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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee Secretary of State.

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

Once you Reserve a Name for your Tennessee Company it is valid for 4 months.  You must file your Tennessee Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Tennessee Secretary of State within that time period.

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Tennessee 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.