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When to file a DBA?
If my company is registered with SCC as “ABC Consulting, LLC”, and I print business cards or brochures as ABC Consulting, do I have to register a DBA for ABC Consulting?
Asked on May 1, 2012 under Business Law, Virginia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A fictitious business name is when an individual is doing business for himself or herself outside the sphere of a corporation or a limited liability company where his or her actual name is not being used. In such a circumstance the fictitious name is then registered in the county of where the business is being conducted as a "dba" or "doing business as."
Since your business is operating under a limited liability company, "ABC Consulting, LLC" there is no need for a "dba" unless you want some other name for your limited liability company to be doing business under other than its designated name with your state's secretary of state.
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
ABC consulting is your company name. It is already in a form, a limited liability company. The only time you would need a Dba (which means doing business as) is if you are a sole proprietorship and you use a name other than yourbreak name (so you would register a trade name) or if the secretary of state in your state indicates your limited liability company is too close in name to another existing registered name, the secretary of state will make you use a forced d/b/a.
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