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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Montana 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 Montana Company Name Reservation takes the state around 7-10 business days.

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

In our experience 7-10 business days is the time it usually takes the Montana Secretary of State to process a new Montana Company Name Reservation.  We get your Montana Company Reservation request to the MT Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Montana Company Name approval process.

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Montana 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.