Check a Maine business name
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Check a Maine business name
Run a free preliminary check, then confirm it on the official Maine 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 · Maine
On file with the state
Find a name that's free
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 apps3.web.maine.gov
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This is a preliminary check. Maine 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
