How to Name Your Kansas Business
Our TRUiC Kansas 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 Kansas business is the most important step for starting a Kansas 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 Kansas business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your Kansas Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the Kansas Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your Kansas Business
Step 1: Optimize Your Kansas Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your Kansas 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 financial management services, include the industry keyword “financial” in your Kansas business name; if you’re a florist, include the keyword “flower.” Doing this greatly helps with local SEO.
Selecting Your City or County
Lots of customers will find you by searching google, and adding a city to your business name will easily help users find your company.
Examples of Local Kansas Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the Kansas Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for Kansas which depend on the type of business structure you have.
Kansas 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.
For a complete list of naming rules in Kansas, read the Kansas Guidelines & Restrictions.
Kansas Naming Rules for Corporations:
- Unless your corporation is a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or public benefit corporation, its name must contain one of the following words or abbreviations: association, church, college, company, corporation, club, foundation, fund, incorporated, institute, society, union, university, syndicate, limited, co., corp., inc., or ltd. (or words and abbreviations in another language with the same meaning).
- Your name must be distinguishable from any existing business in your state. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
- Your name cannot include words that could confuse your corporation with a government agency (e.g., FBI, Treasury, State Department, etc.).
- If your company is a public benefit corporation, its name must include one of the following: public benefit corporations, P.B.C., PBC.
You can also read the Kansas state statute that covers corporation naming guidelines for more information.
Once you have a name, you can use the Kansas business entity search tool on the state’s Secretary of State website to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new Kansas small business.
