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

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

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

New York 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 York Company is being organized and afterward while doing Business in the state of New York.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new New York 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 York Company Name Reservation takes the state around 5-7 business days.

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

In our experience 5-7 business days is the time it usually takes the New York Secretary of State to process a new New York Company Name Reservation.  We get your New York Company Reservation request to the NY Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new New York Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your New York Company it is valid for 60 days.  You must file your New York Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the New York Secretary of State within that time period.

If you don't use the New York Company Name which you have Reserved, you may not renew the Reservation for that New York Company Name.

If you are ready to Reserve a New York 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.