There are many companies that do business in the state of Alaska and each has a unique Business Name for their Alaska Company.

If you have an idea for a Business, the Name of your Alaska Company can be very important for a number of reasons.  The right Name for your Alaska Company can increase sales and make your Alaska Business more credible.

Reserving a name for your Alaska Company could reduce the processing time for your application to form an Alaska Corporation or LLC with the Alaska Division of Corporations.

Alaska Company Name Reservation protects a Business Name by giving the owner exclusive rights to the use of that Company Name during the time the Alaska Company is being organized and afterward while doing Business in the state of Alaska.

We can Reserve your Alaska Company Name with the Alaska Division of Corporations for only $29 + Alaska state fees.

We will check to make sure that your Alaska Company Name is available and conforms to all state of Alaska Business Naming regulations.

You can easily Reserve an Alaska Company Name by choosing one of the Alaska Business Type options in the Alaska Company Name Reservation Cost Estimator just to the right; then clicking on the Order Form link.

Please note that the availability of an Alaska Company Name can change at any time so if you're worried that someone else may snatch your Alaska Company Name you might want to Reserve that Alaska Company Name online today.

You need to use an Alaska Company Name which is not the same or too similar to the Business Name of any other entity operating in the state of Alaska.  The Alaska Division of Corporations will not approve an Alaska Company Name which is so similar to another Alaska Company Name (Corporation or LLC) as to be likely to be mistaken for it.

Your Alaska Company Name can identify the type of products and/or services your Alaska Corporation or Alaska LLC will provide; or it may be the name of the founder; or it can be a combination of the two or even something else.

In any case, the Alaska Company Name that you choose must be distinguishable from the name of any other registered Alaska Business entity and the name must also be different from any Reserved Company Names on record with the Alaska Division of Corporations.  Your Alaska Company Name must not imply that it was formed for a purpose other than that stated in your formation documents and your Alaska Company Name must not be a name that is likely to mislead the public.

If you are planning on starting an Alaska Corporation then your name must include the words "Incorporated", "Corporation", "Inc." or "Corp.".  If you are planning on starting an Alaska LLC then your name must include the words "LLC" or "Limited Liability Company".

Here are some general guidelines to keep in mind when you come up with your Alaska Company Name:

• Your Alaska Company Name must include only English letters and numbers or Roman numerals.
• Punctuation DOES NOT make Alaska Company Names distinguishable from each other.
  For example, "A.B.C., Inc." is not distinguishable from "ABC, Inc."
• Plural forms of the same word DO NOT make the Alaska Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• A suffix added to a word or any other deviation from or derivative of the same word DOES NOT make Alaska Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• Alaska Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is the abbreviation of a word in the name.  For example, "AK Auto Store, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Alaska Auto Store, Inc."
• Alaska Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is a phonetic spelling of the same word.  For example, "Boyz, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Boys, Inc."

It's important to choose a good name for your Alaska Business because if you want to change it after you form your Alaska Company you will have to file amended formation documents with the Alaska Division of Corporations (and pay a fee).

Exclusive rights gives the person who Reserved a Company Name for an Alaska Business the exclusive right to the use of that name.

An exclusive right means that no one else may use the Alaska Company Name which you Reserved for your Alaska Business.  This includes both the time during which you are forming your Alaska Corporation or LLC and afterward when you are doing Business in the state of Alaska.

To find out how much it will cost to Reserve an Alaska Company Name, choose an Alaska Company Option on one of the Alaska Company Name Reservation Cost Calculators on this web page.  The total cost will be displayed automatically.

Processing times for new Alaska Company Name Reservations vary depending on the work load of the Division of Corporations's staff.  We've found that normal processing of a new Alaska Company Name Reservation takes the state around 1 day.

We are dependent on, and have no control over, the staff and systems of the Alaska Division of Corporations.

In our experience 1 day is the time it usually takes the Alaska Division of Corporations to process a new Alaska Company Name Reservation.  We get your Alaska Company Reservation request to the AK Division of Corporations ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Alaska Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your Alaska Company it is valid for 120 days.  You must file your Alaska Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Alaska Division of Corporations within that time period.

If you don't use the Alaska Company Name which you have Reserved, you may not renew the Reservation for that Alaska Company Name.

If you are ready to Reserve an Alaska Company Name Online now, simply fill in the Company Name Reservation Order Form below and press the Place Order button. If you have any questions you can call us at 855-771-2477 or email us at CorpServices@AllBizDocs.com.