How to Name Your Pennsylvania Business
Our TRUiC Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania business is the most important step for starting a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your Pennsylvania Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the Pennsylvania Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your Pennsylvania Business
Step 1: Optimize Your Pennsylvania Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the Pennsylvania Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for Pennsylvania, which depend on the type of business structure you have.
Pennsylvania 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.
- Your name must be distinguishable from any other Pennsylvania limited liability company, corporation, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership.
Pennsylvania Naming Rules for Corporations:
- Your name must contain the word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” or an abbreviation of one of these terms; the words “association,” “fund” or “syndicate;” or words or abbreviations that have the same meaning in a different jurisdiction.
- Your name cannot contain the term “limited liability company” or an abbreviation of that term.
- Your name must be distinguishable from any existing business in the state. This includes Pennsylvania reserved names. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
- You may need approval from the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, the Department of Education, the Department of Banking and Securities, the Insurance Department, or the Public Utility Commission to include certain restricted words.
You can read the Pennsylvania state statute about corporation naming guidelines.
Once you have a name, you can use the Pennsylvania business entity search to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new Pennsylvania small business.
