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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Ohio 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 Ohio Company Name Reservation takes the state around 3-5 business days.

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

In our experience 3-5 business days is the time it usually takes the Ohio Secretary of State to process a new Ohio Company Name Reservation.  We get your Ohio Company Reservation request to the OH Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Ohio Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your Ohio Company it is valid for 180 days.  You must file your Ohio Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Ohio Secretary of State within that time period.

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

If you are ready to Reserve an Ohio 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.