How to Name Your Nevada Business
Our TRUiC Nevada 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 Nevada business is the most important step for starting a Nevada 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 Nevada business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your Nevada Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the Nevada Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your Nevada Business
Step 1: Optimize Your Nevada Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your Nevada 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 pet grooming services, include the industry keyword “pet grooming” in your Nevada business name; if you’re a law firm, include the keyword “legal.” 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 Nevada Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the Nevada Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for Nevada, which depend on the type of business structure you have.
Nevada 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 (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.
- Your name must be distinguishable from any other Nevada limited liability company (LLC), corporation, limited liability partnership (LLP), limited partnership (LP), or limited liability limited partnership (LLLP).
For a complete list of naming rules in Nevada, you can read the Secretary of State's guidelines.
Nevada Naming Rules for Corporations:
- A corporate name appearing to be a person’s given name or initials must include a corporate ending (e.g., Incorporated, Inc., Limited, Ltd., Company, Co., Corporation, Corp.).
- Your name must be distinguishable from any existing business in the state. This includes Nevada reserved names. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
- Nevada requires you to get approval to use certain words in your corporation’s name.
- You need approval from the Nevada State Board of Accounting to use the following words: accountant, accountancy, accounting, auditor, auditing, certified public accountant, and cpa.
- You need approval from the Nevada Commissioner of Financial Institutions to use the following words: bank, banc, banque, savings & loan, banker, bancard, banq, thrift, banking, banco, bancor, trustee, interbanking, bancorp, credit union, debt collection, collection agency, or trust.
- You need approval from the state Commissioner of Insurance to use the following words: adjuster, indemnity, reinsurance, underwriter, annuity, insurance, risk retention group, underwriting, casualty, life & accident, surety, bail, bail bonds, fugitive recovery, bail bondsman/men, bounty hunter, and bale.
- You need approval from the Commissioner of Mortgage lending to use the following words: financial, mortgage, mortgage banking.
- You need approval from the State Board of Professional Engineers to use the following words: engineer, engineered, engineering, professional engineer, registered engineer, and licensed engineer.
- You need approval from the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design to use the following words: architect, architecture, registered architect, licensed architect, registered interior designer, registered interior design, residential designer, registered residential designer, licensed residential designer, and residential design.
- You need approval from the Administrator of the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry to use the words: common-interest community, community association, master association, unit-owners’ association, and homeowners’ association.
- You need approval from the Ombudsman to include the following words: common-interest community, community association, hoa, home owners association, master association, unit-owners association, and property owners.
- You also need approval to use the following words: college, university, higher education.
You can also read the Nevada state statute about corporation naming guidelines for more information.
Once you have a name, you can use the Nevada business entity search on the state’s Business Portal website to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your Nevada 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 Nevada 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:
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After You Have a Name for Your Nevada Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new Nevada small business.
