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Whether you need a Certificate of Good Standing for your LLC, Corporation or Nonprofit, the cost is $49 + the fees required by your state. State fees vary from $0 to $60.

No! We pride ourselves on transparency. There are absolutely no hidden costs associated with you obtaining a Certificate of Good Standing.

How long it takes to get a Certificate of Good Standing depends on a number of variables, but you should expect it to take anywhere from several days to several weeks.The filing time depends on the governing state agency and varies by state.

It’s easy: just use the Business Name Search Tool and enter your proposed LLC or corporation name. We’ll search the business name registry for your desired state and tell you if there are any matches. If not, good news — you can form a business with that name, and we’ll help you get started.

Most states allow you to conduct business under a different name. Depending on your state’s rules, this could be known as an “assumed name,” “fictitious name,” “doing business as name” or “trade name.” We can file your Fictitious Business Name with your state on your behalf.

You can file an amendment to your Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization with your state. We can take care of this and file the amendment on your behalf to change the name of your LLC or corporation.

Once you have filed and formed your business legally, nobody else can form a business with the same name in that state. If you want extra protection, you could consider registering your [state] business name as a trademark. Note that filing a fictitious or “doing business as" (DBA) name will not be sufficient to protect your business name.