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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Processing times for new Missouri 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 Missouri Company Name Reservation takes the state around 1 business day.

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

In our experience 1 business day is the time it usually takes the Missouri Secretary of State to process a new Missouri Company Name Reservation.  We get your Missouri Company Reservation request to the MO Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have no control over the new Missouri Company Name approval process.

Once you Reserve a Name for your Missouri Company it is valid for 60 days.  You must file your Missouri Business formation documents (Articles of Incorporation for new Corporations or Articles of Organization for new LLCs) with the Missouri Secretary of State within that time period.

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

If you are ready to Reserve a Missouri 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.