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

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

Reserving a name for your Arkansas Company could reduce the processing time for your application to form an Arkansas Corporation or LLC with the Arkansas Secretary of State.

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

We can Reserve your Arkansas Company Name with the Arkansas Secretary of State for only $29 + Arkansas state fees.

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

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

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

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

Your Arkansas Company Name can identify the type of products and/or services your Arkansas Corporation or Arkansas 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 Arkansas Company Name that you choose must be distinguishable from the name of any other registered Arkansas Business entity and the name must also be different from any Reserved Company Names on record with the Arkansas Secretary of State.  Your Arkansas Company Name must not imply that it was formed for a purpose other than that stated in your formation documents and your Arkansas Company Name must not be a name that is likely to mislead the public.

If you are planning on starting an Arkansas Corporation then your name must include the words "Incorporated", "Corporation", "Inc." or "Corp.".  If you are planning on starting an Arkansas 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 Arkansas Company Name:

• Your Arkansas Company Name must include only English letters and numbers or Roman numerals.
• Punctuation DOES NOT make Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• Arkansas Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is the abbreviation of a word in the name.  For example, "AR Auto Store, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Arkansas Auto Store, Inc."
• Arkansas 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 Arkansas Business because if you want to change it after you form your Arkansas Company you will have to file amended formation documents with the Arkansas Secretary of State (and pay a fee).

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

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

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

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

We are dependent on, and have no control over, the staff and systems of the Arkansas Secretary of State.

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve an Arkansas 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.