How to Register Business Names in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, you must register a business name so that you can conduct business in another name other than that of your personal, legal name. This name registration allows the public to check the identity of a person operating under a particular business name. The registration takes place with the New Hampshire Secretary of State and, as of 2010, requires a $50 fee. After sending the completed paperwork, you'll receive a trade name certificate that confirms the final approval of your business name.
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Instructions
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Go to NH.gov, the official New Hampshire state website. Select the "Business" tab.
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Click on "Doing Business." Select "Business Name Lookup Database" on the "Doing Business" page.
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Type the name you want to register for your business in the box and click "Search." Review the business names listed to do a preliminary check to make sure that another entity has not already registered your name.
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Go back to the "Doing Business" page of the New Hampshire website. Click on "Corporate Filing Forms."
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Select the "Forms and Laws" section in the left column. Click "Trade Names" from the options listed and then click "Trade Name Forms."
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Click the link name of the "TN-1 Trade Name Registration" form to open it in a PDF. Type the exact business name you wish to register. Enter the address of the business, a description of the business, the date it was organized and answer any other questions asked in the form. Type the applicant names in the "Name" fields.
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Click the "Print" button and sign the form after it prints.
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Mail the completed form and the $50 check or money order payable to the "State of New Hampshire" to the following address:
Corporate Division
Department of State
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301-4989
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Tips & Warnings
You can also call the New Hampshire Secretary of State's Information Line at 603-271-3246, as an alternative to using the business name lookup tool to run a preliminary check on available business names.
Do not consider the business name availability search anything other than a preliminary check on available business names.
