How to Name Your Oregon Business
Our TRUiC Oregon 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 Oregon business is the most important step for starting an Oregon 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 Oregon business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your Oregon Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the Oregon Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your Oregon Business
Step 1: Optimize Your Oregon Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your Oregon 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 home repair services, include the industry keyword “home repair” in your Oregon 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 Oregon Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the Oregon Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for Oregon, which depend on the type of business structure you have.
Oregon 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 Oregon, you can read the Oregon Secretary of State's guidelines.
Oregon Naming Rules for Corporations:
- Your name must contain the word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” or an abbreviation of one of these terms.
- Your name cannot include the word "cooperative."
- Your name must be distinguishable from any existing business in the state. This includes Oregon reserved names. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
- Your name may include the following special characters: asterisk (*); “at” sign (@); backslash (/); left brace ( { ); right brace ( } ); caret (^); dollar sign ($); “equal to” sign (=); “greater than” sign (>); “less than” sign (<); number sign (#); percentage sign (%); plus sign (+); tilde (~); and underscore (_).
- Your name may include the following punctuation: apostrophe ( ‘ ); left bracket ([ ); right bracket( ]); colon (:); comma (,); dash or hyphen (-); exclamation point (!); left parenthesis (( ); right parenthesis ( ) ); period (.); question mark (? ); single quote mark (“ ); double quote mark ( “ ” ); semicolon (;); and slash ( / ).
- Your name cannot imply in any way that the business is an agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions without approval.
You can read the Oregon state statutes about corporation naming guidelines for more information.
Once you have a name, you can use the Oregon business name search on the state’s Secretary of State website to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your Oregon 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 Oregon 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 Oregon Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new Oregon small business.
