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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Your Georgia Company Name must include only English letters and numbers or Roman numerals.
• Punctuation DOES NOT make Georgia 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 Georgia 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 Georgia Company Names distinguishable from each other.
• Georgia Company Names are NOT DISTINGUISHABLE if the only difference is the abbreviation of a word in the name.  For example, "GA Auto Store, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Georgia Auto Store, Inc."
• Georgia 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."

The use of some words is controlled by laws not administered by the Georgia Secretary of State. If you want to incorporate these words into your Georgia Company Name you should submit a letter of approval from the appropriate Georgia state agency along with the filing. Georgia Company Names that include the word Insurance, Assurance, or Surety require approval of the Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance prior to filing for a Company Name Reservation.

Names that include the words Bank, Credit Union or Trust require approval from the Georgia Department of Banking & Finance prior to filing for a Company Name Reservation.

Company Names that include the word College or University require approval of the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission.

Certain "professional" terms, for example Engineering, require approval of the appropriate state of Georgia professional licensing board for filing.

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Georgia 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 Georgia Company Name Reservation takes the state around 3-5 business days.

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

In our experience 3-5 business days is the time it usually takes the Georgia Secretary of State to process a new Georgia Company Name Reservation.  We get your Georgia Company Reservation request to the GA Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Georgia Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your Georgia Company it is valid for 30 days.  You must file your Georgia Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Georgia Secretary of State within that time period.

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Georgia 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.