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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas Secretary of State.

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Texas 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.