Name availability · WY
Wyoming business name search
Wyoming's Business Entity Search on WyoBiz lets you search by filing name (Starts With or Contains) or filing ID. When you file online, it's your job to check that no entity on record already uses the singular or plural form of your name. Adding even one different letter, numeral or word can make a name distinguishable.
How to check if a name is available in Wyoming
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Search WyoBiz with "Contains"
Go to wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx and search the main words with "Contains." Click any result for its details and status.
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Check singular and plural
Search both forms of every key word (Ranch and Ranches, for example). Wyoming makes online filers responsible for spotting these matches.
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Make it distinct if needed
If "XYZ LLC" is active, "XYZ Inc." isn't available. Adding a numeral, a letter or a word, as in "XYZ 2 LLC" or "XYZ Ranch LLC," can fix it. Wyoming treats 3, III and Three as different from each other.
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Search trademarks
Wyoming won't accept a corporate name that is the same as or deceptively similar to a state-registered trademark. Also check federal marks at tmsearch.uspto.gov.
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Domain, handles and more ideas
Confirm the domain and social names. Our free generator at /business-name-generator/ can help you come up with distinct options.
Wyoming business naming rules
- A name is distinguishable if it has one or more different letters or numerals, or a different sequence of them, compared with names on record.
- Entity words (corporation, company, incorporated, LLC, L.P., limited and similar), the words the, and or a, punctuation, special characters, capitalization, and singular versus plural don't make a name distinguishable.
- Numerals, Roman numerals and number words are treated as different from each other, so XYZ 3, XYZ III and XYZ Three are all distinct.
- A corporate name can't be the same as or deceptively similar to a trademark or service mark registered in Wyoming.
Reserving a name
Wyoming reserves an available corporate name for the applicant's exclusive use for 120 days, and the reservation can't be renewed. LLCs have their own reservation form. Check the current fee on the Secretary of State's site.
DBAs and trade names
Trade names are registered with the Wyoming Secretary of State, which keeps entities, trademarks and trade names together. Registered trade names count when the state checks whether a new entity name is available.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I search business names in Wyoming?
Use the Business Entity Search on wyobiz.wyo.gov, searching by filing name (Starts With or Contains) or filing ID.
Is "XYZ Inc." available if "XYZ LLC" exists in Wyoming?
No. Entity endings don't make names distinguishable. Add a different word, letter or numeral instead.
Where do I register a trade name in Wyoming?
With the Secretary of State, which keeps business entities, trademarks and trade names together.
Can I renew a Wyoming name reservation?
No. A reservation lasts 120 days and isn't renewable.
General information, not legal advice. Name approval is decided by the Wyoming Secretary of State; a name showing as available in a search is not a guarantee it will be accepted.