What is a DBA called in Utah?
Utah calls a DBA an assumed name or DBA (doing business as). It is a business-name registration filed at the state level with the Division of Corporations & Commercial Code under Utah Code § 42-2-5, not a separate legal entity.
Quick facts
- What it is
- DBA / assumed name (doing business as) - a name registration, not an entity
- Agency
- Utah Division of Corporations & Commercial Code
- Filing fee
- $22 (valid three years)
- Renewal
- Renew every three years (about $27)
- Statute
- Utah Code § 42-2-5
- Protection
- No liability shield and no exclusive name rights
The same question in every other state
This requirement is set at state level, so the answer changes when you cross a state line. Below is how 19 other states answer the same question, each linked to the page that cites the agency it came from. The full breakdown is on DBA filing fees by state.
| State | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alabama | In Alabama a DBA is called a trade name. It is registered, optionally, with the Alabama Secretary of State under Ala. |
| Arkansas | In Arkansas a DBA is called a fictitious name. An LLC or corporation registers one by filing an Application for Fictitious Name with the Arkansas Secretary of State's Business and Commercial Services division. |
| Florida | In Florida a DBA is called a fictitious name. It is registered with the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) under section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes, known as the Fictitious Name Act. |
| Hawaii | In Hawaii a DBA is called a trade name. You register it with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Business Registration Division, most easily online through Hawaii Business Express. |
| Illinois | In Illinois a DBA is called an assumed name. Sole proprietors and general partnerships register an assumed business name with the county clerk; LLCs and corporations register an assumed name with the Illinois Secretary of State. |
| Indiana | In Indiana a DBA is called an assumed business name. An LLC or corporation registers it by filing a Certificate of Assumed Business Name with the Indiana Secretary of State through INBiz. |
| Kentucky | In Kentucky a DBA is called an assumed name, registered on a Certificate of Assumed Name. LLCs and corporations file it with the Secretary of State; sole proprietors and general partnerships file with the county clerk. |
| Louisiana | In Louisiana a DBA is called a trade name. It is the name a business uses that differs from the owner's legal name or the entity's registered name. |
| Montana | Montana calls a DBA an assumed business name. It is the name a person or entity uses to do business that differs from their own legal name. |
| Nebraska | Nebraska calls it a trade name. The registration is made with the Secretary of State's Business Services Division under Chapter 87 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes. |
| New Jersey | It depends on who is filing. A registered LLC or corporation files an Alternate Name (Registration of Alternate Name, Form C-150G) with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services. |
| New York | In New York a DBA is called an assumed name, and it is governed by Section 130 of the General Business Law. Sole proprietors and general partnerships file a business certificate with the County Clerk, while LLCs and corporations file a Certificate of Assumed Name (DOS-1338-f) with the Department of State. |
| Ohio | Ohio does not use the term DBA in its statutes. Instead you register either a trade name or a fictitious name with the Ohio Secretary of State using Form 534A, the Name Registration form. |
| Oregon | In Oregon, a DBA is called an Assumed Business Name (ABN). You register it with the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division. |
| Pennsylvania | In Pennsylvania a DBA is called a fictitious name, governed by the Fictitious Names Act (54 Pa.C.S.). You register it on Form DSCB:54-311 with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations, for a $70 fee. |
| Texas | In Texas a DBA is called an assumed name, and you register it by filing an Assumed Name Certificate. For LLCs and corporations that is Form 503, filed with the Texas Secretary of State. |
| Vermont | Vermont calls it an assumed business name. You register it with the Business Services Division of the Vermont Secretary of State when you do business under any name other than your own legal name or your entity's registered legal name. |
| Virginia | In Virginia a DBA is called an assumed or fictitious name. Since January 1, 2020, a Virginia business entity registers it with the State Corporation Commission (SCC) under Chapter 5 of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia, the assumed name law. |
| Washington | In Washington, a DBA is called a trade name. You register it with the Washington Department of Revenue's Business Licensing Service under RCW Chapter 19.80, not with a county clerk. |
Full context for Utah
This page answers one question. The complete Utah guide -- covering the surrounding requirements, the forms, the agency, and what happens if you get it wrong -- is at Utah DBA Filing: Cost & How to Register (2026).
Sources
- https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title42/Chapter2/42-2-S5.html
- https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title42/Chapter2/42-2.html
- https://commerce.utah.gov/corporations/business-entities/dba/
- https://commerce.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/currentfees.pdf
- https://tax.utah.gov/utah-taxes/registration
- https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/business-name-change
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