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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once you Reserve a Name for your Minnesota Company it is valid for 12 months.  You must file your Minnesota Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Minnesota Secretary of State within that time period.

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Minnesota 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.