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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Indiana Secretary of State.

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

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

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

If you are ready to Reserve an Indiana 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.