Trade Name Registration

If you are planning to start your own business, you need  to obtain your Certificate of Trade Name .

An Trade Name is any Name under which a person/corporation or partnership transacts business other than its own legal Name .

Registering an Trade Name as a corporation.

 If the corporation  uses any Name other than its Name , it must register an Trade Name . For example, XYZ, Inc. corporation wants to open a retail toy store and call it "Toys R U.S.A". then the corporation must file the "Toys R U.S.A" Trade Name . After registering the Trade Name and obtain a Certificate of Trade Name , the corporation may use the Name or "Toys R U.S.A".