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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Colorado 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 Colorado Company Name Reservation takes the state around 1 day.

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

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

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

If you don't use the Colorado Company Name which you have Reserved you can Reserve it again unless some other Colorado Business has Reserved the Name before you do.

If you are ready to Reserve a Colorado 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.