Business & Commercial Services

Is this name taken?

Free instant pre-check. We compare your proposed name against every active filing in the Arkansas business registry under the four state similarity standards. Most names can be cleared in under a second.

This is a preliminary, automated check — a convenience tool to help you avoid an obvious conflict before you file. It is not a final determinationof name availability. The Secretary of State’s office makes the official availability decision when your filing is reviewed.

How names are compared

Under Ark. Code § 4-27-401 (and the parallel LLC, LP, and nonprofit statutes), a name is considered “the same” as an existing filing when it matches after ignoring differences that don’t legally distinguish a name:

Case — upper/lower case is ignored.
Corporation type— e.g. “Acme LLC” vs “Acme Inc.”
Punctuation, spacing & initials— e.g. “Wal-Mart” vs “Walmart,” “J B C” vs “JBC.”
Common words(and, of, the, plus, to, &) — e.g. “Smith and Sons” vs “Smith Sons.”
Names that sound alike— e.g. “Wright” vs “Right.”

This pre-check is informational and does not reserve the name. To file, see Business & Commercial Services.