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Georgia business name search

Check name availability against the Georgia Secretary of State database

264,226
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
76,964
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+9.6%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
1,049
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
Georgia seal
Websitesos.ga.gov
Phone(404) 656-2817
Address2 MLK Jr Drive, Suite 313, Atlanta, GA 30334
Hours8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri

Georgia business formation by the numbers

State-level data from official sources on business formation activity in Georgia.

#5
Georgia ranks 5th in U.S. business formations
Ranking is based on total business applications filed in the trailing twelve months across all 50 states and D.C.
Census BFS via FRED, TTM rank
+53.5%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSAGA
+21.3%
Quarter-over-quarter change
Current quarter applications compared to the prior quarter. A useful read on whether momentum is building or fading.
FRED, latest 3 months vs prior 3
$110
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: 7 to 10 business days online, 15 business days paper.
Georgia Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
12,131
Federal trademark applications from Georgia businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Georgia address, the 5th highest total of any state. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Georgia Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
+20%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Georgia filings went from 10,117 in 2015 to 12,131 in 2023, up 20%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Georgia

Applicants with a Georgia address filed 12,131 federal trademark applications in 2023, compared with 10,117 in 2015, a change of +20%.

Adjusted for population that is about 110 filings per 100,000 residents, the 9th highest rate in the country.

The most common category for Georgia filings since 2019 is Class 041, covering education, training and entertainment services.

A trademark and a Georgia registration are different things

Registering an entity with the Georgia Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Georgia. A federal trademark is granted by the USPTO, applies nationally, and covers only the goods or services it is registered under.

The two records are separate, which is why a name can clear a Georgia entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Georgia entity has registered.

Trademark figures on this page come from the USPTO Trademark Case Files dataset, which covers applications through March 2024. Counts are applications filed by applicants with a Georgia mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.