DBA means "Doing Business As".  If you are an Individual Sole Proprietor and want to do business under a name which is different from your legal name then you have to Register a DBA Name with the Nebraska Secretary of State.

If you are a Corporation or LLC and want to do business under a name which is different from the name which is registered with the Nebraska Secretary of State then you have to Register a DBA Name with the Nebraska Secretary of State.

Other names for a Nebraska DBA Name include:

• Nebraska Alternate Name
• Nebraska Assumed Business Name
• Nebraska Assumed Name
• Nebraska Business Name
• Nebraska Fictitious Name
• Nebraska Trade Name

Yes. You can Register a DBA Name with the Nebraska Secretary of State.

Yes. You can register a Nebraska DBA Name with the NE Secretary of State for a Nebraska Corporation or a Nebraska LLC.

Before a Nebraska Corporation or LLC can register a DBA Name, the NE Corporation or NE LLC must be in good standing with the Nebraska Secretary of State.

Yes. You can register a Nebraska DBA Name even if you have not formed a Nebraska Corporation or LLC. In fact that's what most skilled craftsman and professionals do when they want to use a business name other their own name.

You Register a DBA Name with the Nebraska Secretary of State for an existing Nebraska business.

You Reserve a Company Name with the Nebraska Secretary of State for use with a Nebraska business that will be formed and legally registered with the NE Secretary of State sometime in the future.


When you Register a Corporation or LLC with the Nebraska Secretary of State there are certain tax and administrative obligations which must be met to keep the company in Good Standing.  Failing to keep up with those obligations can result in the administrative dissolution of your Nebraska company by the Nebraska Secretary of State.

The Nebraska state fees for Registering a DBA Name are less than the fees for Registering a Corporation in Nebraska or Forming a LLC in Nebraska and there are no tax or reporting obligation for a Registered Nebraska DBA Name.

No. The Nebraska Secretary of State will not issue a good standing certificate (Certificate of Existence) for a registered Nebraska DBA Name. Nebraska good standing certificates are issued only for companies which have registered with the Nebraska Secretary of State as a Corporation, LLC or LP.

You can renew the Nebraska DBA Name before the expiration date if you want to retain ownership of the Nebraska DBA Name.