How to File a Trade Name for an LLC in Arizona
By Edmond Hui · Last updated October 6, 2026
Short answer
Arizona does not require an LLC to register a trade name; registering is optional. An LLC registers a trade name with the Secretary of State. We found no publication step for an LLC's trade name filing in Arizona.
Arizona Trade Name at a Glance
- Requirement
- Optional
- Where to file
- Secretary of State
- Fee
- See Cost and renewal
- How long it lasts
- 5 years
- Newspaper notice
- None found
- File online
- Yes
How an LLC Files
An LLC registers a trade name with the Secretary of State.
You can file online.
Arizona trade names are filed only online through the Secretary of State, and paper applications are returned. Arizona trade names are registered with the Secretary of State, not with the Arizona Corporation Commission that forms LLCs.
Cost and Renewal
The filing fee is $10.00. An optional expedite fee of $25 is added if you want faster processing.
The registration has a 5-year term.
Renewal costs $10.00.
Publication
We found no publication step for an LLC's trade name filing in Arizona.
Does it protect the name?
Registering a trade name gives the registrant an exclusive right to it only if the registration came before a conflicting corporation filed its articles or reserved its name.
Sole proprietors
Arizona does not require a sole proprietor to register a trade name; registering is optional.
A sole proprietor registers a trade name with the Secretary of State.
The filing fee is $10.00. An optional expedite fee of $25 is added if you want faster processing.
The registration has a 5-year term.
Renewal costs $10.00.
We found no publication step for a sole proprietor's trade name filing in Arizona.
| Requirement | Optional |
|---|---|
| Where to file | Secretary of State |
| Fee | See Cost and renewal |
| How long it lasts | 5 years |
| Newspaper notice | None found |
| File online | Yes |
Next steps
Frequently Asked Questions
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 Arizona 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.
- azsos.gov/business/trade-names-trademarksArizona Secretary of State, Trade Names and Trademarks
- azleg.gov/ars/44/01460.htmA.R.S. 44-1460, Registration of trade name, title or designation
- azleg.gov/ars/44/01460-02.htmA.R.S. 44-1460.02, Effective term of registration; renewal; expiration notice
- azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/bsd_TRADE_NAME-TRADEMARK_handbook_v6_05312024.pdfTrade Name and Trademark Handbook, Arizona Secretary of State
- azleg.gov/ars/41/00126.htmA.R.S. 41-126, Fees; expedited services
- azleg.gov/ars/44/01460-05.htmA.R.S. 44-1460.05, Exclusive rights; common law rights
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.