Fictitious Business Name

A Fictitious Business Name is also known as DBA, which is short for “doing business as” (“trading as” in the UK), or an assumed business name.

A fictitious business name gives you the right to do legal business under a specific name at minimum expenses. Aside from this, you also do not have to create another completely new business unit.

Under a fictitious business name, you can receive payments, do advertisement campaign, and in certain cases, introduce yourself under such name.  It lets you utilize a typical business name without needing to create a formal and official entity like corporation, LLC, partnership, etc. Aside from these, it allows you to open a checking account for your business and get the phone number of your business listed according to the name. For solo proprietors, having a DBA is the least costly way of doing a numerous business legally.

However, without following regulations and proper lawful notification about your business being under an assumed name, then your business may be considered as a fraud.

Nevertheless, nowadays lawful filing or registration of a fictitious business name is quick, effortless and inexpensive. You do not have to make excuses about not filing or registering your assumed name, anymore.

Every country in the world, and in the United States, every state has varied rules regarding filing an assumed name. In some places, you can put in your full name or just a nickname along with your service or product description. Before registering for a DBA, it is best to check out the local business regulatory authority.

In a fictitious business name, you can also apply an implication that there are more people involved in the business. You can also just use a single assumed name.

In some states in the US, getting an assumed name can be done by registering it with the Secretary of State or if not, other agency of the state. Meanwhile, other states also let each country have different filing and payment procedures of registering a DBA.

Do you need help in filing a fictitious business name in Los Angeles? Our competent corporate lawyers are available to assist you.