{
 "dataset": "dba",
 "title": "DBA (assumed business name) registration by state",
 "description": "Where a DBA or trade name is filed in each state and DC, the filing fee, how long it lasts, newspaper publication rules and online filing, as free CSV and JSON.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/dba",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/dba"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
 "fields": [
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction_code",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
  },
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
  },
  {
   "name": "called",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "What the state calls an assumed or fictitious business name."
  },
  {
   "name": "where.level",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Where it is filed: state, county or both."
  },
  {
   "name": "where.differs",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether the filing office differs by type of business."
  },
  {
   "name": "where.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Where to file, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "fee.amount",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Filing fee."
  },
  {
   "name": "fee.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the fee. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "county_fees_vary",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Whether county fees vary (true, false, or a code such as n/a)."
  },
  {
   "name": "duration.rule.kind",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Machine-readable type of the expiry rule."
  },
  {
   "name": "duration.rule.n",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of years a registration lasts, when fixed."
  },
  {
   "name": "duration.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "How long a registration lasts, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "duration.entity.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Different duration for a corporation or LLC. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "publication.required",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether the name must be published in a newspaper."
  },
  {
   "name": "publication.applies",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Who the publication rule applies to."
  },
  {
   "name": "publication.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the publication rule. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "online.available",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Whether online filing is available."
  },
  {
   "name": "online.url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "Online filing link. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "online.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on online filing. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "unconfirmed",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_urls",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
  },
  {
   "name": "checked",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AL",
   "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": false,
   "fee.amount": 30,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.Sos.Alabama.Gov/sites/default/files/form-files/trademark-files/lat-1.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AK",
   "jurisdiction": "Alaska",
   "called": "business name registration",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": false,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "dec31",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "fee",
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/ReservingRegisteringBusinessName"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AZ",
   "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 10,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": true,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://azsos.gov/node/65"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AR",
   "jurisdiction": "Arkansas",
   "called": "fictitious name",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 25,
   "county_fees_vary": null,
   "duration.rule.kind": null,
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "duration",
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/DN-18.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CA",
   "jurisdiction": "California",
   "called": "fictitious business name (FBN) statement",
   "where.level": "county",
   "where.differs": false,
   "where.text": "The county clerk where the principal place of business is. There's no state or national registry. LLCs and corporations file with the county too; Los Angeles asks for a Secretary of State good-standing printout.",
   "fee.amount": null,
   "fee.text": "No state fee. Each county sets its own: $26 in Los Angeles and $45 in Tulare for one name and one registrant.",
   "county_fees_vary": true,
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "duration.text": "Expires five years from the filing date unless abandoned sooner. Renew by refiling; a renewal with no changes doesn't need to be published again (San Luis Obispo, Tulare).",
   "duration.entity.text": null,
   "publication.required": true,
   "publication.applies": "all",
   "publication.text": "Once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the filing county. Los Angeles says to start within 30 days of filing; San Luis Obispo and Tulare say 45 days. San Luis Obispo wants the affidavit of publication within 45 days after the last run.",
   "online.available": "some",
   "online.url": null,
   "online.text": "Some counties take filings online (Los Angeles); San Luis Obispo's portal still needs an in-person visit within 30 days.",
   "notes": "File no later than 40 days after you start doing business under the name (Business and Professions Code 17910, as quoted by Tulare County).",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://tularecounty.ca.gov/assessor/county-clerk-recorder/fictitious-business-names/frequently-asked-questions",
    "https://lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/fictitious-business-names/frequently-asked-questions",
    "https://slocounty.ca.gov/departments/clerk-recorder/all-services/fictitious-business-names/fictitious-business-name-new-filing"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-california"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CO",
   "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
   "called": "trade name (Statement of Trade Name)",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": false,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "month_after_anniv",
   "duration.rule.n": 1,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": true,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "fee",
    "publication"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/FAQs/tradeNames.html"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CT",
   "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
   "called": "trade name certificate",
   "where.level": "local",
   "where.differs": false,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": false,
   "duration.rule.kind": null,
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
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    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://business.ct.gov/Manage/Trade-Names"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DE",
   "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 25,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "none",
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": true,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://onestop.delaware.gov/operate_tradenames"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DC",
   "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 55,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "fixed_md",
   "duration.rule.n": 2,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": true,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://dlcp.dc.gov/node/1620016"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "FL",
   "jurisdiction": "Florida",
   "called": "fictitious name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": false,
   "where.text": "The Department of State, Division of Corporations. The law covers any person, which includes individuals and business entities.",
   "fee.amount": 50,
   "fee.text": "$50 to register.",
