Check a California business name
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Check a California business name
Run a free preliminary check, then confirm it on the official California business search. A check here can't reserve a name. Only the state can accept it.
Test mode: these results are made up for testing and aren't real records.
Preliminary check · California
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Change one distinctive word, not just the ending.
Ideas are suggestions. Each check is preliminary, like the one above.
How to check it yourself on bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov
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This is a preliminary check. California decides whether a name is accepted when it reviews your filing, and it can refuse names that are too close to an existing one.What each result means