DBA · Alaska

How to File a Business Name for an LLC in Alaska

By Edmond Hui · Last updated October 6, 2026

Short answer

Alaska's law lets an LLC register a business name; we found no rule requiring it. Alaska law defines a business for this purpose as an enterprise that is not incorporated, but the state's registration form accepts a business owned by an entity such as an LLC. An entity does not register its own legal name this way.

Alaska Business Name at a Glance

Requirement: Allowed; no requirement found
Where to file: Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Fee: $25.00
How long it lasts: 5 years
Newspaper notice: None found
File online: Yes

How an LLC Files

An LLC files the NEW Business Name Registration with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

Filing needs a state business license in the same name.

You can file online.

The name on the registration must exactly match the name on your Alaska business license.

Open the filing office's site · Open the filing page

Cost and Renewal

The filing fee is $25.00.

The registration has a 5-year term.

The registration counts the year it is filed as a full year and lasts until December 31 of the fifth calendar year, so it runs between four and five years. Renewal applications are accepted from October 1 to December 31.

Renewal costs $25.00.

Publication

We found no publication step for an LLC's business name filing in Alaska.

Does it protect the name?

Alaska's law gives a registrant the exclusive right to use the name.

Sole proprietors

Alaska's law lets a sole proprietor register a business name; we found no rule requiring it.

A sole proprietor files the NEW Business Name Registration with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

Filing needs a state business license in the same name.

The filing fee is $25.00.

The registration has a 5-year term.

Renewal costs $25.00.

We found no publication step for a sole proprietor's business name filing in Alaska.

Requirement	Allowed; no requirement found
Where to file	Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Fee	$25.00
How long it lasts	5 years
Newspaper notice	None found
File online	Yes

Next steps

Frequently Asked Questions

: Alaska's law lets an LLC register a business name; we found no rule requiring it. Alaska law defines a business for this purpose as an enterprise that is not incorporated, but the state's registration form accepts a business owned by an entity such as an LLC. An entity does not register its own legal name this way.
: An LLC files the NEW Business Name Registration with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Filing needs a state business license in the same name.
: The filing fee is $25.00.
: The registration has a 5-year term. The registration counts the year it is filed as a full year and lasts until December 31 of the fifth calendar year, so it runs between four and five years. Renewal applications are accepted from October 1 to December 31. Renewal costs $25.00.
: We found no publication step for an LLC's business name filing in Alaska.
: Alaska's law gives a registrant the exclusive right to use the name.
: Alaska's law lets a sole proprietor register a business name; we found no rule requiring it. A sole proprietor files the NEW Business Name Registration with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state's filing office publishes about registering a business name, with the sources this page cites. A filing here does not register a federal trademark, and fees and forms change between our reviews. Confirm with the office named on this page before you file.

Sources

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Alaska sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.

akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35, Business Names
akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35.050, Procedure for registration of name
akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35.060 and 10.35.070, Fee for and duration of registered name; renewal
akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp?media=print&secStart=3.16.010&secEnd=3.16.0103 AAC 16.010, Fee for reservation, registration, or renewal of a business name
commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/08-557.pdfNEW Business Name Registration, form 08-557
commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/OnlineFilingInstructionsNameRegOnline Filing Instructions, New Business Name Registration (5 Years) (archived copy)
akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35.040(b), Registration of name
akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35.060, Fee for and duration of registered name
akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.35.010&secEnd=10.35.500Alaska Statutes AS 10.35.500, Definitions
commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/08-557.pdfNEW Business Name Registration, form 08-557

Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.