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "dec31",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "duration.text": "Valid for five years and expires on December 31 of the fifth year. Renew between July 1 and December 31 of the expiration year; the Division mails a reminder at least three months ahead.",
   "duration.entity.text": null,
   "publication.required": true,
   "publication.applies": "all",
   "publication.text": "Advertise the name at least once in a newspaper in the county of the principal place of business before registering. No proof of the ad is required; you certify it when you sign.",
   "online.available": true,
   "online.url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/start-business/efile/fl-fictitious-name-registration/",
   "online.text": "Register or renew online on Sunbiz; a change of ownership or cancellation can't be filed online.",
   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/start-business/efile/fl-fictitious-name-registration/",
    "https://efile.sunbiz.org/ficinfo.html"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-florida"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "GA",
   "jurisdiction": "Georgia",
   "called": "trade name (DBA)",
   "where.level": "county",
   "where.differs": false,
   "where.text": "The Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the business is located. LLCs and corporations file a DBA too when they use another name.",
   "fee.amount": null,
   "fee.text": "No state fee; the county sets it.",
   "county_fees_vary": true,
   "duration.rule.kind": "none",
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "duration.text": "Trade names don't need to be renewed. A change to the name takes a new registration with a fee.",
   "duration.entity.text": null,
   "publication.required": true,
   "publication.applies": "all",
   "publication.text": "Once a week for two consecutive weeks in the newspaper the sheriff's office uses for legal ads. Keep the publisher's affidavit as proof.",
   "online.available": null,
   "online.url": null,
   "online.text": null,
   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://georgia.gov/file-dba-doing-business"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-georgia"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "HI",
   "jurisdiction": "Hawaii",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 50,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
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    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/files/2025/12/T-1-INSTR-11-2025.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "ID",
   "jurisdiction": "Idaho",
   "called": "assumed business name (ABN)",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 25,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "none",
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "publication.required": null,
   "publication.applies": null,
   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://sos.idaho.gov/CORP/abn_faq.html"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IL",
   "jurisdiction": "Illinois",
   "called": "assumed business name (assumed name for LLCs and corporations)",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": true,
   "where.text": "Individuals and partnerships file an assumed name certificate with the county clerk where the business is located (Assumed Business Name Act, 805 ILCS 405). LLCs and corporations file an application with the Secretary of State.",
   "fee.amount": 150,
   "fee.text": "Secretary of State, for an LLC or corporation: $150 in a year ending in 0 or 5, then $120, $90, $60 and $30 in years ending in 1/6, 2/7, 3/8 and 4/9; renewal is $150. County clerks set their own fee: $19 in Stephenson County, $50 in Cook County.",
   "county_fees_vary": true,
   "duration.rule.kind": "text",
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "duration.text": "The county pages we read don't say how long an individual's certificate lasts.",
   "duration.entity.text": "For an LLC or corporation: runs until the first day of its anniversary month in the next year divisible by 5 (filed in the two months before that month in such a year, it runs to the following one). Renew within the 60 days before, for five years, on the annual report.",
   "publication.required": true,
   "publication.applies": "sole",
   "publication.text": "County filings: publish once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first within 15 days of filing, and get the certificate of publication to the county clerk within 50 days of filing or the registration is void.",
   "online.available": "some",
   "online.url": "https://cookcountyclerkil.gov/service/assumed-business-name-registration",
   "online.text": "Some county clerks take assumed business name registrations online (Cook County).",
   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://stephensoncountyil.gov/government/county_clerk_and_recorder/registration_of_assumed_names_(dbas).php",
    "https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/080501800K1-20.htm",
    "https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/080501800K50-10.htm",
    "https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/080500050K4.15.htm",
    "https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/080500050K15.10.htm",
    "https://cookcountyclerkil.gov/service/assumed-business-name-registration"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-illinois"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IN",
   "jurisdiction": "Indiana",
   "called": "assumed business name",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": true,
   "fee.amount": 30,
   "county_fees_vary": null,
   "duration.rule.kind": null,
   "duration.rule.n": null,
   "publication.required": null,
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   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "duration",
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.whitleycounty.in.gov/department/division.php?fDD=4-113"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IA",
   "jurisdiction": "Iowa",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": true,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": null,
   "duration.rule.kind": null,
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   "publication.required": null,
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   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/county-recorder/real-estate-department/trade-names/"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "KS",
   "jurisdiction": "Kansas",
   "called": null,
   "where.level": "none",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": null,
   "duration.rule.kind": null,
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    "fee",
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    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/FA.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "KY",
   "jurisdiction": "Kentucky",
   "called": "assumed name",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": true,
   "fee.amount": null,
   "county_fees_vary": null,
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
   "duration.rule.n": 5,
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   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://scottcountyclerk.ky.gov/services/public-records/certificate-of-assumed-name/"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "LA",
   "jurisdiction": "Louisiana",
   "called": "trade name",
   "where.level": "state",
   "where.differs": null,
   "fee.amount": 50,
   "county_fees_vary": "n/a",
   "duration.rule.kind": "years",
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   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "publication",
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   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/HTMLPages/TradeRenewalInstructions.htm"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "ME",
   "jurisdiction": "Maine",
   "called": "assumed name (Statement of Intention to Do Business Under an Assumed Name)",
   "where.level": "both",
   "where.differs": true,
   "fee.amount": 125,
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   "online.available": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "duration",
    "publication",
    "online"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.maine.gov/sos/sites/maine.gov.sos/files/inline-files/ASUM%205.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/dba-registration-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "MD",
   "jurisdiction": "Maryland",
   "called": "trade name",
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