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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire Secretary of State.

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve a New Hampshire 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.