How to Name Your West Virginia Business
Our TRUiC West Virginia Business Name Generator can help you find an unique name for your small business. It uses AI technology to help give you the best results for your local area and industry.
Naming your West Virginia business is the most important step for starting a West Virginia business. How you decide to brand your business plays a critical role in the success it will have.
Here are the 3 steps to naming your West Virginia business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your West Virginia Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the West Virginia Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your West Virginia Business
Step 1: Optimize Your West Virginia Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your West Virginia business, consider doing the following:
- Select your industry
- Add a city name to the search field above
Select Your Industry
Choosing your business industry will help our AI tool generate much better names. Also, having the industry keyword in your name will help customers easily find your business.
For example, if you’re selling landscaping services, include the industry keyword “landscaping” in your West Virginia business name; if you’re an automotive repair business, include the keyword “auto.” Doing this will greatly help with local search engine optimization (SEO).
Selecting Your City or County
Lots of customers will find you by searching Google, and adding a city to your business name will help users easily find your company.
Examples of Local West Virginia Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the West Virginia Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for West Virginia, which depend on the type of business structure you have.
West Virginia Naming Rules for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs):
- Your name must include the phrase “limited liability company” or one of its abbreviations (e.g., LLC or L.L.C.).
- Your name cannot include words that could confuse your LLC with a government agency (e.g., FBI, Treasury, State Department, etc.).
- Restricted words (e.g. Bank, Attorney, University, etc.) may require additional paperwork and a licensed individual, such as a doctor or lawyer, to be part of your LLC.
West Virginia Naming Rules for Corporations:
- Your name must contain the word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” an abbreviation of one of these terms; or words or abbreviations with the same meaning in a different language.
- Your name cannot contain any word or phrase which implies that the corporation is organized for any purpose other than the one stated in its articles of organization.
- The terms “banking” and/or “insurance” cannot be used in the business name if the business activity does not include “banking” and/or “insurance.”
- Words such as “engineer” or “engineering” may only be used if the purpose is to practice professional engineering and one of the principals is a registered West Virginia professional engineer.
- Some other licensed professions have specific requirements and prohibitions.
- Your name cannot include “911.”
- Your name must be distinguishable from any existing business in the state. This includes West Virginia reserved names. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
You can read the West Virginia state statute about corporation naming guidelines on the West Virginia legislature website and the Application For Name Reservation.
Once you have a name, you can use the West Virginia Business Organization Search and the Name Availability Phone Search to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your West Virginia Business
Here are links to help you form your business.
If you are still unsure which business formation structure will work best for you and your small business, check out our Choosing a Business Structure guide for more detailed information.
If you would like a service provider to form your business for you, see our best West Virginia business formation services.
Our Other Business Name Generators
We have multiple business name generators. If you want a business name generator that is good for SEO, LLCs, or domains, check out our guides below:
If you're searching for a specific business name generator by industry, check out our guides below:
After You Have a Name for Your West Virginia Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new West Virginia small business.
