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how to know if a business name is available?
Starting a sole-proprietorship from home-based office and am running into road blocks as to how to search for company name availability. Any suggestions?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
TradeName - local through your state's Secretary of State office in your state's capital.
TradeMark - national through the USPTO (US Patent and Trade Office).
DBA - "Doing Business As" (local - same process as getting a TradeName)
I recently read an article about this topic:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6125493_name-tutoring-busi...
Hope it's helpful.
Jim
