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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Kansas 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 Kansas Company Name Reservation takes the state around 3 business days.

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

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Kansas 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.