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

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

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

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

We can Reserve your Pennsylvania Company Name with the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth for only $39 + Pennsylvania state fees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Pennsylvania Company Name Reservations vary depending on the work load of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's staff.  We've found that normal processing of a new Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Pennsylvania 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.