DBA · Oklahoma

How to File a Trade Name for an LLC in Oklahoma

By Edmond Hui · Last updated October 6, 2026

Short answer

Oklahoma requires an LLC that does business under a name other than its own to register a trade name. An LLC files the Trade Name Report with the Secretary of State. The filing fee is $25.00. We found no publication step for an LLC's trade name filing in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Trade Name at a Glance

Requirement: Required
Where to file: Secretary of State
Fee: $25.00
How long it lasts: Not confirmed
Newspaper notice: None found
File online: Yes

How an LLC Files

An LLC files the Trade Name Report with the Secretary of State.

You can file online.

Oklahoma's trade name report is a single statewide filing with the Secretary of State, and the same $25 form serves LLCs, corporations and sole proprietors.

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

Cost and Renewal

The filing fee is $25.00.

Publication

We found no publication step for an LLC's trade name filing in Oklahoma.

Sole proprietors

Oklahoma requires a sole proprietor who does business under a name other than their legal name to register a trade name. A sole proprietor files the trade name report as an unincorporated business. A general partnership whose name does not show its partners' names must file a Certificate of Partnership Fictitious Name with the Secretary of State unless its name is already filed there under another law.

A sole proprietor files the Trade Name Report with the Secretary of State.

The filing fee is $25.00. The trade name report costs $25. A general partnership filing a Certificate of Partnership Fictitious Name instead pays $50.

We found no publication step for a sole proprietor's trade name filing in Oklahoma.

A general partnership trading under a fictitious name without filing its certificate cannot sue on contracts made in that name until it files. Filing later restores its right to sue on contracts made before and after it files.

Requirement	Required
Where to file	Secretary of State
Fee	See Cost and renewal
How long it lasts	Not confirmed
Newspaper notice	None found
File online	Yes

Next steps

Frequently Asked Questions

: Oklahoma requires an LLC that does business under a name other than its own to register a trade name.
: An LLC files the Trade Name Report with the Secretary of State.
: The filing fee is $25.00.
: We found no publication step for an LLC's trade name filing in Oklahoma.
: Oklahoma requires a sole proprietor who does business under a name other than their legal name to register a trade name. A sole proprietor files the trade name report as an unincorporated business. A general partnership whose name does not show its partners' names must file a Certificate of Partnership Fictitious Name with the Secretary of State unless its name is already filed there under another law. A sole proprietor files the Trade Name Report with the Secretary of State.

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 Oklahoma 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.

oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=67149Oklahoma Statutes, 18 O.S. 1140, Trade Names
oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=67153Oklahoma Statutes, 18 O.S. 1142, Filing and Other Service Fees
sos.ok.gov/business/fees.aspxOklahoma Secretary of State, Fees
sos.ok.gov/business/forms.aspxOklahoma Secretary of State, Downloadable Business Forms
sos.ok.gov/forms/Fm0021.PDFOklahoma Secretary of State, SOS Form 0021, Trade Name Report
sos.ok.gov/corp/tradeName.aspxOklahoma Secretary of State, File Trade Name online
sos.ok.gov/corp/filing.aspxOklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing
oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=81683Oklahoma Statutes, 54 O.S. 81, Certificate Where Fictitious Name Used
sos.ok.gov/forms/Fm0107.PDFOklahoma Secretary of State, SOS Form 0107, Certificate of Partnership Fictitious Name
oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=81685Oklahoma Statutes, 54 O.S. 83, Effect of Noncompliance

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.