Search for the Perfect Michigan Business Name and Register Your LLC or Corporation

Just use the Michigan Business Name Search Tool above and enter your proposed MI LLC or corporation name. We’ll search the business name database of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and tell you if there are any matches.

Michigan business entities do have to follow some general and specific naming rules. We’ve covered the main ones above.

You can normally choose to conduct business under a different name in Michigan. This can be known as an “assumed name”, “fictitious name”, “doing business as name” or “trade name.” We can file your MI Fictitious Business Name with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on your behalf.

You can change your Michigan legal business entity name by filing an amendment to your Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization. We can file an amendment on your behalf, including changing the name of your Michigan corporation or LLC.

The perfect Michigan business name can be elusive. We have a complete guide to choosing the right MI business name — you'll want to choose a name that will:

• Matter to business customers
• Help people remember your company
• Be unique among Michigan business entities

The easiest way to protect your Michigan business name is to incorporate your business in Michigan, generally as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or a corporation. We can help you do that — just choose “Incorporate Now” above to get started.


If you want extra protection, you could consider registering your Michigan business name as a trademark. Note that filing a fictitious or “doing business as" (DBA) name in Michigan will not be sufficient to protect it.

Businesses are incorporated in Michigan via the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. They manage the Michigan company register, and it is their business name database that we will search on your behalf.