrative obligations which must be met to keep the company in Good Standing.  Failing to keep up with those obligations can result in the administrative dissolution of your Utah company by the Utah Department of Commerce.

The Utah state fees for Registering a DBA Name are less than the fees for Registering a Corporation in Utah or Forming a LLC in Utah and there are no tax or reporting obligation for a Registered Utah DBA Name.

No. The Utah Department of Commerce will not issue a good standing certificate (Certificate of Existence) for a registered Utah DBA Name. Utah good standing certificates are issued only for companies which have registered with the Utah Department of Commerce as a Corporation, LLC or LP.

You can renew the Utah DBA Name before the expiration date if you want to retain ownership of the Utah DBA Name.